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COVID-19 in Karnataka: Strengthening primary health care & action on social determinants of health

Jul 8, 2021

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On invitation by Societal Action Group of Experts to Combat COVID Calamity in Karnataka (SAGE), I joined few other speakers in this webinar event. In my talk I focused mainly on strengthening primary health care and social determinants of health. Given a wider audience, I anchor my presentation within a wider systemic view of public…

Moving COVID-19 control from governments to communities

Apr 11, 2020

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daktre

in Public Health

This is an edited version of an op-ed for a newspaper that did not see the light of day. Some of the ideas expressed may be dated given the rapidly evolving nature of COVID-19, but the op-ed was addressing the nationally applied lockdown situation prevalent then. The central “dogma” though of moving action from a…

COVID-19 preparedness in rural settings

Apr 3, 2020

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daktre

in Public Health

Primary health care and social determinants of health

Aug 18, 2012

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daktre

in Public Health

Health, after all, is simply an everyday word that is used to designate the intensity with which individuals cope with their internal states and their environmental conditions – Ivan Illich in Medical Nemesis In 2008, while releasing the final report of the WHO’s Commission on Social Determinants of Health, WHO Director Margaret Chan remarked …social…

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COVID-19 in Karnataka: Strengthening primary health care & action on social determinants of health

Moving COVID-19 control from governments to communities

COVID-19 preparedness in rural settings

Primary health care and social determinants of health