by Dr. Chandrima Chatterjee, Dr. Parul Malik and Dr. Arathi P Rao Globalization has been described by the economist Brian Easton [1] as “problematic”. He also mentions that often writers avoid explaining about globalization analytically but rather, relate it to a series of phenomena such as capital flow, international organizations and policies as the likes of “free trade”. There is[Read More…]
by Dr. Arathi P Rao, Dr Parul Malik, Dr. Anil K Bhat and Dr. Kesavan Rajasekharan Nayar The concept of “Health Literacy” (HL) is gaining importance, more so in the COVID-19 era and is now being frequently applied in various studies. The levels of HL are being assessed for patients, their caregivers and the population in general (students, teachers etc.).[Read More…]
As a coup de grâce to the Bernie Sanders campaign Joe Biden declared that he would veto Medicare-for-All. This could drive a dedicated health care advocate to relentlessly pursue Med-4-All as a final goal. However, it is not the final goal. It should be the first step in a complete transformation of medicine which includes combining community medicine with natural[Read More…]
“Swasthya seva hamara adhikar Ise degi hamari Sarkar” The spread of Corona Virus in India and the subsequent misery of the Migrant population has exposed the underbelly of dismal healthcare in our country. There is a daily outcry of shortage of hospital beds, doctors, nurses, ICU’S, absence of functioning rural healthcare centres, etc. It is a great pity that while[Read More…]
Co-Written by Iffat Jahan Azhar Prof. Mohammad Akram According to World Health Organisation (WHO), healthcare services, all over the world, aim to ensure that necessary services are accessible to people at affordable prices. But it seems different in low and middle income countries including India, where government’s spending on healthcare is very little and healthcare financing is heavily relying upon[Read More…]
A lot had already been written about the high morbidity conscious Kerala society and especially what was being called in the early eighties as the ‘Kerala Paradox’. This essentially is a conceptual complex which meant that the morbidity rate was very high in Kerala compared to the low mortality and it also meant that the state could achieve better health[Read More…]
Dr Sandeep Pandey, Shobha Shukla and Bobby Ramakant Mahatma Gandhi’s talisman is perhaps the best guiding light to reform the public health system in the wake of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: “I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test- “Recall the face of the[Read More…]
Health system in India has seen several incongruities since its independence. Public health expenditure, inspite of repeated promises in election manifestos as well as in policy documents towards raising it to 2.5 to 3 % of GDP, remains around 1 to 2 %. The the existing health care infrastructure is flawed and inadequate; the hospitals are under-staffed, under-financed compelling the[Read More…]
Mohalla Clinics are primary health centres in the state of New Delhi in India, that offer a basic package of essential health services including medicines, diagnostics, and consultation free of cost.Mohalla in Hindi means neighborhood or community. These clinics serve as the first point of contact for the population, offer timely services, and reduce the load of referrals to secondary[Read More…]
On 10th May, the high-profile police officer from Mumbai, Himanshu Roy committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver. In a suicide note recovered later, Roy is reported to have said that he is taking this extreme step out of extreme depression due to an incurable cancer. Mr. Roy had been living with cancer since 2000 with[Read More…]
The general ward of a Government Medical College is equated to hell with mosquitoes,flies, bed bugs and the real proverbial hospital stink! When I overheard while lying on the trolley after the first “merciless cutting “,that I would be in Ward 25, it came as a more painful shock than the actual pain. I wondered what crime I had[Read More…]
In today’s world, where almost everything is a click away for many, access to healthcare, descents into alcoholism, and misperceptions about illnesses can still take us back to the eighteenth century. In this brief article, the idea is to give an overview of the interplay between the aforementioned determinants while presenting some evidence from the ground. The World Health Organization[Read More…]
India’s economy is soaring but its healthcare system remains an Achilles’ heel. For millions of people, the high cost of treating illness continues to undermine economic progress. This is largely on account of the abysmal and chaotic healthcare system owing to the declining budgetary healthcare support by the government. India now ranks close to the bottom of the pile[Read More…]
USers (better known as “Americans”) have been expressing a preference in survey polls for access to a universal health care system for quite some time. Considering their frustration with so-called representatives who do not advocate in their interests and expressed desires, perhaps they should be called The Great USed. In the late Reagan years, 70 percent of the adult population[Read More…]
Co-Written by Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese With just a week left before Congress’ budget reconciliation process ends, the Senate is once again peddling a poorly-thought out plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If Senators vote before the September 30 deadline, they only need 50 votes instead of the filibuster-proof 60 votes to pass amendments. And once again, people are rising up[Read More…]
New laws will steal food from the plates of Indian farmers 
Global Warming “Solutions” 
In Search of America 
Shaping Palestinian politics: The UAE has a leg up on Turkey 
Termites 
André Vltchek’s Sudden Death 
Hegemony or Survival 
Muzzling the dissent 
The tradition of incriminating of Muslims in India goes back decades 
Comrade Rabindra Behera; The Reminiscences of a Revolutionary 
Who is Arun Ferreira and why is he in Jail? 
The tomato field 
Learning In Times Of COVID-19: Busting myths about the success of e-schooling 
Tribute to S P Balasubrahmanyam : Music and art transcends regions and boundaries 
Cinema of Insurrection – Rebels, Gentlemen and Other Players 
Farmers Protest Across India Against Anti-Farmer Laws 
Democracy without debate 
Communist Guerilla Leader of 1971 Bangladesh Haider Juno is in Life Support 
The Death of Andre Vltchek, a Passionate Warrior for Truth 
Democracy or ‘Kakistocracy’? 
Reform monarchy, demands biggest protest in years in Thailand 
Assange’s Thirteenth Day at the Old Bailey: Mental Health, Managed Risk and Publication Chronologies 
The Legend of Bhagat Singh: In Conversation with Prof Jag Mohan Singh 
Uphold the Constitutional Right of Farmers to Protest 
John Hersey, Hiroshima, and the End of World 
Imagine Trump or Biden In Church Praying For Yemeni Children Facing Starvation and US missiles? 
Film Screening On Kandhamal And Webinar 
Hyderabad Police Action (1948 Sep 13-17, Part-2) : The Screen Play and the Heroes 
What If Preventing Collapse Isn’t Profitable? 
Breonna Taylor protests erupt across the U.S. and 2 police officers shot 
The Ecological Impact Of Militarism 
Need for enhancing old age pension and other pension benefits under NSAP 
Assange’s Twelfth Day at the Old Bailey: Autism, Suicide and Prisons 
Palestinians Are Not Numbers: On the Future of the Palestinian Discourse 
Andrei Tarkovsky, Satyajit Ray And Mani Kaul 
How old is the Kashmir Dispute? 
Our duty is to ensure that our young ones survive 
The Dying Planet Report 2020 
The US is using the Guardian to justify jailing Assange for life. Why is the paper so silent? 
Andre, friend 
This article is based on the 25th Chandrashekar Memorial Lecture delivered on 20 September 2020. The original lecture was delivered in Hindi and the event was organized by Punashcha, the Indian People’s Theater Association (IPTA) and Koshish. Friends, comrades gathered here; I am very honoured to be invited to deliver the Chandrashekhar Memorial Lecture this year but I cannot say[Read More…]
