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Dignified Care for Adivasi Communities: Karnataka’s Tribal Health Navigator Program

Dignified Care for Adivasi Communities: Karnataka’s Tribal Health Navigator Program

The Tribal Health Navigator program in Karnataka run jointly by the Department of Tribal Welfare, and the Department of health and family welfare, shows a pioneering path of how we can move towards providing Adivasi communities dignified and culturally sensitive care and move closer to Universal Health Coverage.

Poetic Prescriptions

She Inherits Silence

She Inherits Silence

A poem that beautifully captures the lived reality of women who are told they are empowered but are quietly having to endure violence within their households.

ByMehak Chopra | Feb 15, 2026

The Fine Print

How a Contaminated Cough Syrup in Madhya Pradesh Killed Children and Why the World Should be Outraged

How a Contaminated Cough Syrup in Madhya Pradesh Killed Children and Why the World Should be Outraged

An investigative analysis of the 2025 Madhya Pradesh cough syrup tragedy, revealing how India's poor drug regulatory system has contributed to the global problem of toxic contamination in children’s medicines.

ByMounika Bhukya | Feb 02, 2026

Frames of Reality

Not Poor Enough for the Data: Inside India’s Way of Measuring Poverty

Not Poor Enough for the Data: Inside India’s Way of Measuring Poverty

The Multidimensional Poverty Index misses the reality of everyday hardship. Homes, water, schools, and healthcare may exist on paper but broken systems, debt, and poor quality leave families struggling unseen. See what the data hides

ByParth Sharma and Tarini Shipurkar | Jan 21, 2026

Bitter Pills

Dear Doctor, Thank You

Dear Doctor, Thank You

Blaming patients for getting cancer when the government sells tobacco and the health system fails them everyday is unfair.

ByParth Sharma | Oct 21, 2024