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Health

A child being given polio vaccine_wikimedia commons

July 19, 2019

Single studies cannot inform policy-making

While using evidence is important to form policies and programmes, it may not always lead to the right decision, particularly when there is not enough material.

by Emmanuel Jimenez | 3 min read

Dr Armida Fernandez SNEHA

June 07, 2019

Six things we learned from Dr Armida Fernandez

From following a life-cycle approach, to thinking about location-specific context -- here's some of what it takes to make development interventions sustainable.

by Prakriti Singh | 1 min read

Women in Gadchiroli, India protesting alcohol and tobacco

April 18, 2019

How alcohol and tobacco cause poverty

A thirty-year struggle against alcohol and tobacco—the ‘cholera and plague' of our times—demonstrates the destruction that addiction creates, and how this is no longer just a health issue, but a developmental issue.

by Dr Abhay Bang | 7 min read

Indian students using laptop

April 17, 2019

Artificial intelligence for social change

AI can consistently provide trusted, personalised healthcare information to large populations, and when responsibly designed, can help people access the resources they may need.

by Poonam Muttreja, Sanghamitra Singh | 4 min read

pregnant women at a clinic in rural India

April 16, 2019

India's poorest women benefit less from public health services

Poor delivery mechanisms, lower education levels, and social divisions such as caste, leave women from the poorest households with limited access to government schemes.

by IndiaSpend, Swagata Yadavar | 5 min read

Indian school children eating_midday meal scheme

March 19, 2019

The correlation between midday meals and learning outcomes

The first study to examine the effects of midday meals on learning outcomes over a five year period finds a steady increase in test scores for children initially, after which the effects 'taper off'.

by Shreya Roy Chowdhury | 4 min read

trucks on a coal field in India-Wikimedia Commons

March 05, 2019

Forced displacement and its links with poor health

Displacing people from their own lands has been shown to increase vulnerability to exploitation, pushing Adivasi communities to poverty and ill health.

by Adsa Fatima, Deepa Venkatachalam, Sarojini Nadimpally | 7 min read

Doctor writing health survey with stethoscope next to her

February 22, 2019

The problems with the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)

As the government plans the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey, there are several gaps that it needs to address across both the design and implementation.

by Dr Sylvia Karpagam | 5 min read

beedi

February 04, 2019

Guerrilla advocacy: Lessons for civil society

Drawing from his success as an anti-tobacco activist, Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi of Tata Memorial Hospital talks about the strategic choices one needs to make while advocating with the government, and the ingenuity required to change policy.

by Ayesha Marfatia, Rachita Vora | 6 min read

mohalla clinic

January 31, 2019

A replicable model for urban healthcare

Lessons from Mohalla Clinics, which are well designed and hyper local, present innovative solutions to the challenge of urban healthcare.

by Dr Chandrakant Lahariya | 6 min read

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