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Why India’s next health priority must be glaucoma
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” said Benjamin Franklin, a principle that India’s health system still struggles to apply when...
Why patient safety must begin at birth, explains Prof. Amir Ullah...
When we talk about patient safety, we imagine high-tech hospitals and sterile wards, places where precision, hygiene, and modern medicine converge to protect lives....
The blind spot in NCD care: Integrating vision into chronic disease...
For all the progress India has made in managing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes and hypertension, it has overlooked one critical complication about the...
India’s water and sanitation crisis: A public health emergency in slow...
In 2025, it should not be news that millions of people still live without clean drinking water or a working toilet. But in India,...
The cost of unsafe healthcare practices: A patient safety perspective
One of India’s central goals is to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). However, can UHC become a reality without making patient safety a key...
Childhood malnutrition in India: Policies and outcomes
Malnutrition does not usually dominate headlines like economic growth or technological breakthroughs, but its shadow is long. A child who is stunted or wasted...
Universal health coverage: Bridging gaps for NCD management in rural India
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is one of India’s most ambitious national goals. To achieve it, the government created sweeping policies and programmes. However, their...
Floods and vector-borne diseases: Are we prepared?
Every monsoon, different parts of India watch their streets vanish under water with rickshaws drifting past submerged homes, ponds spilling over, and daily life...
The intergenerational cost of NCDs in India
Across the country, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are striking workers in their prime. The cost is counted not only...
Rare diseases: Why a ground-up approach is the need of the...
Did you know that nearly one-third of the global rare disease population resides in India? In a country where healthcare resources are stretched thin...