Anumeha Srivastava

HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) have had the misfortune of being associated with more stigma than they deserve. This very impenetrable wall of myth and stigma around the disease has made treating the condition and curbing its spread an exhausting challenge for the world organizations and…

The Indian Railway is India’s largest employer and among the top ten employers in the world. It has differing meanings in the lives of Indians. For 25 million people, it is the mode of transport to take them to work and home. For industries that make up 1 million tonne…

During an event, the founder of an NGO working with migrant labourers was asked how her approach to care had evolved over the years. In reply, she described how she used to give away high-quality personal care products without realising that they were not impacting the beneficiaries’ quality of life…

India has been trying to tackle the problem of population through improved use of family planning methods since before the Emergency rattled the political system. Family planning and contraception methods attack the very root of beliefs of several major sections of the Indian society, and hence the issue of population…

Public Health: Current Situation and Opportunities India spends $252 million every year on tuberculosis control and management. But 278,000 lives are lost each year despite the onerous efforts to curb the disease. Where do the doctors fail? What do the DOTS clinics do wrong? Or is it only because people do…