Forced displacement has been shown to increase vulnerability to exploitation, pushing communities to poverty and ill health. Sarojini Nadimpally, Deepa Venkatachalam and Adsa Fatima | The Wire | 28 February 2019 The Supreme Court’s February 13 order directing state governments… Continue reading
Former NHM Mission Steering Group members say there is a visible failure in strengthening the public health system. Sarojini Nadimpally, Yogesh Jain and Amar Jesani | The Wire | 5 February 2019 The funding for the National Health Mission (NHM),… Continue reading
Between 2017 and 2018, Sama conducted a study on health inequities among the tribal communities in selected districts of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha. The study was commissioned by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). “From the Margins to the Centre” is the report of a study. Continue reading
This article is part of the edited volume titled Ethics in Public Health Practice in India, edited by Arima Mishra and Kalyani Subbiah, and published by Springer Singapore in 2018. The chapter seeks to contextualize Sama’s work on assisted reproductive technologies and commercial surrogacy from a bioethical framework. Continue reading
Sama, as a part of its ongoing work on access to medicines, developed a policy brief which examines the cycle of drug development and the impact on accessibility and affordability of drugs when product patents are granted on the drugs; the conflicts between… Continue reading
The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 is listed for the session of Parliament which begins in July 2018. Sama has prepared a Policy Brief addressing the issues and concerns around the bill in its current form. Download PDF Continue reading
