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How Alcohol and Tobacco Cause Poverty

Abhay Bang 31/05/2022

Alcoholism and addiction to tobacco are no longer just...

A health worker (R) weighs a child under a government program in New Delhi, India, May 7, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee

Health Budget Could Have Been About People, But Now It’s About Markets

Ravi Duggal 06/02/2018

The Budget speech pitch of 'Swastha Bharat' as 'Samridha...

A doctor attends to patients at Gaon Dawakhana, the community-owned village clinic that runs on family subscriptions. Credit: Lokpriya Janhit Sewa Sansthan.

How Women of Lalganj Mobilised the Community to Bring Doctors to Their Doorsteps

Sandeep Chavan 03/10/2017

Increased healthcare expenses and lack of access to hospitals...

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Rural Healthcare in India Often Fails to Meet the Smallest of Expectations

Khabar Lahariya 22/06/2017

Even though community health centres have been set up...

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In Rural Chhattisgarh, Health Problems Go Far Beyond Medical Definitions

Jahnavi Sen 01/09/2016

In An Atlas of Rural Health, the Jan Swastha...