Rajib Dasgupta
The writer is professor and chairperson, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
Mon, Jun 06, 2022
Rajib Dasgupta, Shweta Sharma, Balram Bhargava write: The health system’s responsibility in providing equitable access to assistive technology, just as for essential medicines and vaccines, is increasingly being recognised.
Tue, Feb 22, 2022
Rajib Dasgupta writes: Public health systems and policymaking should focus on dealing with the disease in its less virulent form and addressing the scars it has inflicted in the past two years.
Thu, Dec 09, 2021
Rajib Dasgupta, N K Arora write: School life during and after the Covid-19 pandemic is not going to be the same.
Wed, Mar 10, 2021
Vaccine equity, smooth user experience, understanding prevailing motives and behaviours and bridging the digital divide are all vital in India’s fight against COVID-19.
Tue, Jan 05, 2021
Effective messaging strategy shall need both a compelling story and a storyteller; credible voices will be crucial, going beyond celebrity status or political popularity
Tue, Nov 17, 2020
The COVID-19 situation underscores the importance of combining good science with prudent judgment to meet the needs of large populations, while maximising scientific quality in the face of applicable limitations and competing interests.
Thu, Oct 08, 2020
The WHO cautioned that “we have seen broad variations in naïve estimations of CFR that may be misleading”. Adjusting for the stage of the pandemic in each setting is essential to correctly interpreting COVID-19 statistics.
Sat, Aug 29, 2020
With the spike protein having multiple locations where antibodies can bind and neutralise the virus, mutations in the pathogen are not likely to be easily successful in negotiating the vaccine.
Fri, Jul 10, 2020
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.
Thu, Mar 26, 2020
“Social distancing” is what the PM emphasised for all Indians, and the “Janata curfew” was an extraordinary communication and implementation strategy.
Thu, Sep 15, 2016
Vector control requires action at household level and robust public health systems.
Thu, Sep 17, 2015
It requires a far wider spectrum of interventions than mere clinical management.