The writer is professor and chairperson, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
July 10, 2020 03:25 IST
The recipe for the earlier successes included close technical coordination between central, state and municipal agencies as well as a proactive political leadership, ably backed by a strong public health establishment of the Municipal Corporation.
March 26, 2020 22:32 IST
“Social distancing” is what the PM emphasised for all Indians, and the “Janata curfew” was an extraordinary communication and implementation strategy.
September 15, 2016 00:04 IST
Vector control requires action at household level and robust public health systems.
September 17, 2015 02:55 IST
It requires a far wider spectrum of interventions than mere clinical management.
