INTRODUCTION: Mental health is more than the mere lack of mental disorders. The optimistic dimension of mental health is clearly stated in WHO’s definition of […]
Mortality of Outbreaks: Who is dying, not how many are dying!
Nothing routs us but the villainy of our fears. – William Shakespeare Fear of death creates more panic than death itself. In 2018, more than […]
Teenage pregnancy and India’s woes
World Health Organization defines Teenage Pregnancy as “any pregnancy from a girl who is 10-19 years of age”. This is the period when structural, functional, […]
Telemedicine as an effective strategy for India?
According to the economic survey of India 2019-2020, the doctor patient ratio in India is 1:1456 with respect to the prescribed WHO standards of 1:1000. […]
Why alcohol must be banned in India?
While the western world is witnessing a declining trend towards alcohol, India is losing its culture of abstinence and witnessing the increased social acceptance for […]
Can Covid-19 mark a new age for health and development?
The pandemic has likely changed the way we live forever. Not long ago, who would have imagined that a fast-paced world could be brought to […]
Connecting Tech and Markets with Organisations – a Perspective for the Public Health NGO
Consciously or unconsciously – we are watching the emergence of a new world. A world where technology both supersedes and precedes all other human considerations […]
What CSR Managers must now focus on
A post Covid19 world calls for a leadership that is kind and inclusive. But the vision proposition that companies and healthcare enterprises can bring must […]
Why we need to take alcohol addiction more seriously
Alcohol consumption causes 5.1% of the global burden of disease and nearly 3.3 million deaths every year. Alcohol is a major risk factor for disease, […]
Pregnancy during a natural disaster: Life during an emergency?
As I sit down to pen this article in the season of the Flu that has brought LIFE to a standstill – I introspect and […]