India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive may derail its mother-child immunisation programme

As sytems are diverted for Covid-19, they may get too strained to handle the routine immunisation programmes, warn experts.

Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 04, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Eight years on, India’s law to prevent workplace sexual harassment is marred by poor data collection

While many women in formal employment can take advantage of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act, many who work in informal jobs have no such access.

Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com

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Shreya Khaitan, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 23, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Despite being undercounted, India has the most snakebite deaths in the world

Registries only count snakebites if victims go to a hospital.

Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 18, 2021 · 09:30 pm

A month into India’s Covid-19 vaccine drive, here’s how the country has fared

A total of 84 lakh people were inoculated till February 15.

Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 17, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Budget 2021: Fine print shows little real increase in health allocation despite Covid-19

The government has combined many existing heads such as water and sanitation under the 2021-’22 health budget.

Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 02, 2021 · 09:30 pm

In Bhopal, Covid-19 vaccine trial participants say they were misled

Volunteers from the city’s poor areas – many of them survivors of the 1984 gas tragedy – were allegedly lured with Rs 750 payment.

Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 13, 2021 · 01:30 pm

After 10 years, a policy targets tobacco industry interference in India’s health ministry

But what about the commerce and finance ministries and the Tobacco Board, ask experts.

Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 27, 2020 · 01:30 pm

India has officially crossed 1 crore Covid-19 cases. How did we get here?

As the year draws to a close, promising vaccines have kindled hopes of a better 2021.

Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 21, 2020 · 01:30 pm

In Bihar, four in five women have never used the internet

Data from the National Family Health Survey reveals the extent of the digital divide in India.

Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 18, 2020 · 01:30 pm

The sudden focus on Covid-19 has derailed tuberculosis response worldwide

TB continues to be seen as the ‘poorer cousin’ among infectious diseases as it only affects the developing world, says Grania Brigden from The Union.

Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com

· Nov 22, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Rich nations may use patents to cut off easy access to Covid-19 vaccines in developing countries

In an interview, the executive director of South Centre explains the benefits and harms of India’s fight to get patent exemptions on coronavirus treatments.

Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com

· Nov 21, 2020 · 01:30 pm

AYUSH ministry’s ‘remedies’ have added to the confusion and chaos of Covid-19

Its recommendations have lent legitimacy to home treatment, making the jobs of frontline health workers more difficult.

Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com

· Nov 09, 2020 · 01:30 pm