There is an urgent need to regulate the private healthcare sector in India. Check out the first article from our latest series where we look into the causes and impact of #privatization of healthcare in India. nivarana.org/article/stan...

#AMR is a plague and not fully attributable to the natural course of an infection. Indiscriminate antimicrobial use can be directly attributed to the development of AMR, a global threat. What role do e-pharmacies play in this global health concern? nivarana.org/article/digi...

Big Tobacco is using e-cigarettes to rebrand and distract from its deadly legacy. Misleading claims about “choice” and “harm reduction” confuse the public and undermine health policies. Read Dr Fitzpatrick’s blog here: blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2024... @theconversation.com @tcrgbath.bsky.social

The global tobacco industry is worth around £730 billion /year. Their product has caused >200 MILLION DEATHS in the last 30 years. Harm reduction? Why would they reduce harm? Harm is their business model.

Two wonderful global health scholars have made their global health books free to download Bravo and thanks @seyeabimbola.bsky.social and @thewrittenro.bsky.social The Foreign Gaze: www.editions.ird.fr/open_access_... Rethinking Global Health: taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...

For those in India, register for this session to understand what an Advance Medical Directive is and how you could make one. Register here- us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A must read on how medical education in India is being destroyed by the coaching lobby!

India needs to invest significantly in home based care and palliative care. Our pollution is becoming sicker by the day and the level of suffering is rapidly rising.

The solution to poverty is to give money to people who need money. Everything else is just inefficiency in order to salve people’s desire to punish poor people for being poor.

Another horrifying example of neglect leading to assisted dying: Normand Meunier (a quadriplegic) developed bedsores after being left FOUR days on ER gurney. He wasn’t turned & his pleas for a specialized mattress were ignored. He decided he didn’t want to “be a burden” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Can you guess what happens when a Walmart Supercenter enters a community? ... ... ... ◾EITC receipts in the community increase ◾ workers' incomes go down as a direct result. "Walmart Supercenters gradually accumulate and exercise monopsony power, with negative consequences for workers."

Let's not forget the need to fund good palliative care. This by @doctoroxford.bsky.social is spot on. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

To make a fair comparison, 700 mill is more than the full yearly budget of a Ministry of Health in most countries.

Such a poor excuse for investigative journalism! Do better, @EconomicTimes Take a principled stance instead of hedging on "middle ground" & "we can be forgiven for distrusting scientific evidence". If you can't be data and evidence driven, you can't call yourself balanced.

Good to see Geneva Health Files covering the issue of insulin access in India genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/insulin-gl... #insulin4all #diabetes

Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction Graphic from Edward Tufte More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪

New Delhi becomes a gas chamber, once again. However, Indian government continues to do flip-flop on accepting air pollution can lead to deaths — something studies carried out its own institutes have established. But in Parliament govt doesn’t shy away in rejecting them. m.thewire.in/article/heal...

Global Assessment of Palliative Care Need: Serious Health-Related Suffering Measurement Methodology www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S088...

1/ Influenza wastewater activity levels are currently low across the US, aside from conspicuous areas in CA where #H5N1 is spreading in dairy cows. A deeper dive into the Wastewater Scan data paints a very concerning picture and should add to our sense of urgency.

Is there a starter pack for Indian public health people? @pranab.stopamr.org

There‘s a lot of euphoria about this site which fully understand but we should not be naive that the more powerful Bluesky gets, the sooner it will be infiltrated by those that want to control narratives. We should be prepared - (and yes, my mantra is also here: „Block hard & early, no regrets“!)

A must read!

3 years (including 1 year in peer review) and 7 reviewers later! Finally, our paper is ready to get published on Dec 6! #telehealth #publichealth #UHC

The third article discusses the role of surveillance and why it needs to be strengthened to address AMR - nivarana.org/article/the-...

The second article discusses the importance of the voices of people with lived experiences in advocating for a change - nivarana.org/article/the-...

Check out our series on Antimicrobial Resistance in India - nivarana.org/category/Ant...