“ Disaster risk reduction is to serious an issue to be left in the hands of politicians alone” Humanitarian emergencies...
Read MoreMonumental Convergence for Disaster Resilience in Asia: A UN and Partners case study for the world
“I have always believed that the work done by DRR Professionals is God’s work on earth. Humanitarian emergencies are that...
Read MoreDilemmas of decentralizing disaster management
India is seeing an upward surge when it comes to creating a disaster resilient country and building a risk reduction...
Read MoreKSDMA, Fashion Medicine and the casual approach of Karnataka’s Disaster Management
I have worked hard over the years, spoken about it and time & again impressed upon the importance of disaster...
Read MoreThe Catholic Church in need of Vatican III
Pope Francis has captivated the global community like never before. His rise not only energized Christians but it also caught...
Read MoreBoat clinics in the Brahmaputra river
” Boat Clinics is a working model of God’s work on earth. Initiating it is one thing, running it is...
Read MoreBuilding public health activism at the grassroots
Activism as a concept or a philosophy need not be extrapolated and matched with the otherwise popular terms to create...
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Why public health is the sexiest profession of the 21st century
Public Health workers today need to lead from the front and have faith in their own inner voice and be...
Read MoreKPME Bill Amendment 2017 is not a solution to create affordable healthcare
A great health system is not when people opt for private healthcare; a great health system is when Governments can...
Read MoreNBE is compromising super speciality medical education in India
“NBE should rise up to engage and mature with the medical community which continues to re-discover itself through the extra-ordinary...
Read MoreWhy this road user ID card will change health systems forever
“Road traffic injuries simply cannot be justified as a cause of death in 2017 as the world gets ambitious and...
Read MoreUniversal Health Coverage remains an over-ambitious English word
“For years, New Delhi has not delivered a health system that honours health as a human right and has failed...
Read MoreWater scarcity strategies for Indian municipalities to adopt
Water scarcity and drought is becoming a real world problem for many Indian cities and is going to shape the...
Read MoreBargaining for health while addressing drought
“Evidence based public health pushes health workers to absorb and understand natural disasters and its link towards influencing human health, which...
Read MoreOur world: Nuts and bolts to sustainable human health
“All roads on earth lead to securing basic public health first” Dr Edmond Fernandes, CEO, Center for Health and Development...
Read MoreDefending health systems during humanitarian disasters
The world has been reeling through disasters of different magnitudes witnessed like never before. Humanitarian disaster is cropping up at...
Read MoreChronicles of the medical profession — Protect doctors first
The baggage today’s doctors carry is not an easy one to comprehend. Society has been talking for a while on...
Read MoreHealth Ministries should set up Public Health Advisory Councils
Health Ministries in many countries have plainly seen healthcare from a narrow prism of a curative domain. Global health today...
Read MoreCreate advisory body to state disaster management authority as per DM Act 2005
Nani Palkhivala, India’s then Ambassador to the United States of America during the emergency days reminded all Indians of what...
Read MoreJapan’s ageing population–a demographic time bomb
Japan leads the world when it comes to population ageing. This is a very discouraging sign from the eyes of...
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