Columnist: BOBBY RAMAKANT

Eliminating illicit tobacco trade is a step towards #EndTobacco and SDGs

Apr 14, 2021 | Feature Article

Ending tobacco use globally is not just a compelling public health imperative but is also key for social justice ...

Is policing pandemics different than maintaining law and order?

Feb 18, 2021 | Feature Article

Among the first responders in times of emergencies or crises is often expected to be the police. This was no diff ...

Marriage Is No Child’s Play

Nov 1, 2020 | Feature Article

According to a report by UNICEF, India is home to the largest number of child brides in the world, accounting for ...

Speed Is Not Enough, Accelerating Progress Is Key To End TB — New WHO Report

Oct 18, 2019 | Feature Article

Global fight against tuberculosis (TB) is making modest gains, although largely not yet on track to end TB. 2019 Global ...

Corporate abuses are major threat to sustainable development

Corporations that abuse human rights are a threat to SDGs and our planet

Oct 17, 2019 | Feature Article

One of the major processes at the United Nations (UN) that gives hope for a better tomorrow where no one is left behind ...

TB is preventable & curable: Zero new infection & zero deaths must become a real...

Aug 4, 2019 | Feature Article

TB is preventable, treatable and curable. Science shows how can we effectively prevent, accurately diagnose, treat with ...

Preventing TB is rooted in medical ethics and human rights

Aug 3, 2019 | Feature Article

With quarter of world rsquo;s population infected with latent TB (not active TB disease), and in the light of scientific ...

Is Universal Health Coverage An Opportunity To End AIDS And TB?

Jul 31, 2019 | Feature Article

At the United Nations General Assembly in September 2019, a special United Nations High Level Meeting (UNHLM) wil ...

Latent TB is a critical cog in the wheel to end TB and end AIDS

Preventing TB is a critical cog in the wheel to #endTB and #endAIDS

Jul 21, 2019 | Feature Article

Every case of active tuberculosis (TB) disease comes from an individual with latent TB infection. And every new case of ...

Why I Did Not Renew My Driving License?

Jul 2, 2019 | Feature Article

Because I realized (better late than never) that it is government rsquo;s responsibility to provide safe, convenient, af ...

Ending TB Is Going To Be Hard But "Hard Is Not Impossible"

Mar 9, 2017 | Feature Article

Wisdom of Nelson Mandela, quot;It always seems impossible until it 39;s done quot;, has only deepened in relevance ...

Right to road must first go to pedestrians, non-motorised vehicles

Jul 10, 2016 | Feature Article

(CNS): quot;It did not strike me even for a second how fatal it could be for my child to ride a two-wheeler as a pillio ...

Will Countries 'Walk The Talk' To End The Tobacco Epidemic?

May 30, 2015 | Feature Article

Despite unprecedented pressure from tobacco industry to delay, dilute or thwart progress on a range of tobacco contro ...

Bodily Autonomy And Sexual Rights Are Integral To Development Justice

May 21, 2015 | Feature Article

(CNS): The dream of development justice cannot be realized unless governments also recognize bodily autonomy and sexu ...

No Other Way Out: We Need To Early Diagnose TB And Treat With Drugs That Work

Apr 30, 2015 | Feature Article

(CNS): It may sound rhetorical but some of the 39;absolute must 39; steps for progressing towards ending tuberculo ...

Is Too Much Health Research – Unnecessary, Unethical, Unscientific, Wasteful?

Feb 18, 2015 | Feature Article

Too much health and medical research may be unnecessary, unethical, unscientific, and wasteful, warns a new global ne ...

Deworm To Not Lose Gains Made On Child Health And Nutrition

Feb 9, 2015 | Feature Article

Government of India is observing National Deworming Day on 10th February to control infections in children caused by ...

Author:	Bobby Ramakant
Publications:	189