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The United Nations General Assembly is the world’s leading policy making body. Since its foundation in 1945, most of the UNGA discussions focus on subjects like war and economics.This year in its...

Chronic illnesses have a way of bringing us down. Pratyusha (name changed), a mother of two, shares her experiences with chronic skin disease and depression."For two years of my life, a chronic skin...

The discovery of combination anti-retroviral therapies (ART) in 1996 was instrumental in changing the status of HIV-AIDS from ‘feared death sentence’ to a ‘chronic manageable disease’.The treatments...

In a recent article, I wrote about the lamentable state of primary healthcare, cautioning against steeply escalating healthcare costs, the deteriorating primary care infrastructure and the perils of...

The 98-year old lady, let’s say, Mrs.X, walked into my clinic with her grandson one Monday afternoon. She looked frail, had not been eating or sleeping well and had become more and more withdrawn.Her...

As the world grows older, richer and more informed, the number of people being diagnosed with depression is expected to increase even further.Besides the impact on health and lifestyle, at its worst...

Infectious diseases continue to be one amongst the top ten leading causes of deaths worldwide.In low-income and middle-income countries, AIDS (caused by HIV) and TB (caused by Mycobacterium...

Health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being.Suicide is the result of a breakdown in this balance due to complex factors. Suicide is the second most common cause of...