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The United Nations apex health agency – the World Health Organization (WHO) – had announced the establishment of its first-ever civil society Task Force on Antimicrobial ... Dec 09
The human right to health is not a privilege, tt is a legal obligation - rooted in international human rights law - and must form the foundation ... Nov 07
Without significant changes in policy implementation, outreach, and access, the lives of thousands will remain at risk, with preventable illnesses and workplace deaths continuing unchecked.... Sep 29
The Public-Private Partnership model may seem like a practical solution on the surface, but unless it is guided by strict safeguards, subsidies, and accountability, ... Aug 26
As India continues its journey toward universal healthcare, emergency care including ambulances must be viewed as an essential service, not an optional one.... Aug 07
Anti-gender and anti-rights pushes are attacking social justice movements and fuelling a backlash against progressive social and environmental justice movements.... Aug 05
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The year 2025 marks 30 years since the landmark Beijing Declaration and its Platform for Action was adopted in 1995. Despite rising anti-rights and ... Jun 23
Shobha and Dr Nittaya were speaking at the 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases (POC 2025) and in lead ... Jun 20
Governments have promised to end malaria by 2030. With around five and a half years left to eliminate the vector-borne disease worldwide, it is ... Apr 29
The rise in HIV cases linked to syringe-sharing in Malappuram is a serious reminder that public health efforts must constantly adapt to new challenges.... Mar 28
Scientific partners of ASICON 2025 include the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and National TB Elimination Programme of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government ... Feb 19
Initiatives led by Lisbeth and Samantha and their team are sterling examples that change is possible despite obstacles. Would governments scale these initiatives up at ... Dec 02
As per the India TB Report 2024, key and vulnerable populations are those with heightened exposure to TB bacilli, constrained access to health services on ... Sep 04
The APFF 4 will not just be a celebratory space, but also a fiercely political space for strategising, knowledge-exchange, and feminist mobilising and advocacy ... Aug 30
We all have to strive for health justice, and eventually social justice, which is ecologically sustainable. HIV, TB, hepatitis or STIs responses are part of ... Aug 20
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a medicine for HIV negative people which protects them from getting infected with HIV through sexual route. It was approved ... Jul 26
The shift from the traditional Pap test to HPV-based screening marks a significant advancement in the fight against cervical cancer.... Jun 17
But the path to his recovery was fraught with more challenges. In mid-2023, Delhi battled one of its worst flood-like situations in several ... Jun 12
Manjit is not only a TB survivor but also a TB champion who proactively goes to health awareness camps to encourage those with symptoms to ... Apr 22
The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low ... Feb 27
Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 2,50,000 additional deaths per year. Countries with weak health infrastructure, majorly developing ... Feb 02
Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. Let’s pledge to communicate the correct information about lymphoma so that warriors can make the right ... Sep 15
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