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Covid-19 worsening the mental health crisis in India: A Primer

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In December 2019, the first comprehensive study of the prevalence and disease burden due to all mental disorders for every state of India from 1990 to 2017 was published in the Lancet. It indicated that one in every seven people in India is affected by mental health problems and called for urgent systematic procedures for better diagnosis and management of mental disorders across the country. But, with the impact of the pandemic, we have every reason to believe that mental health only went on to be a more serious and ignored problem in the country. Continue reading

Training workshop on Vaccine Hesitancy

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With the ground reality of Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on the rural and tribal communities in mind, Sama is organising series of orientations by public health professionals on various aspects of the COVID pandemic – Covid care, preparations for… Continue reading

Understanding the tale of Coronavirus in Rural India

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“Coronavirus has now entered the interior pockets of rural India where even the governments’ long-promised vikas could never reach!” said Rajim, who works with the Dalit Adivasi Sangathan Manch in Baloda Bazar and Mahasamund districts of Chhattisgarh. Continue reading

Why vaccine hesitancy should not be tackled through a carrot and stick policy

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What is needed is better public health communication. Sarojini Nadimpally Along with an acute shortage of Covid-19 vaccines, with only 3.3% of its population fully vaccinated, India is also witnessing vaccine hesitancy. Anecdotal evidence suggests people, particularly in the rural… Continue reading

Training on Covid-19, Home care and Related Concerns

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Many CSOs and health networks working with rural and tribal communities have often expressed the need for accurate and reliable information related to the COVID pandemic, home care as well as referrals. Though the number of infected have come down in… Continue reading

Concise Note on India’s Vaccination Status

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Vaccine equity is not just about adopting a philanthropic approach to help a few ‘lesser developed’ countries but ensuring that all barriers in accessing vaccines, medicines and therapeutics across the globe is eradicated in our fight against this pandemic. Continue reading

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Covid-19 worsening the mental health crisis in India: A Primer

Training workshop on Vaccine Hesitancy

Understanding the tale of Coronavirus in Rural India

Why vaccine hesitancy should not be tackled through a carrot and stick policy

Training on Covid-19, Home care and Related Concerns

Concise Note on India’s Vaccination Status

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