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Rakesh being carried by his mother for a bath in Bango village
September 17, 2020
Photo essay: The heavy price of nuclear power
A look into how uranium mining impacts the lands, livelihoods, and health of Adivasi communities in Jharkhand.
by Subhrajit Sen | 8 min read
Dr John Oommen-illustration
February 13, 2020
IDR Interviews | Dr John Oommen
A physician and public health specialist, Dr John Oommen shares insights from more than three decades of working on community health among Adivasi peoples, and reflects on why we need to rethink the dominant development paradigm.
by Ayesha Marfatia, Rachita Vora | 10 min read
A man doing a health check in a tribal community_tribal health_SEARCH
February 11, 2020
Are India’s healthcare goals inclusive of tribal peoples?
India will struggle to achieve its Sustainable Development Goals without a focused, multi-stakeholder effort to improve the lives of tribal populations.
by Dr Shailendra Kumar B Hegde, Pritha Venkatachalam | 5 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 | 8 min read
Xavier Dias profile_BnW
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 | 7 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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