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Two people buying medicines from a medical store_transgender healthcare
May 23, 2023
Are trans people’s healthcare needs being met?
Sensitising healthcare providers to the needs of the trans community may help address the neglect they have long faced from India’s public healthcare system.
by Ajinkya Deshmukh | 6 min read
A father holding his two infants-fathers
January 12, 2023
A man’s job: The need to include fathers in caregiving
by Taha Ibrahim Siddiqui | 3 min read
primary healthcare centre in bihar--public healthcare
December 15, 2022
What’s next for public healthcare in India?
From building partnerships with the private sector to preparing for climate change, here are three things the government needs to do next to build a high-quality public healthcare system.
by Krisha Mathur | 5 min read
a village in assam under lockdown during covid-19-mental health
November 16, 2022
Post COVID-19, a mental health crisis is brewing in Assam
Variations in culture and terrain at the last mile make mental health support challenging in the state.
by Saloni Meghani, Smarinita Shetty | 6 min read
child getting measured for malnutrition_food insecurity
November 8, 2022
Food insecurity: The missing piece in cancer treatment
To improve treatment outcomes, cancer care centres need to start screening children for food insecurity early on and link families to social welfare programmes.
by Anju Morarka, Sripriya Venkiteswaran | 5 min read
A woman sitting in a room with doors open_mental healthcare in India fails marginalised people
October 14, 2022
Mental healthcare in India fails marginalised people
Therapists in India often see care seekers as separate from their social world. A study shows why this approach doesn’t work and suggests alternatives.
by Anugraha Raman | 5 min read
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September 28, 2022
A ritual of restrictions: When faith shapes women’s health
by Nivedita Rawtani | 2 min read
People working outside houses in a refugee camp_internally displaced persons
September 2, 2022
Enabling access to healthcare for internally displaced persons
Displaced communities in India frequently fall through the cracks of public health systems. Accounting for their unique social, political, and economic vulnerabilities when designing programmes and policies can help change this.
by Susanna G Mitra | 6 min read
A mother with an infant on her lap and a bamboo crib hanging behind them_losing young mothers to suicide
August 16, 2022
Why are so many young mothers in India dying by suicide?
Early marriage, intimate partner violence, pressure to give birth to a son, and lack of financial independence are some of the factors driving young mothers to suicide.
by Disha Shetty, The Fuller Project | 5 min read
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August 9, 2022
The healthcare scare: Adivasis in Karnataka fear public hospitals
by Mahantesh S K, Susheela Kenjoor Koraga | 2 min read
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