Time flies! and yet again we concluded 2020-2021 as a year in the world. Our world today faces cascading risks that emerge from a pandemic […]
Combating COVID-19 by getting public health right
I have been a proponent of defeating COVID-19 by evidence based public health strategies. Much of this boils down to creating task force that is […]
Community medicine as a specialty branch must assume national importance
MD in Community Medicine has been a branch in private confines in the previous decade and post-Independence India. It has necessarily started to bloom at […]
Global health diplomacy, Human Security & Regional Co-operation
Right from Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilization we have arrived at the Clash of Crisis for our generation. This crisis is built around extreme weather […]
Adaptation gap 2020 and the issues of climate change-disaster-health nexus
The adaptation gap report 2020 presents glaring findings related to how far nations have come with regard to achieving and honouring the commitment to climate […]
Mental health issues will be the world’s next pandemic: Here’s why
The traditional approach to health has always been focused on the physical health and hence, the development of medicines and treatments were focused on the […]
Food insecurity rising with climate change – Generational crisis unfolding
Climate change has triggered a crisis of a generation which also struggles with natural disasters, public health challenges and also a pandemic like COVID-19. The […]
The Need to Promote Translational Public Health through public health proficient NGOs
Developing countries with weaker health systems find it challenging to provide equitable, affordable and optimal healthcare to its population due to conflicting developmental priorities. In […]
The Disaster And Health Nexus Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Governments can protect vulnerable communities
Asif Ali (name changed) and his wife live with three children in a rural township bordering India and Bangladesh. Asif lost his job as a […]
Mainstreaming social protection amidst cascading risks
One of the starkest stories of our era belongs to the year 2020 where the novel coronavirus has disrupted normalcy, hijacked social protection from a […]