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Ilustration of a person sitting down with a green block in the back-loneliness-shreya gupta
April 13, 2021
Are our cities making us lonely?
Loneliness isn’t really a personal mental health issue. Instead, it’s embedded in how cities and systems are built and organised.
by Deepika Khatri | 5 min read
A room in a hospital with a line of hospital beds in India_private healthcare
March 18, 2021
Can private healthcare provide more value to consumers?
Given the inadequate government allocations to healthcare, we need to nudge the private sector to provide affordable primary care to consumers.
by Nachiket Mor | 5 min read
Woman holding a baby in the hospital with two women around-maternity benefits
March 16, 2021
Extend maternity benefits to tackle child and maternal malnutrition
How a government scheme designed to extend maternity benefits to pregnant women in India is unequal and exclusionary.
by Kanmani Palanisamy | 5 min read
Woman selling snacks at a shop-overnutrition
March 12, 2021
NFHS-5 data shows rising overnutrition in women
For the first time in India’s recorded history, we have more overnourished than undernourished women in the 15-49-year age group.
by Akhil Garg, Anurati Tandon | 6 min read
Graphic of COVID-19, sanitizer, mask, vaccine-information
January 29, 2021
A pandemic, an infodemic, and the fear of vaccination
While governments prepare for COVID-19 vaccination drives, here’s how sharing information strategically can promote behavioural changes and influence public opinion.
by Shreya Chaturvedi | 4 min read
Two-peoples-hands-holding-empty-wallets-public-funds
January 28, 2021
Public funds have been poorly allocated
Ahead of Budget 2021, India needs to rethink its overall strategy for the investment of public funds.
by Nachiket Mor | 5 min read
Illustration-of-a-group-therapy-session_mental health
January 27, 2021
Community mental health: Not a silver bullet
When it comes to community mental healthcare, we must be cautious not to replicate the old, top-down, medicalised approach of mental institutions.
by Amalina Kohli Dave, Raj Mariwala | 6 min read
Illustration showing three people with their hearts tied with a thread_Helena Pallarés_social change
January 23, 2021
Addressing trauma as a pathway to social change
How understanding intergenerational trauma can help people working toward social change solve problems more effectively.
by Stanford Social Innovation Review | 2 min read
An ANM administering a vaccine
January 22, 2021
What about other vaccines?
Every year, tuberculosis kills as many people as COVID-19. It’s time we found a better vaccine.
by Andreas Kupz | 3 min read
Illustration depicting types of medical services
January 14, 2021
Don’t turn away the young
The stigma and shame associated with young people’s sexuality continue to impede their access to quality health services.
by Ipsa Agnani, Shruti Arora | 6 min read
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