The way forward after COVID-19: Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?
Treatment in private hospital on public money possible but no relief if private transport used
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic over the last 3 months has failed on almost every front. Not only has the government been unsuccessful in containing the exponential spread of the disease but has through its actions given rise to one of the biggest humanitarian crises our country has ever seen. It has violated the basic human rights of lakhs of Dalit, Adivasi, Bahujan people through its narrow-mindedness, short-sightedness and insensitivity.
Tobacco-caused diseases are a bane to the pandemic
"A cigarette is a pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other" had said George Bernard Shaw.
Grappling with a pandemic that has impacted humanity is no mean task. Scientists, doctors, governments, civilians – the entire world – have adorned their respective uniforms and stand united in this war against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Inevitably, the entire focus of all authorities, leaders and citizens has shifted to containing the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). All contemporary issues and concerns of the society, which continue to affect the behavior and lifestyle of the community, seem to have been neglected and, in return, are allegedly becoming a factor in making the pandemic more severe.
Study shows a 70% decline in baseline CD4 testing in Uganda over six years
CD4 testing is vital for managing opportunistic infections and advanced HIV disease
If the pandemic is a "war" then India needs to spend more
If India is at war with a virus, why has it not invested more in public health care?
published in Fair Observer
published in Fair Observer
[podcast] Preventing illness and promoting wellness for girls and women
This Podcast features Dr Hema Divakar,
who was the keynote speaker for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (SDGtalks) series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore. She shared her insights on "Preventing illness and promoting wellness
for girls and women".
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 19% of the region's total population. This translates into more than 750 million young women and men aged 15 to 24 years. As it is, many of them - especially adolescent girls and young women, young migrants and refugees, youth living in rural areas, young persons with disabilities, young people of different sexual orientations - already face a variety of obstacles in their access to education, employment and healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated their risks and vulnerabilities of being left behind on these and other fronts.
COVID-19, health sector & sustainable development: How the pandemic has affected the development in the health sector
The year 2020 has brought severe challenges to the world. One of the most disastrous epidemics that the world has faced in the past century perhaps is the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. It is improbable that anybody on this earth has ever faced similar circumstances before in their lives. Gaining its existence from Wuhan in China, it created havoc by affecting almost the whole of the world. The pandemic is caused by a virus known as SARS-CoV-2. The virus belongs to a family of viruses that is responsible for many respiratory diseases in human beings. The virus has reportedly originated from bat populations, specifically from Rhinolophus. The mode of infection transmission, as well as the adaptability of novel coronavirus to human cell receptors, has resulted in tremendous speed in infecting human beings globally. The condition in countries with the most developed healthcare sector, like the US and Italy, is not unknown to the world. It is essential to know how the world will deal with the after-effects of the pandemic. Will the world be the same? It becomes crucial to think about how the world will be functional, what path would the world politics take as it becomes essential for the countries to coordinate with each other. What steps would the governments take to deal with the economic shutdown? It is much relevant to ask an answer to these questions in the current scenario.
[podcast] Cervical cancer: are we doing enough?
This Podcast features Prof Nuzhat Husain who was the keynote speaker on "screening for cervical cancer" as part of the Sustainable Development e-Talks (SDGtalks) series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore.
Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms.
#SDGtalks featured Dr Hema Divakar: Preventing illness and promoting wellness for girls and women
#SDGtalks on "border-free south Asia" featured Sandeep Pandey & Kanak Mani Dixit
[podcast] Border-free south Asia
This Podcast on "border-free South Asia" and "civil liberties" featured two keynote speakers: Prof Dr Sandeep Pandey (India) and Kanak Mani Dixit (Nepal). Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) series is co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore.
Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms.
Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms.
[podcast] Nuclear-free world is an imperative for SDGs
This Podcast features #SDGtalks keynote speaker: Dr SP Udayakumar, who shares his insights on "a nuclear-free world is an imperative for sustainable development". The Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) is a special
series, co-hosted
by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020).
by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020).
Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms.
[podcast] Inclusive and equitable quality education for all
This Podcast features Dr Sandeep Pandey, as keynote speaker for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special
series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5
June 2020). He spoke on inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms.
#SDGtalks featured Dr Sandeep Pandey: Inclusive & equitable quality education for all"
On 4th June (11am to 12 noon India time), the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, featured keynote speaker, Prof Dr Sandeep Pandey, who shared his insights on "inclusive and equitable quality education for all".
#SDGtalks featured Prof Nuzhat Husain: Screening for cervical cancer
On 6th June (3pm India time), the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, featured keynote speaker, Prof Nuzhat Husain, who shared her insights on "Screening for cervical cancer".
[podcast] Thailand supports innovation and social sustainability during crisis
This Podcast features Theresa Mathawaphan, who shared her insights on "How Thailand fights in
the crisis to support innovation and social sustainability". Theresa
Mathawaphan is the Chief Strategy Officer, National Innovation Agency
(NIA), Thailand, and was a keynote speaker for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special
series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5
June 2020).
Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms.
#SDGtalks featured Dr SP Udayakumar: “Nuclear-free world is an imperative for sustainable development"
On 5th June (3pm India time), the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, featured keynote speaker, Dr SP Udayakumar, who shared his insights on "A nuclear-free world is an imperative for sustainable development".
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 have seen the cost of our advancement in the increasing rates of deforestation, the rise of global warming and the absolute carelessness with which we treat nature. The increase in awareness has led to people becoming more environmentally conscious, yet, understandably, we cannot compromise the development of countries as technology keeps advancing. And in the same way, we cannot cause any more degradation to the environment for the advancement of technology or development. However, in light of recent events, it is perhaps the technology that will help us emerge from the pandemic unscathed to a more considerable extent. The Guardian recently reported that this destruction of the environment is causing pathogens to reduce boundaries between humans and animals.
#SDGtalks featured Theresa Mathawaphan: “How Thailand fights in the crisis to support innovation and social sustainability"
She discussed the ways Thailand deals with the sustainable development issues which makes its people can sustain their lives and leverage the quality of living. It also covered the importance of innovation toward the social sustainability, especially in the crisis time as in the current period of COVID-19.
Economic loss caused by tobacco to global economy is over US$ 1.4 trillion every year
[published in Asian Tribune]
No excuse for inaction: #EndTobacco to prevent epidemics of diseases and deaths
[podcast] Understanding and confronting corporate power and greed as essential to social justice and change
This Podcast features Patti Lynn, who shared her insights on "Understanding and confronting
corporate power and greed as essential to social justice and change".
This #SDGtalks was also special as it was dedicated to celebrate the
memory and legacy of Yul Francisco Dorado, a visionary tobacco control
leader in Latin America who was also a part of Corporate Accountability
team.
She was a keynote speaker for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special
series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5
June 2020).
Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms.
How can privatisation and foreign direct investment possibly make us a self-reliant nation?
Mahatma Gandhi's conception of self-reliance was of simple living and self-sufficiency. The basic idea was to use local resources and a local work force for the production of commodities for local consumption to the extent possible, with minimal dependence on the outside world. But the Indian government’s clarion call for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India) has not been matched by steps towards either simple living (especially for the middle and rich class) or local self-sufficiency. After perhaps one of the biggest and strictest lockdowns in the world owing to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the recently announced relaxations and relief measures aimed at rebooting the economy are likely to take us even further away from the Gandhian value of self-reliance.
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