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Arpita Amin

Covid-19 impact: In south Rajasthan clinics, doctors see spike in TB and child malnutrition

Migrant workers’ families and communities continue to be fragile. Counselling, healthcare and supplementary nutrition is essential.

Sanjana Brahmawar Mohan
,
Pavitra Mohan
&
Arpita Amin
· Oct 22, 2020 · 07:30 am
Forcing migrants to stay back in cities during lockdown worsened spread of coronavirus, study shows

A doctor looks at the pattern of Covid-19 cases in Rajasthan.

Pavitra Mohan
&
Arpita Amin
· Jul 03, 2020 · 07:30 am
Stronger health system could have averted 500,000 non-Covid deaths in India in early lockdown period

Managing the coronavirus pandemic should not result in restricted access to other services.

Pavitra Mohan
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Raj Gautam Mitra
&
Arpita Amin
· May 19, 2020 · 07:30 am

Study of 1,129 migrants who returned to one Rajasthan area shows that none had coronavirus infection

This provides a strong indication that the risk of migrants spreading the infection is low, suggest the study’s authors.

Pavitra Mohan
,
Arpita Amin
&
Sanjana Brahmawar Mohan
· May 02, 2020 · 10:30 am