Tribal health

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

November 15, 2018

IDR Interviews | Xavier Dias

The oppression of Adivasi peoples in their own lands, at the hands of outsiders, led a young student activist from Bombay to spend the next four decades of his life fighting for land and labour rights.

by Sneha Philip, Smarinita Shetty | 6 min read

An official taking some details from 2 villagers

November 14, 2018

India's first comprehensive tribal health report

The report is the culmination of years of study by an expert committee, which examined how tribal communities in India suffer from inequity in healthcare, and how this gap can be bridged.

by Ayesha Marfatia | 4 min read

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