Plain packaging will accelerate progress towards ending the tobacco epidemic
Plain packaging will accelerate progress towards ending the tobacco epidemic
Despite the indisputable scientific evidence that tobacco kills, the tobacco industry has been conniving to...
Why are strong public services essential for social, economic and health security for all?
Why are strong public services essential for social, economic and health security for all?
The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated, more than ever, the overwhelming importance...
Patents or people: The conundrum of healthcare industry
Patents or people: The conundrum of healthcare industry
The first traces of SARS-CoV-2 virus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) were discovered in November 2019...
The way forward after COVID-19: Is there a light at the end of the...
The way forward after COVID-19: Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?
The pandemic, COVID-19 does not discriminate between people based on...
Are the young people left behind in times of COVID-19 pandemic?
Are the young people left behind in times of COVID-19 pandemic?
Over 60% of the world's youth live in Asia Pacific region, accounting for about...
Connecting the dots: Technology, healthcare, and pandemics like COVID-19
Connecting the dots: Technology, healthcare, and pandemics like COVID-19
Technology is often seen as a bane that impedes human ability rather than benefit it. We...
Rise in gender-based violence during COVID-19 warrants a gendered response
Rise in gender-based violence during COVID-19 warrants a gendered response
Preventing sexual and other forms of gender-based violence (SGBV) before it happens and meeting the...
Governments’ accountability for responding to COVID-19, NCDs and tobacco epidemics
Governments' accountability for responding to COVID-19, NCDs and tobacco epidemics
Politics, in many ways, is the ultimate determinant of health, had said Dr Richard Horton,...
Stronger universal public health services, not privatization, will deliver #HealthForAll
Stronger universal public health services, not privatization, will deliver #HealthForAll
When the world has come to a grinding halt due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
Gandhi’s talisman is best guiding light to reform public health
Gandhi's talisman is best guiding light to reform public health
Mahatma Gandhi's talisman is perhaps the best guiding light to reform the public health system...
