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ARCHIVE 2008

Microbicide trial results signal end of one chapter, focus turns to promising ARV-based candidates
By Citizen News Service  
14 December, 2009

36 million people with TB cured: New WHO Data released
By Bobby Ramakant  
14 December, 2009

Jurmil Morcha and CJP Karnataka enlighten Bangaloreans about Chhattisgarh's marginalized
By Pushpa Achanta  
14 December, 2009

Responding to TB, HIV, COPD and tobacco smoking needs coordinated approach
By Bobby Ramakant  
9 December, 2009

Hard talk on association between public health advocates and pharmaceutical companies
By Bobby Ramakant  
8 December, 2009

Global Fund approves TB funding for government and civil society led proposal in India
By Citizen News Service  
8 December, 2009

The year 2010 is declared as Year of the Lung
By Bobby Ramakant  
8 December, 2009

Patients' Charter for TB Care is in favour of doctors, not against them
By Bobby Ramakant  
7 December, 2009

Denying IPT to people-with latent TB is a human rights violation
By Bobby Ramakant  
6 December, 2009

Implementation of right to health of indigenous peoples essential to Stop TB
By Bobby Ramakant  
5 December, 2009

Rights and Responsibilities Roadshow: Raising standards for care in Indonesia
By Bobby Ramakant  
5 December, 2009

Integrated community health services in Timor-Leste
By Citizen News Service  
30 November, 2009

Local Welfare in a Global Context: Slums and Urban Welfare in Karnataka's Development
By Pushpa Achanta  
29 November, 2009

Endoscopic breast surgery - a new hope for cancer patients
By Shobha Shukla  
26 November, 2009

World Diabetes Day: Healthy living prevents diabetes and obesity
By Shobha Shukla  
14 November, 2009

Thailand ups diabetes prevention and education on World Diabetes Day 2009
By Jittima Jantanamalaka  
14 November, 2009

Diabetes in Zimbabwe: It’s Not All About Sugar
By Chief K Masimba Biriwasha  
8 November, 2009

Turn off the Diabetes Tap - Turn Media on!
By Jittima Jantanamalaka  
6 November, 2009

Spotlight on big surgeries with minimal or no incisions at regional Surgeons' Conclave
By Citizen News Service  
6 November, 2009

Punishing success in tackling AIDS
By Citizen News Service  
5 November, 2009

Greater the surgeon, smaller the incision: UPASICON 2009
By Shobha Shukla  
4 November, 2009

Pneumonia kills more children than any other disease
By Bobby Ramakant  
2 November, 2009

Actions, not answers, needed to reduce pneumonia deaths
By Bobby Ramakant  
1 November, 2009

Across the world, the threat [of diabetes] is ignored and under-funded: Kofi Annan
By Bobby Ramakant  
1 November, 2009

US should be liberal in transferring technology for clean energy: Dr Farooq Abdullah
By Alka Pande  
28 October, 2009

Rickshaw Pullers’ Day At Loreto
By Shobha Shukla  
28 October, 2009

Negotiating Climate change - a filmi way
By Alka Pande  
26 October, 2009

Behavioral change in sanitation practices will lead to lasting social development
By Kulsum Mustafa  
24 October, 2009

People in Developing Countries Pay More for Diabetes Care and Have Poorer Health Results: IDF Study
By Citizen News Service  
22 October, 2009

Mounting pressure against new uranium mining and nuclear power plants
By Bobby Ramakant  
19 October, 2009

Deepawali: The Festival Of Lights
By Shobha Shukla  
17 October, 2009

Popular cartoon character 'Meena' will reach UP schools on AIR waves
By Kulsum Mustafa  
14 October, 2009

Uttar Pradesh vies with Delhi, Maharashtra for Indian Green Oscar
By Alka Pande  
14 October, 2009

Mental health related stigma reduces access to existing services
By Alka Pande  
13 October, 2009

Thousands attend the Mental Health Week in Kashmir
By Citizen News Service  
11 October, 2009

