Gender Increasingly Factored Into Health Research, But More Is Needed

26/05/2021 Disha Shetty

Although gender is increasingly factored into health research, much remains to be done, experts reported at a Tuesday event co-organised by the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Centre. But despite growing awareness, health research continues to conceptualize gender in binary terms. Very little research concerns those who identify as LGBTQ+, according to speakers at the […] Continue reading ->

Diabetes Resolution Promoting Insulin Access Gathers Support at World Health Assembly

24/05/2021 Disha Shetty

A draft resolution on expanding prevention and treatment for diabetes now appears set for approval at this week’s World Health Assembly – after a number of European countries, as well as the US, removed their opposition to language mandating the World Health Organization to develop targets for expanded diabetes treatment – as well as measures […] Continue reading ->

Rural India’s Hidden Pandemic: COVID-19 Spreads Unchecked, Cases and Deaths Under-Reported

14/05/2021 Disha Shetty

PUNE: India’s second wave is devastating the country’s rural areas where health infrastructure is rickety and a lack of trained healthcare workers, government support and access to healthcare is likely to worsen the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health experts believe the number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths are vastly underreported and that strict […] Continue reading ->

As Indian Pandemic Worsens, Social Networks Save Lives – Government Promotes Alternative Therapies

04/05/2021 Disha Shetty

PUNE – For two weeks now Sijo Raju, along with a group of 20 young men and women, have been fielding calls from family members looking for oxygen cylinders, ventilator beds and ambulances. Finding a match can take a few hours as India’s overwhelmed health system and front-line healthcare workers try desperately to provide a […] Continue reading ->

India’s Vaccine Wastage: Concerns Raised Amidst Surge In COVID-19 Cases

07/04/2021 Disha Shetty

Pune – Despite ramping up its coronavirus vaccination drive and amidst a deadly second wave of infections, India is wasting 6.5% of its vaccines, data released by the country’s government shows. Experts this week told Health Policy Watch that while the high vaccine wastage is also a sign of vaccine hesitancy – particularly among poor […] Continue reading ->

Over 160,000 Deaths in Five Biggest Cities Linked to Air Pollution in 2020

19/02/2021 Disha Shetty

Air pollution has been linked to the deaths of 160,000 people in the world’s five biggest cities in 2020, according a global report by Greenpeace Southeast Asia and IQAir, the world’s largest free air quality information platform. Of the five biggest cities, Delhi had the most deaths (54,000) due to PM2.5 air pollution in 2020 […] Continue reading ->

Big Dams and Climate Change Drive Uttarakhand India Avalanche – Costing Lives Immediately

14/02/2021 Disha Shetty

PUNE, INDIA – For Anjal Prakash, a climate scientist based in India, the flash floods in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand this past week did not come as a surprise. “The writing was on the wall,” said Prakash, a research director at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, of the 7 February rockslide and avalanche […] Continue reading ->