Marking the completion of first phase of recruitment of 650 participants from Wayanad for the district wide cohort study on post COVID syndrome. Kudos to our study staff. Thanks ⁦ICMR⁩ for funding the study ⁦Dr Lokesh Sharma ⁦Anant Bhan⁩⁦ ⁦

do not rush me. on our walks. these sniffs are like my social media. and i’m scrollin

This is an excellent compilation
Dr.Pavithra and I have a paper in this collection exploring #autonomy #adolescenthealth #mentalhealth
Sangath Bhopal Hub Sangath
SCARF (India)
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October-December 2022 issue

Theme: Ethics in implementing the #CommunityHealthWorkers programmes in India

Other topics:
#MedicalEthicsTraining , Rural Clinician's #EthicalDilemmas , #HealthcareDataSecurity , #PsychotropicDrugs .

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PC: Uma Kulkarni of Centre for Ethics

Dr.Pavithra and Anant Bhan discuss the various ethical dilemmas faced by community mental health providers in using age as a sole marker for determining autonomy for adolescents. ijme.in/articles/age-a…

Theme issue on ETHICS IN IMPLEMENTING THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PROGRAMMES IN INDIA ijme.in/issues/sustain… in the Ind J Med Ethics funded by the Thakur Foundation a thread

The worst thing about terminal cancer, terminal anything maybe, is the loneliness. It's the way so many people walk away. They didn't sign up for this. You're too sad now. They'd be too sad when you died if they are close to you. They go on with their lives and you stand still.

What happens after the last reporter goes away?

In a series titled #TwiceCursed , we have revisited the families of #rape victims and survivors, now forgotten. Their families in rural India fade into obscurity when the media spotlight inevitably shifts to other 'stories'.

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Very worried about rising fatalities & injuries to protesters & other civilians in #Iran . It’s essential that unfettered access to health care is provided to those in need, incl. the appropriate use of medical vehicles, facilities & the ability of health workers to help patients.

Anant Bhan PatralekhaChatterjee পত্রলেখা চ্যাটার্জী (She/Her) There Anant Bhan and PatralekhaChatterjee পত্রলেখা চ্যাটার্জী (She/Her) will never be another Laxman. Common man misses awesome spokepersons like Laxman and Behram Contractor (BusyBee) (whose birth anniversary was also this month) to voice their daily travails. They are irreplaceable.

Anant Bhan This can be a good model actually if instead of papers they publish protocols and then the paper can flow in as the result of the protocol. Peer review should be at a protocol stage rather than at the stage when final results are already in.

My colleagues and I at Project 39A, National Law University, Delhi are Mitigation Investigators. A rare profession in India. We investigate life histories of prisoners sentenced to death. The Supreme Court of India is now recognising our role. Please read here about what we do and why thehindu.com/news/national/…

Whoever is handling the account Punjab Police India needs a crash course to understand #drugs & #addiction .
Why go into 'spreading awareness' when you are so unaware yourself?

Journal declares an end to accepting or rejecting papers
Instead, eLife will offer to peer review selected submissions for $2000 fee, then make paper and critiques free to read
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We iHEAR_Sangath are delighted to be working with UNDP India Chiranjeev Bhattacharjya to develop a roadmap to make medical education Trans affirmative so that the communities can access health services free from stigma and discrimination.
#meded

We reinforce the need for more representation of marginalized communities in the health professionals' workforce, as this further builds trust and comfort.

We acknowledge the work being done by Mhealthinitiative (esp the QACP course) and The Blue Dawn