To be healthy, wealthy and wise
...activists must fight for better prevention and health education
Superstars lend a voice
UNITED NATIONS
A gang of ten
A Rajasthan village entrusts anti-malaria campaign to children; they do remarkable work
AIDS messages: tell-all, or nothing?
What do Sushma Swaraj and George W Bush have in common? A mutual contempt of condoms, for one. The us president is known to prefer spreading the …
Care not cure
Is the answer to the AIDS problem in migrants
Rise in medical education fees on the cards
Prompted by a financial crunch, the ministry of health is considering raising fees in medical colleges to recover costs
Health monitor
The government clears a new policy to monitor epidemics and reduce disaster impacts
KILLER DISEASE
Electing India’s health transformation
The new government must convene a meeting of central and state health ministers annually, to build consensus across the political spectrum and …
Scientists develop non-invasive technique to assess burn wound healing
A mere laser light is enough to check the status of recovery
Obituary: Amit Sengupta (1958 to 2018) was a powerful voice for health equity
His optimism and persistence will inspire generations of activists
LOAN TO PAK
AIDS set to strike with a vengeance
Blissfully unaware India and China to be hardest hit
India's Health Crisis
Insufficient allocation for the health sector pushing 7% of Indians below the poverty line and about 23% of the sick can't afford healthcare
Polio poser
Increased incidence of disease in UP raises questions about effectiveness of prevention plan
The writing is on the Great Wall
Snippets
"An epidemic of non-communication"
David Miller is an expert in psychosocial management of hiv/aids. He has worked in developing countries since 1986 and is currently the Country …
Greening the syllabus
Medical draft Bill will commercialise education, say doctors
NITI Aayog is championing privatisation and commercialisation of medical education in India, says the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare
Legal salve
As palliative for AIDS
Blow to anti-AIDS campaign as condom turns taboo subject
The paanwallah-doubling-up-as-a-condom-vendor ad has been taken off the air. Instead, Doordarshan will show a village council member warning …
Messiahs to rural folk
A few individuals are trying to bring about changes at the grassroots level through dedicated and sustained work
Vyapam virus
The scam in Madhya Pradesh exposes the criminal nexus which has infected India's medical education system