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January 12, 2021

The invisible link between blindness and poverty

Ninety percent of vision loss is avoidable, yet a majority of people lack access to or the ability to pay for eye health services.

by Elizabeth Kurian, Shrikant Ayyangar | 5 min read

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July 3, 2020

A pathway to universal healthcare in India

Healthcare for all doesn’t have to remain a distant dream if we focus on leveraging technology, building care networks, and offering universal insurance.

by Nachiket Mor | 6 min read

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April 23, 2020

COVID-19: What primary health workers need

Likely to be the first point of contact for most COVID-19 patients, here's how primary healthcare teams can be supported to deal with the pandemic.

by Dr Sanjana Brahmawar Mohan, Hyjel D’Souza, Manisha Dutta | 6 min read

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May 29, 2018

Health care is an essential human right, and so is a proper diagnosis

In a path breaking development, 40 years after publishing the first Essential Medicines List, the World Health Organization (WHO) just published the first Essential Diagnostics List. Here's what it includes, and what we need to do to implement it.

by Madhukar Pai | 4 min read

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