The writer is professor and chairperson, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
July 10,2020 03:25:15 AM
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 22:32:18 PM
“Social distancing” is what the PM emphasised for all Indians, and the “Janata curfew” was an extraordinary communication and implementation strategy.
September 15,2016 00:04:56 AM
Vector control requires action at household level and robust public health systems.
September 17,2015 02:55:14 AM
It requires a far wider spectrum of interventions than mere clinical management.
