India is known as the “pharmacy of the world,” yet medicines remain unaffordable for many. What keeps their prices high despite the country’s massive pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity?
Through three sketches, this article explores how Bengaluru’s waste pickers navigate healthcare, lost wages, everyday vulnerabilities, and hopes for a healthier future for their children.
What does it take to eliminate tuberculosis from remote islands? Echoes from the Atoll chronicles Lakshadweep’s remarkable journey and the power of people-led public health.
A lived-experience perspective on how trust, communication and psychological barriers can shape whether patients accept and continue treatment.
Among Banjara women in Yavatmal, menstruation is regulated not by the body alone, but by silence, tradition, and the idea of purity, often inside the very home that shelters them.
A review of how Maharashtra’s draft Clinical Establishments Bill, 2026 signals a rollback of hard-won patient protections on affordability, dignity, accountability and equitable access to care.
