India Together: Save the vultures – 01 June 2003
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…
India Together: The need for ethical debate – 01 April 2003
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…
India Together: Wash your spinach, twice – 01 April 2003
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…
India Together: Mental health, administrative disorder – 14 March 2003
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,…
India Together: Profile: Khushboo Welfare Society – 01 February 2003
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…
India Together: The condom, the moon and the finger – 01 February 2003
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…
India Together: Business with humanitarian goals – 01 February 2003
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…
India Together: Polio eradication programme stumbles – 01 January 2003
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…