Indian Prevention Advocates Publish India Microbicide Monitor
By Bobby Ramakant  
8 October, 2009

Camp opens in Srinagar in lead up to the World Mental Health Day
By Bobby Ramakant  
8 October, 2009

"No Health without Mental Health": MSF
By Bobby Ramakant  
3 October, 2009

Let Your Giving Be Gentle As Silence!!!
By Shobha Shukla  
2 October, 2009

Improved relationship between farmers and mill-owners can boost sugar output
By Alka Pande  
1 October, 2009

Extrapulmonary TB: India needs to do more
By Bobby Ramakant and Paul Chinnock  
30 September, 2009

West Bengal authorities put media's credibility at stake
By Bobby Ramakant  
30 September, 2009

Globally-acclaimed Surgeon Prof Rama Kant now on SRNT Treatment Committee
By Citizen News Service  
27 September, 2009

India Court of Women on dowry and violence
By Pushpa Achanta  
26 September, 2009

2009 UNICEF ICBD Regional Award winner children in spotlight
By Kulsum Mustafa  
26 September, 2009

India needs new prevention technologies for HIV, other STIs and unwanted pregnancies
By Bobby Ramakant  
23 September, 2009

Indian Government continues secret FTA negotiations
By Citizen News Service  
23 September, 2009

Muslim women are oppressed in India: says minority social activist
By Alka Pande  
23 September, 2009

Why is extra-pulmonary TB not a public health priority in India?
By Bobby Ramakant  
20 September, 2009

A.N.College, Patna joins Erasmus Mundus Program
By Admin  
20 September, 2009

Reality Check for XIth Five-Year Plan: People evaluate development schemes
By Citizen News Service  
19 September, 2009

Currency Transaction levy (CTL) could finance countries to meet MDGs for Health
By Bobby Ramakant  
15 September, 2009

Positive Lives: Using photography to reduce HIV related stigma and prejudice
By Bobby Ramakant  
14 September, 2009

Press Release: MTS rolls out mobile telephony services in Jharkhand
By Admin  
8 September, 2009

"Good health is India's basic need": Easier said than done Mr Prime Minister
By Bobby Ramakant  
8 September, 2009

Charity Begins at Home to beat UP Govt Apathy
By Bobby Ramakant  
6 September, 2009

India to take measures on climate change before reaching Copenhagen
By Alka Pande  
2 September, 2009

Rubbish The Rubbish Food And Embrace A Healthy Lifestyle
By Shobha Shukla  
31 August, 2009

A fake encounter
By Dr Sandeep Pandey, SR Darapuri and Aridamanjit Singh  
29 August, 2009

A CONSCIENCE ENCOUNTERED
By Dr Sandeep Pandey  
29 August, 2009

Journalists to set up information hub on children: UNICEF urged to facilitate
By Kulsum Mustafa  
29 August, 2009

Blatant violations of pictorial warnings on tobacco products in India: Study
By Bobby Ramakant  
26 August, 2009

Of Music And Divinity
By Shobha Shukla  
25 August, 2009

Legislator's death exposes non-availability of medical aid in UP House
By Kulsum Mustafa  
25 August, 2009

Fatwa against iftars hosted by politicians dampens annual minority wooing
By Kulsum Mustafa  
24 August, 2009

Of The Freedom To Revel And To Abstain
By Shobha Shukla  
20 August, 2009

Media must become the voice of victimized children
By Kulsum Mustafa  
15 August, 2009

A long wait for Independence
By Dr Sandeep Pandey  
15 August, 2009

Another jolt to democracy in Burma
By Bobby Ramakant  
12 August, 2009

VidyaGyan [Knowledge] for brilliant rural students
By Alka Pande  
11 August, 2009

The Spring Of Despair And The Winter Of Hope
By Shobha Shukla  
10 August, 2009

Overhaul policing system to arrest the alarming human rights violations by police
By Bobby Ramakant  
7 August, 2009

Hiroshima Day: Citizens oppose nuclear energy and weapons
By Bobby Ramakant  
6 August, 2009

