Disha Shetty

She is a freelance science journalist.

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India’s Investments in Early Warning Systems Have Unintended Benefits for Women

Disha Shetty 25/02/2022

India began investing in early warning systems in 2012...

Oubreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), near Bengaluru

How India’s Bad Death-Records Got in the Way of Its Pandemic Response

Disha Shetty 02/09/2021

Far fewer deaths are certified in rural areas like...

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Air Pollution Patterns in the Hindu Kush Himalaya Are More Complex Than Thought

Disha Shetty 31/07/2021

'One of the myths that was easy to debunk...

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses supporters at a Labour Party event in Wellington

Why the World’s Pandemic Response Needs More Female Voices

Disha Shetty 05/02/2021

At virtually every level of society, women have been...

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Where Doctors Won’t Go, Pregnant Women Are Deserted and Aadhaar Causes Hunger

Disha Shetty 24/08/2018

In a tribal village in Madhya Pradesh, where there...

A health technician analyses blood samples for tuberculosis testing in a high-tech tuberculosis lab in Carabayllo in Lima, Peru May 19, 2016. Credit: Reuters

Only Handful in India Will Have Access to TB ‘Wonder Drug’ Delamanid Next Month

Disha Shetty 13/07/2018

Four-hundred doses of Delamanid, one of the last known...

HPV is the most common virus that infects the reproductive tract and Cervical cancer is by far the most common disease caused by it. Caption and credit: Manu5/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

It’s Time We Think of Men’s Role When Discussing Cancer Care for Women

Disha Shetty 29/06/2018

Men carry the HPV virus. And cervical cancer, of...