, by AMRC
Over 300 scientists and health defenders from 36 countries condemn dangerous misinformation being disseminated in India by asbestos industry organizations.
In a letter released today, over 200 scientists and over 100 labour and health organizations from 36 countries strongly condemned efforts (...)
, by PATEL Vibhuti
I. Hirstory
Seher is a service program of Bapu Trust, a psychotherapy program that provides counselling services with feminist sensitivities and sensibilities to deal with an emotional distress. Individuals with long standing depression, same-sex preference or orientation (5 gay men and (...)
, by Liberation (India)
Dr. Binayak Sen and Dr. Ilina Sen recently visited Kolkata responding to an initiative taken by People’s Health. They addressed the Calcutta press at Calcutta Press Club on 29th May. Dr. Binayak Sen’s two year long unlawful detention in a Chattisgarh jail ended on 25th May. “I want to resume my (...)
, by DOGRA Anshu
The World Health Organization, WHO, estimates occupational health risks as the tenth leading cause of morbidity and mortality. The World Health Report 2002 of WHO informs that occupational risk factors account globally for a number of morbid conditions, including 37 percent back pain, 16 (...)
, by CPI (ML) Liberation
In the course of a labour struggle in Baba Ramdev’s Divyajyoti Pharmacy, Brinda Karat announced that human and animal bones were being used in the medicines produced in Ramdev’s factory. This dramatic revelation of the skeletons (literally) in Baba’s cupboard did not have the effect of (...)
, by JESANI Amar
Following the June 2001 “Call to Action” at the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, in September 2003 the WHO, UNAIDS and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria launched the “3-by-5” initiative or treat 3 million people living with HIV/AIDS by 2005. Lee Jong-Wook, the (...)
, by JESANI Amar
In the medical discourse in India, the concern for violence has been conspicuous by its virtual absence. In much of the medical research, discussion, and publications, the mention of the victims and survivors of violence, their special medical needs and rehabilitation is rare. This is despite (...)
, by JESANI Amar
Revised version of the paper presented at the symposium on “Reforming India’s social sector: Strategies and prospects” organised by Department of Economics, Mumbai University, as a part of its Platinum Jubilee Celebration, at Indian Merchant Chambers on April 16-17, 1998.
There are two major (...)
, by JESANI Amar
Introduction: India’s health care service system is very complex. This is compounded by inadequacy of reliable and consistent data on services, particularly on the services provided by the private sector. Indeed, till mid-1980s, there had been scanty attention paid to documenting information (...)
, by JESANI Amar
This is the key note addresses at the Conference on “Towards people centred development”, for the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, November 1 to 4, 1996.*
In last three decades the campaigns on health issues have come to occupy a rightful place (...)
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