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India public health
Confronting India’s Silent Killer: Silicosis
By Arkaprabha Sau
Preventing silicosis demands integrating technological, public health, and sustainable livelihood solutions.
Arsenic Kills by Stealth in India’s Villages
By Mimi Roy
Public health interventions have been few and far between to check the continuing ravages of arsenic poisoning in India.
How Social Media Is Pushing Vapes on Young Indians
By Monika Arora, Shalini Bassi, and Shishirendu Ghosal
E-cigarette companies are exploiting social media platforms and websites to recruit young customers by misleading them into nicotine addiction.
Protecting the Vulnerable in India From the Monsoon’s Flood of Diseases
By Indranil Mukhopadhyay
Primary, preventive, and public health initiatives at the local level must be initiated to prevent vector-borne diseases across India.
Mystery Disease in Indian Town Leaves Experts Baffled
By Sudha Ramachandran
While the situation in Eluru in Andhra Pradesh is now contained, the disease has once again drawn attention to water contamination, a common Indian problem.
Indian Tea Plantation Workers Look to the World Bank to Prevent a Coronavirus Disaster
By Anirudha Nagar
Thousands of workers vulnerable to COVID-19 on Indian tea plantations expect urgent investment from a new World Bank funding package.
Sociocultural and Religious Factors Complicate India’s COVID-19 Response
By Mufsin P. P. and Muhsin P. P.
Ensuring awareness and dispelling pseudoscientific practices is a necessity for India to confront the coronavirus.
Why India Needs to Worry About the Zika Threat
By Nayan Chakravarty and Kavita Tatwadi
Combating this stealthy menace requires cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration from the world
India's Health Scare Gets Worse
By Neeta Lal
The current outbreak of vector borne diseases lays bare the inadequacies of India's health care system.
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