Covid-19 continues to cause huge disruption worldwide. As well as the ongoing immediate health impacts of the pandemic, and the delays and disruption to other healthcare services—the economic toll is […]
South Asia
Covid-19 in India: four months into the pandemic—where are we heading?
It is perhaps inaccurate to talk about how the covid-19 pandemic is affecting India, for that would pervert any commentary about covid-19 in a country the size of a continent. […]
Covid-19 pandemic: implications of school closures on children in India
The ongoing covid-19 pandemic has received the world’s attention. The pandemic has brought India, a country of over a billion people, to halt. In India, multiple states and school districts […]
Mobilising informal healthcare providers in India may help its response to covid-19
India has one of the most privatized health systems in the world, but the public sector is leading its response to covid-19. [1] It has focused, so far, on the […]
Covid-19: Indian healthcare workers need adequate PPE
The Indian government has taken many proactive steps to halt the rapid spread of the covid-19 pandemic in India. Measures include implementing a complete lockdown of all activities in the […]
Trupti Gilada: Medicine during covid-19—the healing touch without the human touch
The barrier that personal protective equipment creates between healthcare staff and their patients has changed the emotional and psychological dimensions of healing, says Trupti Gilada […]
Neglect of low-income migrants in covid-19 response
A South Asian perspective on the failures of global and national public health policies South Asia, home to around a quarter of the world’s population and 40% of the world’s […]
India’s medical students and residents grapple with uncertain futures in the face of covid-19
Medical students and residents will need ongoing support as India tackles covid-19, says Payel Biswas […]
Rolling out mass hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis for covid-19 in India’s slums risks eroding public trust
Citizens of India are in a period of a six week nationwide lockdown. Physical distancing is largely limited to the rich and upper-middle-class in urban areas and sparsely populated villages, […]
Anita Jain: Covid-19—lockdown in Mumbai
“Would you feel safe going out alone to buy medicines?” My words stared back at me as I finished a telephone consultation with a teenage girl late last afternoon. This […]