Bobby Ramakant

Dr. Jha said that people are increasingly moving towards organizing themselves, it is the politics of the people, by the people and for the people truly speaking, and people are leading the struggle for political reforms as well.

S.R. Darapuri, who has been a retired Inspector-General (IG) Police, said that until the larger goal of sovereign panchayats is achieved, the elected Gram Pradhans must ensure that the benefits through various welfare and development schemes reaches

A civil society movement is growing in lead up to the United Nations (UN) Summit on non-communicable diseases (NCDs), said the Chairperson of NCD Alliance Ann Keeling, who was speaking at the WHO-wide Planning Meeting for the UN High level Meeting o

The cause of the right to education for minority girls was taken up quite effectively at a zonal seminar on 'Empowerment of Minority Girls Through Education' at the Department of Education

Two events, occurring in quick succession in the recent past, have been very disturbing. One is the sounding of death knell by Mark Thompson (director general of British Broadcasting Corporation), of the Hindi radio service of BBC.

Although far from optimal, still considerable progress has been made in providing healthcare to transgender people in many parts of the world. Yet their mental health needs remain far from being served.

The women's organisations working for women rights in Lucknow marched the streets silently on the 12th of February 2011 to send the message of protest against the failure of the government to provide protection to women against violence.

In Andhra Pradesh state of India, a doctor gulped down sleeping pills when pulled up by authorities for not doing field visits to follow up tuberculosis (TB) patients (source: The Times of India).

And that is precisely what the district administration with support from UNICEF had hoped to hear when they began preparing way back in June 2010 to face the challenges that floods in these prone areas throw up year after year.

60% of people living with HIV in India are dying due to preventable and curable TB. Though we have 12,500 microscopy centers available across India, deaths occur mainly due to late diagnosis, owing to technology limitations.

Food insecurity might present in different forms in different people which may include macronutrient and micronutrient deficiencies, ART interactions, obesity, lipodystrophy, range of mental health concerns, and more importantly, behavioural outcome

The people living with HIV (PLHIV), particularly those who are on the antiretroviral therapy (ART) consisting of tenofovir drug, should take extra-care of their kidneys.

Citing studies that looked at bone loss among PLHIV, Dr. Tashima said that irrespective of ART regimen changes, there was bone loss reported in most of the studies. Greatest bone loss was in two arms that included tenofovir which is a powerful drug

The United Nations General Assembly has created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, in July 2010 - a new agency solely focused on women's rights with a view to invest in women's equality.

MSF relies on affordable medicines produced in India to treat more than 160,000 people living with HIV/AIDS across the developing world. India is also the source of 80% of the AIDS medicines purchased by donors like the Global Fund. But in a leaked

Globally acknowledged leaders in clinical management of HIV infection, including those from India, participated in the vibrant academic exchange and discussions at the recently concluded Chennai ART Symposium (CART 2011) in Chennai, India.

The First Asia to Gaza Caravan was given a warm send off from Latakia, Syria, where the Baath Party Chief and former Ambassador to India, Dr. Mohsen Alkhyyr, accompanying the Governor of Latakia, announced that the names of the caravan members would

The year 2010 came to an end, but the need to attend to lung health has certainly become more pressing as we enter in the year 2011.

The Asia to Gaza caravan arrived to a grand welcome by the Governor of Latakia, Dr. Khalyl Mashhaddya, a cardio-thoracic surgeon, on 25th December, 2010, in the port city of Syria, with school children playing their band and raising pro-Palestine an

The members of caravan were promised that they would be given a Syrian visa upon arrival. The process was smooth. The visa fees for 81 members from 9 countries was waived.