Men against violence - 4: Men engagement is the need of women's movement
By Nasiruddin Haider Khan  
6 August, 2009

In Emergencies, Breastfeeding Is A Lifeline
By Bobby Ramakant  
5 August, 2009

Activists oppose reintroduction of land acquisition and resettlement bills
By Bobby Ramakant  
5 August, 2009

16 year girl, old enough to have sex but too young to vote
By Alka Pande  
4 August, 2009

Men against violence - 3: Violence strike at one's heart
By Nasiruddin Haider Khan  
4 August, 2009

Law turns lawless in Uttar Pradesh
By Anjali Singh  
3 August, 2009

Wake up call on childhood obesity after years of neglect
By Shobha Shukla  
3 August, 2009

Men against violence: Socio-economic inequality leads to gender-based violence
By Nasiruddin Haider Khan  
29 July, 2009

Manmohan Singh breaks new path in Indo-Pak relations
By Dr Sandeep Pandey  
29 July, 2009

Pushing TRPs Up For The Girl Child
By Anjali Singh  
28 July, 2009

Civil society raises alarm on 'politicisation of bureaucracy'
By Alka Pande  
22 July, 2009

Hunger and Poverty home to India
By Anjali Singh  
20 July, 2009

Spread love, not infection...
By Alka Pande  
19 July, 2009

Men against violence-1: Learn masculinity from Mahatma Gandhi?
By Nasiruddin Haider Khan  
18 July, 2009

Mayawati’s Idolization and quest for Dalit Emancipation
By SR Darapuri  
18 July, 2009

North Indian village boy shared J8 summit experience
By Alka Pande  
16 July, 2009

Of tribes and times
By Bindu Gurtoo  
16 July, 2009

Ban Racism and not the Burqa
By Bindu Gurtoo  
11 July, 2009

Rohini Episode-Lessons For The Police and Society
By Bobby Ramakant  
11 July, 2009

The next health tsunami: Non-communicable diseases
By Bobby Ramakant  
9 July, 2009

Wah! Shaad Wah! - An interface with 'Best Poet of the Year'
By Anjali Singh  
1 July, 2009

A New Hope Of Life For Our Ailing Education System
By Shobha Shukla  
30 June, 2009

June 26: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
By Bobby Ramakant  
27 June, 2009

Reminiscences of Egypt
By Shobha Shukla  
16 June, 2009

Rahmani-30: A school of hope
By Kashif-ul-Huda  
12 June, 2009

World now in early days of 2009 influenza pandemic
By Bobby Ramakant  
12 June, 2009

Defense Forces take on the corporate battlefields!
By Anjali Singh  
10 June, 2009

Strictly enforce smoke-free policies! Quit tobacco before it’s too late
By Bobby Ramakant  
31 May, 2009

Thai Rock Band Urge Youth to stay away from Cigarettes
By Jittima Jantanamalaka  
31 May, 2009

SMS hotline for Free TB support service in India
By Bobby Ramakant  
29 May, 2009

Malaysian surgeons to learn piles management from Prof Rama Kant
By Bobby Ramakant  
29 May, 2009

Nip The Problem In The Bud - Nay The Leaf
By Shobha Shukla  
29 May, 2009

Penniless Plight
By Anjali Singh  
29 May, 2009

Jonathan Mann Awardee Binayak Sen released on bail today
By Bobby Ramakant  
25 May, 2009

What is to be done for the next five years?
By Dr Rahul Pandey  
22 May, 2009

Why Dalits slammed Mayawati’s Sarv-jan Formula?
By S R Darapuri  
22 May, 2009

Taking the Law in their hands
By Anjali Singh  
22 May, 2009

Call for International Action to Combat Epidemic of Non-communicable Diseases
By Bobby Ramakant  
19 May, 2009

Cigarette tax increase will decrease number of smokers
By Jittima Jantanamalaka  
16 May, 2009

Protests against painting of historical Vidhan Sabha
By Bobby Ramakant  
16 May, 2009

The girl child victim of acid attack gets support
By Bobby Ramakant  
14 May, 2009

