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

November 26, 2019 By Kerean Watts 1 Comment

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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 […]

Filed Under: Featured Stories, Interviews, Medicine and Research, Social issues Tagged With: abortion, contraception, exclusive interview, Exclusive Interviews, infertility, sex ratio, sex selection, women's health, women's rights

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

November 16, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Burning of crops in southeast Punjab - a major driver of northern India's pollution crisis. (Image credit, Neil Palmer (CIAT) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]). Stubble burning concept.

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 […]

Filed Under: Environmental health, Featured Stories, Interviews Tagged With: Air Pollution, air quality, Delhi, exclusive interview, Exclusive Interviews, Pollution

The right to an informed choice: Dr Supriya Garikipati on how India can make menstrual health available for its girls and women

July 20, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Pushkar, India, November 28, 2012: Beautiful Indian girl at Pushkar fair, in the Indian Rajasthan state. Image credit: Greta Gabaglio / 123rf

When it comes to menstrual health, India’s girls and women face extreme challenges ranging from lack of accessibility to menstrual hygiene products to stigma. In particular, there is the lack of ability to exercise their right to an informed choice. Health Issues India talks to expert Dr Supriya Garikipati about the situation surrounding menstrual health […]

Filed Under: Featured, Interviews, National, News, Social issues Tagged With: Exclusive Interviews, menstrual pads, women's health, women's rights

World Hypertension Day: Avoid high blood pressure, know your numbers

May 17, 2019 By Kerean Watts 1 Comment

Close-up of assessment elderly patient being measured for high blood pressure. A person has their blood pressure examined. Image credit: Katarzyna Białasiewicz / 123rf

Hypertension is a silent disease. It affects millions of Indians and responsible for 10.8 percent of deaths in the nation. This year, World Hypertension Day is being observed with the theme “Know Your Numbers”, highlighting the importance of screening for high blood pressure and ensuring it is kept under control. The occasion is observed annually […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Diet & Nutrition, Featured, Featured Story, Government policy, International, Interviews, Medicine and Research, National, News, Noncommunicable diseases, Opinion, Science and Technology, Social issues Tagged With: access to healthcare, access to medicines, alcohol, Exclusive Interviews, fitness, government policy, heart disease, lifestyle, lifestyle disease, Medical devices, noncommunicable diseases, obesity, salt, tobacco

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

May 13, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Dr Mikashmi Kohli, McGill

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 […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured Story, Government policy, Interviews, Medicine and Research, National, Opinion, Science and Technology, Social issues Tagged With: access to healthcare, access to medicines, diagnostics, exclusive interview, Exclusive Interviews, government spending on health, Health data, profiles, public health

Video: #HealthForPolls, Making Health for All a reality

April 23, 2019 By Iknoor Kaur Leave a Comment

Democracy

The Modi government launched last year the world’s largest health insurance scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana – better known as ‘Ayushman Bharat’ or ‘Modicare’. It offers a Rs 5 lakh annual cover per family for secondary and tertiary healthcare at public and empanelled private hospitals.  While the government claims the scheme has also […]

Filed Under: Government policy, National, Opinion, Videos Tagged With: 2019 general election, BJP, Congress, Exclusive Interviews, Health For Polls, Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi

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

March 8, 2019 By Vertika Kanaujia Leave a Comment

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

March 4, 2019 By Vertika Kanaujia Leave a Comment

Democracy

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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Exclusive interview with Dr Soumya Swaminathan, WHO Deputy Director General

November 30, 2017 By Kerean Watts 1 Comment

Soumya Swaminathan

Earlier this year, Dr Soumya Swaminathan – director of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – was appointed Deputy Director General (DDG) of programmes at the World Health Organization (WHO). Health Issues India has interviewed Dr Swaminathan, about the progress made in public health, both in India and on the global level, and what she […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Environmental health, Featured Stories, Infectious diseases, International, Interviews, Medicine and Research, Noncommunicable diseases, Opinion, Profiles, Social issues Tagged With: access to healthcare, Exclusive Interviews, infectious diseases, Tuberculosis, universal healthcare, WHO

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