All Strange Things About India and world
A proactive media that could pressurise policy makers and educate the public for better medicare services. Malvika Karlekar profiles Delhi-based Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury’s efforts. 01 July 2003 – Today,…
01 June 2003 – Disability Network is a Pune-based organisation run for persons with disabilities by persons with disabilities themselves. The organisation was founded by a cross-disability group; the “fearless…
Rahul Bedi says declining vulture numbers have triggered serious public health problems. 01 June 2003 – PINJORE, India, June 4 (IPS) — At Asia’s first Vulture Care Center in this…
Research finds evidence of heavy metal contamination of vegetables in Delhi. 01 April 2003 – Recent research has found that consumers in Delhi are purchasing vegetables with high levels of…
Direct Electro-Convulsive Therapy, banned in the west and some Indian states as a form of medical torture, is finding new advocates. Ethical psychiatrists must strongly disavow the practice, says Bhargavi…
The rape of a schizophrenic girl at NIMHANS reveals a wide gap between the rhetoric and reality of mental health care in India. 14 March 2003 – On January 12,…
This Haryana based non-profit organization is working towards building a disabled friendly society through integration and rehabilitation, says Indra Chopra 01 February 2003 – Fullit Kokkhar walks into the Blessings…
For AIDS prevention education to be successful, powerful gender-sensitive messages must replace the nebulous ‘moral framework’, argues Anita Anand. 01 February 2003 – : The South Asian region has about…
Kris Herbst profiles how David Green has propelled Aurolab into a model corporation that manufactures ‘expensive’ medical products at rock-bottom prices. 01 February 2003 – David Green has figured out…
Administrative lapses and the fears of young parents keep a small percentage of infants outside the vaccine’s reach, and this may be enough to keep the virus alive. 01 January…