Justice where art thou?
By Bobby Ramakant  
14 May, 2009

Call to stop misuse of media in elections
By Bobby Ramakant  
11 May, 2009

Call for government focus and spending on non-communicable diseases like diabetes
By Bobby Ramakant  
11 May, 2009

Press Does a Reality Check On Swine Flu
By Anjali Singh  
9 May, 2009

The Asthma Drug Facility brings down cost of drugs
By Bobby Ramakant  
8 May, 2009

Asthma control is appalling in most countries
By Bobby Ramakant  
5 May, 2009

Let Humanity And Nature Coexist
By Shobha Shukla  
30 April, 2009

Sri Lanka: Humanitarian disaster in making
By Bobby Ramakant  
30 April, 2009

Common experiences provide platform for effective control of vivax malaria
By Bobby Ramakant  
27 April, 2009

Do Not Break The Nucleus
By Shobha Shukla  
25 April, 2009

Its Raining Miracles in Apna Uttar Pradesh!
By Anjali Singh  
24 April, 2009

One-third preventable deaths can be averted by healthy environment
By Bobby Ramakant  
24 April, 2009

Scarred and Shunned, the Girl Still Struggling for Survival
By Anjali Singh  
23 April, 2009

Time to rethink the development paradigm on Earth Day
By Bobby Ramakant  
23 April, 2009

Critical reforms of IMF policies demanded
By Bobby Ramakant  
22 April, 2009

Politics is about the allocation of resources: Arundhati Dhuru
By Bobby Ramakant  
21 April, 2009

Four months old girl fights for life after brutal acid attack
By Bobby Ramakant  
19 April, 2009

The Amazing Garbage Woman
By Shobha Shukla  
18 April, 2009

Pictorial health warnings on tobacco products from 30th May 2009
By Bobby Ramakant  
17 April, 2009

Damsels no longer in distress: form all women-party
By Anjali Singh  
16 April, 2009

Whispers of sanity in the frenzy of madness
By Shobha Shukla  
14 April, 2009

Death of Dalit election candidate warrants CBI enquiry
By Bobby Ramakant  
14 April, 2009

People to draft the election manifesto of SR Darapuri
By Bobby Ramakant  
11 April, 2009

Right to health is not for the majority of UP residents: SR Darapuri
By Bobby Ramakant  
8 April, 2009

Will pictorial warnings on tobacco products get postponed again?
By Bobby Ramakant  
8 April, 2009

Health of Women is Indeed Our Precious Wealth
By Shobha Shukla  
7 April, 2009

Cause with a 'Wild' Twist
By Anjali Singh  
7 April, 2009

Will IMF deliver G-20's booster for world economy?
By Bobby Ramakant  
4 April, 2009

If G-20 agrees, health financing might come from Currency transaction levy
By Bobby Ramakant  
2 April, 2009

People with drug-resistant tuberculosis are neglected by governments
By Bobby Ramakant  
1 April, 2009

What do Varun Gandhi's pronouncements mean?
By Dr Sandeep Pandey  
31 March, 2009

Neglect of tuberculosis control among indigenous communities unethical
By Bobby Ramakant  
30 March, 2009

The electorate wash UP Politics' dirty linen in public finally
By Anjali Singh  
30 March, 2009

Bringing in winds of change through Radio Ga Ga
By Anjali Singh  
29 March, 2009

Call in Africa to fund the gap in the fight against TB
By Bobby Ramakant  
29 March, 2009

Relevance of Bhagat Singh in modern India
By Shobha Shukla  
27 March, 2009

One-third of tuberculosis (TB) cases go undetected: WHO
By Bobby Ramakant  
27 March, 2009

Unified action: The only way forward to control TB
By Bobby Ramakant  
24 March, 2009

Will genuine partnerships improve TB responses despite of economic recession?
By Bobby Ramakant  
23 March, 2009

Involving TB patients in TB programmes will help
By Bobby Ramakant  
23 March, 2009

Water Water Everywhere, But Not A Drop To Drink
By Shobha Shukla  
22 March, 2009

