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Sri Lanka’s exodus of healthcare workers

WEB23 Jul 2023, 11:57 pm. L ast November, Keheliya Rambukwella, Sri Lanka's minister of health, said in parliament that healthcare workers migrating for overseas jobs without …

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Third Wave: COVID-19 & the mental health crisis

WEBA s Southasia continues to feel the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, in this episode of Himal Interviews we explore a possible "third wave" of health crises – those …

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Between mortality and moksh

WEBAscetics smoking ganja have become the mainstay of travel photography in India, and cannabis a source of frantic parental internet searches. While clearly not a …

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Count your climate losses

WEBCount your climate losses. How recent reports on climate change weigh the economic versus the human cost of the ecological crisis. C limate-change-related …

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Getting the jab done

WEBL ike the pandemic itself, the problems faced by the inoculation drives over the past few months has revealed to us the confines of public health and the need to …

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Planning Colombo

WEBThe vision of Colombo as a garden city, with its streets lined with avenue trees; a city dotted with aquariums, paths and parks promoting garden spaces, …

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The case of the good doctor

WEBOff the beaten track Dr Sen completed his basic medical studies from the prestigious Christian Medical College, Vellore, in 1972. He was awarded an MD in …

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Bangladesh’s murky games to get Saima Wazed to the …

WEBOne is Nepal's nominee, Shambhu Prasad Acharya, a public-health veteran with a doctorate in the discipline who has spent three decades holding various posts …

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Maldivian maladies

WEBMaldivian maladies. The healthcare system in Maldives is burdened by aliments old and new. In 1978, cholera swept across the Maldives, with one in 12 of the …

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Stigma still keeps mothers and children with HIV in India from

WEBStigma still keeps mothers and children with HIV in India from accessing treatment. A World Aids Day event in Kolkata in 2022. Across India, community activists …

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There is something about Parveen

WEBThere is something about Parveen. The cultures of fame, shame, and fear in Bollywood’s tryst with mental health. Pooja Pande. Published on : 10 Sep 2021, 12:52 …

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COVID-19: Southasian states of emergency

WEBO n 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization declared coronavirus a public-health emergency of international concern. Since then, several countries around the world have …

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Translating a pandemic

WEBWhile many terms like Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), ventilator, sanitiser, lockdown, etc, became part of our everyday conversation, mahāmārī, a word …

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Why disabled people in India are paying higher rents

WEBHealth workers interact with a disabled man during a door-to-door survey in Beawar, Rajasthan. Despite government commitments to improve accessibility, disabled …

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The price of immunity

WEBThe sales of vaccines in private hospitals have ranged from around USD 28 for a CanSino Biologics one-dose shot to USD 80 for two doses of the Sputnik V vaccine …

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Doctors without armour

WEBPublished on : 30 Mar 2020, 5:58 am. B efore the pandemic, there was a strike. On 26 February 2020, hundreds of young doctors from hospitals across Pakistan's Sindh …

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Pandemic or poison

WEBT he fact that healthcare workers are writing their wills reminds us that there is a legal life to this pandemic age. In Southasia, COVID-19 will confound the legal …

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