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Indigital Technologies and their mission: An exclusive interview with Hiren Dhuvad

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The pandemic has witnessed integration of technology into healthcare delivery en masse. To discuss this trend and their work, we speak with Mr Hiren Dhuvad, the founder and chief executive officer of Indigital Technologies LLP. Could you introduce yourself and Indigital Technologies LLP and how Indigital Technologies LLP came to be? I am the founder …

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“Looking for hope” – Interview with Ashok Row Kavi

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For marginalised communities, the COVID-19 pandemic is a period of great uncertainty and even greater stigmatisation according to Ashok Row Kavi. Kerean Watts, editor of Health Issues India, speaks to the veteran journalist and prominent LGBTQ+ rights activist on these issues and more. Ashok earlier featured on our ‘PandemiCast’ episode focusing on sexual and reproductive …

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The challenge of getting family planning “right”: Professor Amy O. Tsui on sexual and reproductive health in India

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With India facing a plethora of issues related to sexual and reproductive health, ranging from sex-selective abortion to rising rates of infertility, Health Issues India interviewed Professor Amy O. Tsui, PhD of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, to discuss India’s family planning, female sterilisation, infertility, female foeticide, and other issues in the …

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If you step out, you can smell smoke in the air: Professor Aseem Prakash on Delhi’s pollution crisis

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India is in the midst of a pollution crisis, with air quality plummeting to emergency levels in the national capital of Delhi. Against this backdrop, Health Issues India interviewed Professor Aseem Prakash – Professor of Political Science, the Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Founding Director of the Center …

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‘Our legacy to future generations’: India and a malaria-free world

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India will prioritise the eradication of malaria on its public health agenda, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has announced on the heels of a landmark report by experts which proclaims that a malaria-free world by 2050 is attainable – if a bold approach is undertaken. “We are working towards ending malaria as soon as …

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Exclusive interview: Dr Mikashmi Kohli on why essential diagnostics matter in realising universal healthcare

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Health Issues India talks to Dr Mikashmi Kohli, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at McGill International TB Centre, about a recent study she co-authored with Dr Madhukar Pai about the importance of essential diagnostics in the path towards universal healthcare. The study, “Essential Diagnositcs: A Key Element …

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#HealthForPolls, Interview with Amir Ullah Khan: Health is not a political subject

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Experts believe that India’s healthcare is in a dismal state because of lack of funds and now the implementation of Ayushman Bharat too is stuck for the same reason. As part of our ongoing campaign to pitch for health, we speak to Amir Ullah Khan – former policy advisor, Bills and Melinda Gates Foundation and Professor, …

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#HealthForPolls, Interview with Dr Sanjiv Kumar: The BJP fulfilled Congress’s Health manifesto

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Ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha elections five years ago, both the Congress and the BJP, promised the people of India that they were entitled to the ‘Right to Health’. The Constitution of India guarantees this. Elaborate manifesto promises were made to improve the accessibility and quality of healthcare. Now, as this year’s polls approach, it …

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#HealthForPolls, Dr Ali Mehdi: Make the private players accountable

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Elections are around the corner and as the polls pitch increases, Health Issues India is campaigning to make public health issues a part of the national political narrative. As part of our continuing series health for polls, today we interview Dr Ali Mehdi, Senior Research Fellow at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic …

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Exclusive interview: Sir Andy Haines on climate change, a global health challenge

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This year environmental issues have grabbed the headlines in India, from large-scale monsoon floods to the Delhi Smog. A study in The Lancet also found that air pollution kills more people in India than anywhere else in the world. Health Issues India has had the opportunity to interview Professor Sir Andy Haines, a professor with …

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If you step out, you can smell smoke in the air: Professor Aseem Prakash on Delhi’s pollution crisis

‘Our legacy to future generations’: India and a malaria-free world

#HealthForPolls, Interview with Amir Ullah Khan: Health is not a political subject

#HealthForPolls, Interview with Dr Sanjiv Kumar: The BJP fulfilled Congress’s Health manifesto

#HealthForPolls, Dr Ali Mehdi: Make the private players accountable

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