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People stand in queues at a registration center at a hospital on a hot summer day in Ballia District in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, June 21, 2023.

Easing the Cervical Cancer Disease Burden In India

by Sneha Khedkar

A potential solution to the country’s cervical cancer problem

Governance
U.S. President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hold hands as they attend the launch of the Global Biofuels Alliance at the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, September 9, 2023.

The G20 Summit Showcased India’s Ambitions in a Geopolitical World

by David P. Fidler

The New Delhi declaration positioned global health within a nonaligned development strategy

BRICS leaders pose for a picture at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 23, 2023.
Governance

Blocs, the BRICS, and Global Health

by David P. Fidler

Recent geopolitical moves further reshape the international context for global health

A widow poses at the entrance of a staircase at the Meera Sahavagini ashram in the pilgrimage town of Vrindavan, in Uttar Pradesh, India, on March 6, 2013.
Poverty

India’s “Widow Village”

by Hussain Mir

Silicosis deaths are rising among miners in Budhpura, Rajasthan

A mother kisses her child as she walks past graffiti in Mumbai March 27, 2014.
Gender

Breaking Barriers, Building Leaders

by Sai Mandlik, Tanya Dikshit

Youth-driven change in Jharkhand’s health system

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Governance

The Past and Future of Health Cooperation in the Quad

by Manjari Chatterjee Miller

A sustainable and inclusive foundation is essential for the group’s longevity

A health worker sits outside a makeshift camp for blood tests on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, on November 30, 2006
Gender

Addressing Contraceptive Needs for Women Living With HIV

by Preetika Banerjee, Ipsita Bhattacharjee, Shalini Singh

How community health workers can help promote choice in reproductive health care

A child attends a protest against the rape of an eight-year-old girl, in Kathua, near Jammu and a teenager in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh state, in New Delhi, India, on April 15, 2018.
Gender

Silent Suffering

by Christianez Ratna Kiruba

Unveiling the culture of child sexual abuse in Indian families

A woman holds her child as she stands outside her house at Dalit village of Bhaddi Kheda in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh January 15, 2012.
Poverty

Caste Out

by Reina Patel

India’s unjust health-care system

a young woman wearing a light blue surgical face mask rests her head on an empty oxygen tank
Gender

India’s Invisible Chains

by Christianez Ratna Kiruba

In India, women shoulder a disproportionate share of the caregiving burden  

A doctor takes off her personal protection equipment after treating a patient suffering from COVID-19, in the Intensive Care Unit ICU, at the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand.
Governance

Universal Health Care in Southeast Asia

by Snehal A. Patel

Aging populations and rising health-care costs are creating a “golden opportunity” to build better health systems

Delivery worker Devender Singh, who works for Licious, an online meat store, rides his bike on a deserted road, in New Delhi, India, on April 6, 2020.
Poverty

India’s Gig Workers

by Shefali Malhotra

The death of a food delivery boy reveals obstacles in health-care benefits

in a slum Mumbai, India, July 23, 2020
Governance

How India Can Achieve Universal Health Coverage

by Parth Sharma, Preethi John

Empowering community health workers with digital tools will bridge health-care gaps

Dozens of seagulls swoop down to grab food from people in a small boat on the Yamuna River, on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, on November 18, 2021.
Environment

India's Pollution Problem

India's former secretary for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare talks smog and health