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Arima Mishra is an associate professor at the school of development in Azim Premji University in Bangalore, India.
On June 17 2019, doctors across India in both public and private sectors boycotted non-essential medical services, responding to a call for a nationwide strike a few days earlier by the Indian Medical Association (IMA). The strike was in solidarity with junior doctors in West Bengal who were protesting a violent attack against doctors at a pub...
The public policy scenario in India has moved from a program mode to a “mission” mode. In the field of health, the year 2005 marked the beginning of this shift with the launch of the National Rural Health Mission. This is followed by a spate of related missions including the National Urban Health Mission, National Health Mission, National Nu...
