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The theme for World Mental Health Day 2026, “Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change”, is particularly relevant and timely for India. As mental health receives increasing attention in public health, policy and research, the theme invites us to look beyond the availability of services and ask whether the experiences of people livin...
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...
In recent decades, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has become a global public health concern. That is no different in my country, India. As per the 2019 Global Burden of Disease study, India now has the highest number of deaths due to CKD, followed by China and Japan. True, we do have a lot of people in India, but there’s more to it, unfortunat...
Inequitable access to medicines still remains a challenge in most low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The situation in India is no different. Despite being the largest supplier of generic medicines and often referred to as ‘ the worlds pharmacy’, it is unable to ensure access to medicine to its own people. We are still struggling to imp...
