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Peoples Dispatch
Venezuela Sends Oxygen Tanks to the Brazilian Amazonas State Amid COVID-19 Surge
16 Jan 2021
The sudden surge in numbers of COVID-19 cases in the state has caused a collapse in the public health system with a lack of ICU beds and oxygen.
Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad
Three Major Threats to Life on Earth that we Must Address in 2021
06 Jan 2021
Large parts of the world—outside of China and a few other countries—face a runaway virus, which has not been stopped because of criminal incompetence by governments.
Sandip Chakraborty
West Bengal: Anaemic Mothers, Food and Nutrition Shortage Highlighted by NFHS 5
23 Dec 2020
The state ranks higher than the national average in terms of anaemic mothers and institutionalised child birth in rural areas is yet to reach the desired hundred percent level across the state,…
Aatreyee Dhar
Why North-East Is India’s Worst Cancer Afflicted Region
22 Dec 2020
A region battered by exceptional rates of cancer– doctors claim states such as Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram rank no. 1 in the world for certain cancers–has patients from remote villages hustling…
Saurav Kumar
Bihar: Patients Left in Lurch After Cancer Therapy, Regular Tests Halted at Govt-run PMCH
16 Dec 2020
The pending annual payment for repairing the radiotherapy machine has hindered the cancer treatment and no fixed date for re-commencement of the services has been announced, according to an official…
Newsclick Report
20 Years of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan: Putting People at Centre of Healthcare
01 Dec 2020
The comprehensive approach – an approach that does not limit healthcare to medicalised treatment, but involves a broader understanding of society, culture and political economy of the country and the…
Mohd. Imran Khan
Bihar: Doctors Apprehensive After 23 of Them Succumb to COVID-19
25 Aug 2020
Bihar has reported the highest number of doctors’ deaths due to the infection for any state in the country.
J S Majumdar
NDHM: An All-Out Drive for Privatisation of Healthcare
21 Aug 2020
Apart from data misuse, it is feared that NDHM will help convert the government’s role from ‘service provider’ to ‘broker’ for the private healthcare sector.
Subodh Varma
Understanding India’s Low COVID-19 Death Rate
20 Aug 2020
It is not because of any government strategy that the case fatality rate is lower – it is a younger population and some statistical tricks.
Mohd. Imran Khan
Bihar: Ruling NDA Divided Over Assembly Elections Amid Pandemic and Floods
11 Aug 2020
As per the official data, more than 74 lakh people have been affected by floods in 16 districts of Bihar so far.