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May 20, 2013

Auroville’s alternative galaxy

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May 20, 2013

Mirage of a river

Congratulations, it is an eye opener to other states that are thinking of such schemes.

In Hyderabad, the government...

By : Dr. S. Jeevananda Reddy

May 19, 2013

In celebration of biodiversity

Thanks. You have raised a very pertinent issue. My family is a great lover of Makhana and we use it in different ways. Slowly...

By : Dr. M.A. Haque

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Blog Posts by Vibha Varshney

Vibha Varshney

Science Editor, Down To Earth. She has written extensively on health and science issues. She has worked with the magazine since 2000.

World Health Assembly to discuss reforms

May 24, 2012

Health activists push for funds with no strings attached

As Margaret Chan takes charge of her next stint as the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), one of the first tasks she has to attend to is that of reforms. The cash-strapped organisation has to figure out fast where to get funds from if it hopes to continue providing a suitable direction to global health. The UN agency gets funds from member states and philanthropists to meet its running cost.

Tag : Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Funding, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), PLoS Medicine, Reforms, Sanofi-Aventis, WHO, World Health Assembly

Vaccine woes continue

March 12, 2012

For long, India’s vaccination programme had six vaccines for tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis, whooping cough, tetanus, polio and measles. The vaccines were cheap and protected children adequately. But in the last decade, the country has been under tremendous pressure from the pharmaceutical industry to include a variety of expensive vaccines in its immunisation programme.

Tag : Bihar, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), Goa, Human Rights Law Network, kerala, Pentavalent vaccine, universal immunisation programme, Uttar Pradesh, Vaccines

Indian Science Congress: time for makeover

January 12, 2012

For the past 99 years, researchers from all parts of India have been meeting at the Indian Science Congress in the first week of January. The congress was established to popularise science and allow researchers to deliberate on crucial aspects of science relevant to the country.

Tag : Asis Datta, Blogs, centenary session, Indian Science Congress, RA Mashelkar, RS Paroda, S S Katiyar, Vibha Varshney

The link between blood pressure and suicides

April 25, 2011

An urban doctor whom I contacted for the story on hypertension in rural India told me that I would never be able to link stress to the increased incidence of the disease.

Tag : Andhra Pradesh, Fast Foods, Health, Health care, Health Effects, Heart Diseases, Hypertension (Blood Pressure), India, kerala, LifeStyles, Maharashtra, Mizoram, National Sample Survey Organisation, Non Communicable Diseases, Rural Health, Unemployment, Urbanisation, Wardha (D), World Health Organization

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