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Suicide prevention: Why it’s critical

The spectrum of mental health disorders is diverse, but what is uniform among them is that they are noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Suicide, tragically, is an outcome of a number of mental health disorders. This is why suicide prevention is so important. “The Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NMH) Cluster is concerned with the rapid rise …

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Hammer Blow to Affordable Healthcare— The Impact of Health Cess (Op-Ed)

By Rakshit Tewari, a public healthcare consultant and an advocate for rational and affordable access to equitable healthcare The year 2019 had healthcare on the ballot with the government riding on the Ayushman Bharat wave, promising affordable healthcare to all. The year 2020 will tell us if the Government will be able to make affordability …

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Op-Ed: AYUSH above scientific investigation?

Should India’s traditional forms of medicine — covered under AYUSH — be held above scientific scrutiny? An advisory note issued by the Union AYUSH Ministry, dated May 2nd, referred to the systems of alternative and traditional medicine included under the AYUSH banner as an “integral part of the country’s healthcare delivery work…not at all comparable …

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Mental health of India’s children – and how we can make it better

Children and adolescents constitute about 40% of population of our country. About 12.5% children suffer from psychiatric disorders. Besides them there are other children also who do not fulfil the criteria for disorder but have symptoms of poor mental health and require help. Children suffer from developmental disorders like Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Mental retardation, …

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Chhattisgarh sterilisation camp deaths: Three years on

On November 8, 2014, 140 women underwent surgery in two state-run sterilisation camps in Chhattisgarh. Five days later, thirteen of them had died. The tragedy grabbed global headlines. Three years later, it remains an open wound in India. At the time, it seemed as if there was one, easy-to-identify cause that could be addressed through …

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Rape in India and the shame of a nation

A 23-year-old woman – dubbed ‘Nirbayha’ by the press – was beaten and raped onboard a bus in New Delhi by a gang of men. The attack left her in critical condition, and Nirbhaya succumbed to her injuries in hospital two weeks later. The incident made international headlines, highlighting what The Independent called a rape …

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