Design Health Services Around People, Not The Disease – OpEd
“We need to design services around people, not the disease,” rightly said Dr Nittaya Phanuphak. Unless point-of-care health technologies are
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Author: Bobby Ramakant
Bobby Ramakant co-leads the editorial content of CNS (Citizen News Service) and is on the governing board of Global Antimicrobial Resistance Media Alliance (GAMA) and Asia Pacific Media Alliance for Health and Development (APCAT Media).
Articles by Bobby Ramakant :
Toxic Politics Of Selling Addiction To Children – OpEd
The same deceptive tricks and tactics are used by industries that profit from getting our children addicted to ultra-processed foods,
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We Cannot Turn A Blind Eye To Preventable Epidemics If We Are To Deliver On SDGs – OpEd
The epidemic-proportion diseases and untimely deaths caused by tobacco use are entirely preventable. Likewise, we have science-based tools and approaches
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Will All Children Be Born Free Of HIV, Syphilis And Hepatitis-B By 2030? – OpEd
Despite knowing how to prevent vertical transmission (from mother to the baby) of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis-B infections, we are
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Is Long-Acting HIV Treatment As Good As Taking Daily Pills? – OpEd
Treatment for people living with HIV (antiretroviral therapy) is lifesaving and revolutionary as it has made HIV akin to any
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Catapulting Funding Crisis Into Opportunity By Getting On Track To End TB And Tobacco Use – OpEd
The funding crises forced upon by the US government on several low- and middle-income countries is an opportunity in disguise
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How Can We Leave Those Behind Who Are At Higher TB Risk? – OpEd
A female migrant worker who lives in an urban slum in India’s national capital Delhi lost both her children to
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Danger Of Substandard And Falsified Medical Products Is Real And Growing – OpEd
In 2017, a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), “A study on the public health and socioeconomic impact of
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EndLeprosy Pathway Is Through Stopping Stigma Against Affected Persons – OpEd
Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) is a chronic infectious disease caused by a slow growing bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae. But stigma and
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With Only 70 Months Left To End AIDS Why Is The Urgency Missing? – OpEd
The global AIDS response is not only off-the-target but also slipping by leaps and bounds in some countries or for
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