An Exercise in Health Advocacy: Training on Health Budget - The Health Financing and Budget Planning Meeting was organized by the India Working Group for Health Advocacy (IWG) in collaboration with the High Commission of Canada on 13th February 2020 at the High Commission of Canada, New Delhi. The meeting was organised to capacitate health champions identified on HIV, TB, and Malaria on the issues […]
World TB Day 2020 - On the eve of World TB day, March 24th, many will remember the spring of 2020 as the time that COVID-19 became a pandemic. The virus spread from a few pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China in late December 2019 to over 72,000 cases in China by Feb 18th. COVID-19 has now spread to most countries […]
Breaking barriers and building new ceilings: Reflections on gender roles & societal norms - Binary gender identity has been the basis for social construct in society since the time immemorial defining gender roles and expectations from both sexes in society such as men are primarily expected to earn and provide for the family and women are expected to bear children and run the household. However, one’s gender assigned at […]
My Experience of Surviving TB Twice - Health is a precious commodity. In good health, we feel like we could conquer the world and in illness, we feel like a pile of laundry. Going through a prolonged illness is one of those tough times in life when we need a support system to comfort and reassure us. I am two times survivor […]
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