“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
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
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
This 28th May, International Day of Action for Women’s Health, let us commit ourselves to address gender inequalities within health, to centre stage the marginalised sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, to amplify voices of… Continue reading
अंतराष्ट्रीय महिला स्वास्थ्य दिवस-28 May जो महिला स्वास्थ्य अधिकार पर केंद्रित है संगीता साहू* हमारे पितृसतात्मक समाज में महिलाओं के स्वास्थ्य का विषय भी काफ़ी सारे पहलुओं से जुड़ा हुआ रहता है। जेन्डर संबंधित भूमिकाएँ, स्थान, संसाधानों तक पहुँच इस… Continue reading
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
