दक्षिण राजस्थान & गुजरात में पत्थर गढ़ाई के काम में लगे मजदूरों में silicosis की बीमारी इतनी आम है कि पिंडवाड़ा के कुछ गांवों को 'विधवाओं का गांव' कहा जाने लगा है क्योंकि पत्थर गढ़ाई करने वाले अधिकतर मर्द इसी बीमारी से मार जाते हैं। Thakur Foundation & Hridayesh Joshi की डॉक्यूमेंट्री

We begin a series on our health systems and health policy today hosted by Arfa Khanum Sherwani for The Wire Our first episode focuses on disease burden in the country youtu.be/-A_BUl5-oR0?si… Banjot Kaur

Longish Thread👇 As we come to end of the year, I want to dedicate this thread to the tax-payer funded sentinel of pseudo-science in India, our esteemed Ministry of Ayush 1/n

Quick 🧵👇 In November 2023, Lancet Regional Health published a paper analyzing cancer clinical trial landscape in India. It is available here: thelancet.com/journals/lanse…

Do watch this👇discussion on how healthcare services are financed in our country and why we need to invest in building primary care infrastructure rather than putting money in insurance based models youtu.be/sJk92qkR-Xg?si…

ढाई साल पहले मैंने पांच राज्यों में यात्रा कर आर्सेनिक प्रदूषण की समस्या को कवर किया था। करीब 1 घंटे की जो डॉक्यूमेंट्री बनी वह आप यहां देख सकते हैं। लिंक इस पोस्ट के साथ है। इसके साथ ही कई रिपोर्ट भी लिखी जो न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री की वेबसाइट पर पढ़ी जा सकती हैं। ग्राउंड वाटर में

टीबी के साथ-साथ कुपोषण से भी जंग लड़ रहे ऋषिकेश के परिवारों की इस कहानी को इस साल REACH media award मिला है। टीबी चैंपियन साथी लक्ष्मी, पारुल और सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता हेमलता बहन आपका शुक्रिया। साथ ही IndiaSpend इंडियास्पेंड और Thakur Foundation indiaspend.com/health/governm…

Congratulations to the Election Commission for the tough stand it has taken against the high and mighty for violating the Model Code. It's spotless conduct today would even put Sheshan to shame. Keep it up you three IAS officers.

Training on ethics and professionalism for community health workers at RUWSEC from 28.05.2024 to 31.04.2024 with #ethics #communityhealthworkers

Pratyush Deep reports on how cases of alleged medical negligence are handled in Delhi and Haryana. This is the first of a six part series that builds on Vidhi Centre For Legal Policy's excellent research on the implementation of the Clinical Establishments Act in India. Do read.

Release of our curriculum on #Ethics and @Professionalism of #CommunityHealthWorkers by the Director of Public Health, Government of TN. sudharshini Vijay Gopichandran Thakur Foundation

The Director of Public Health, Government of TN felicitating the curriculum and emphasising the importance of ethical community health workforce. Thakur Foundation

“The onus of proof lies on the victim” Excellent ground report from Pratyush Deep on how Consumer Forums including National Consumer Redressal Commission, and the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 fail over and over again in providing justice to victims newslaundry.com/2024/06/21/vic…

An important study of insurance coverage for mental illness in India from Soumitra 🌻 সৌমিত্র சௌமித்ரா سومترہ and colleagues: ijme.in/articles/insur…

One of the many non-scams during the UPA era. In the resulting arbitration proceedings, the Indian judiciary once again proved to foreign investors that they should not invest in India without the protection of a BITs agreement: barandbench.com/news/us-suprem…