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Mumbai air pollution at dawn-air quality
January 18, 2020

10 things you didn’t know about India’s air quality

Everyone is talking about air pollution, but how much do you really know about it?
by Shloka Nath | 2 min read
Graphic of diverse youth in India_Youth Bol
January 14, 2020

Young India is demanding better healthcare

If India wants to become an economic superpower, it needs to respond to the voices of its youth.
by Tanaya Jagtiani | 5 min read
Diagnostic and treatment medication for drug-resistant TB at AIIMS New Delhi, India
November 08, 2019

India's 'missing' tuberculosis cases

India has the highest number of TB cases globally. Still, an estimated 550,000 TB cases have not been registered, and more than half the cases of drug-resistant TB remain undetected, undiagnosed, and untreated.
by IndiaSpend, Swagata Yadavar | 6 min read
October 29, 2019

Nine tips on scaling

How to scale your healthcare social enterprise.
by Anil Misquith | 6 min read
September 20, 2019

India's population control approach needs women at the centre

Enforcing a coercive population control policy will place a double burden on women.
by Poonam Muttreja | 4 min read
August 28, 2019

India's population explosion narrative is misleading

The debate on the country's population needs to be centred around the promotion of rights and education, instead of the language of explosion and the threat of coercion that this term implies.
by Shireen Jejeebhoy | 3 min read
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
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