Is it ethical to provide TB treatment without quality counselling?
By Bobby Ramakant  
21 March, 2009

Privatising water is denying people a human right: UN President
By Bobby Ramakant  
21 March, 2009

Delhi's new initiative to improve healthcare in the community
By Bobby Ramakant  
20 March, 2009

Thailand strengthening alliances in South East Asia for tobacco control
By Jittima Jantanamalaka  
19 March, 2009

International tobacco control award for Dr Mira Aghi
By Bobby Ramakant  
18 March, 2009

Lower-cost female condom gets FDA approval
By Bobby Ramakant  
16 March, 2009

Corporate Water Forum Spurs Mass Protest
By Bobby Ramakant  
16 March, 2009

Girl gangs with a noble cause
By Anjali Singh  
16 March, 2009

Tobacco Industry Interference with Tobacco Control: WHO report 2009
By Bobby Ramakant  
16 March, 2009

Scaling up clinic-based tobacco cessation in India
By Bobby Ramakant  
14 March, 2009

Tobacco cessation can piggy-back ride on health services
By Shobha Shukla  
12 March, 2009

International Community Demands Big Tobacco Comply Swiftly with Health Treaty
By Bobby Ramakant  
10 March, 2009

In The Spirit Of Freedom ( From Tobacco)
By Shobha Shukla  
10 March, 2009

Youth against cross-border tobacco advertising in films
By Bobby Ramakant  
9 March, 2009

Youth refuse to be 'targetted' by the tobacco industry
By Bobby Ramakant  
8 March, 2009

The World Conference on Tobacco or Health to open in India
By Shobha Shukla  
8 March, 2009

For the people by the people, finally
By Anjali Singh  
6 March, 2009

Engaging low-income countries in climate change mitigation
By Dr Rahul Pandey  
6 March, 2009

National convention of People's Politics Front in Lucknow
By Bobby Ramakant  
2 March, 2009

Evidence is key in improving health responses during financial crisis
By Bobby Ramakant  
28 February, 2009

Vitamin A supplements reduces child mortality by over 20 per cent
By Bobby Ramakant  
28 February, 2009

Right-to-Information (RTI) movement brewing in UP
By Anjali Singh  
26 February, 2009

Finally, anti-HIV microbicides research gives hope
By Bobby Ramakant  
26 February, 2009

Mayawati ji, why did we get bulldozers instead of homes?
By Bobby Ramakant  
26 February, 2009

A spoonful of sugar can help fight Malaria
By Bobby Ramakant  
20 February, 2009

Agriculture extension systems should be strengthened in India
By Amit Dwivedi  
18 February, 2009

How will the world begin to see TB care as a smart investment?
By Bobby Ramakant  
18 February, 2009

Children of a lesser God? Abandoned and stricken too!
By Anjali Singh  
11 February, 2009

Our response to terror
By Dr Sandeep Pandey  
10 February, 2009

Will recession impede TB care and control?
By Bobby Ramakant  
10 February, 2009

Ideal of tribal self-rule degenerates into a police state
By Dr Sandeep Pandey  
29 January, 2009

Farmer Field Schools - a unique way to teach farmers
By Amit Dwivedi  
29 January, 2009

Engaging philanthropists: This time it's personal
By Dr Tim France  
28 January, 2009

Indian faces humiliation in Bangladesh
By Bal Kishan Kayan  
27 January, 2009

In the online world, non-profits are what they do
By Tim France  
26 January, 2009

Further dilution of pictorial tobacco warnings feared
By Bobby Ramakant  
22 January, 2009

Indian agriculture is bouncing back
By Amit Dwivedi  
20 January, 2009

Requiem for Purity
By Shobha Shukla  
10 January, 2009

Village Community Radio will give voice to people's issues
By Bobby Ramakant  
10 January, 2009

Citizens of India-Pakistan stand-up for peace
By Bobby Ramakant  
8 January, 2009

Women farmers fighting for their rights and identity
By Amit Dwivedi  
4 January, 2009