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Health

Why is the National Health Authority so focused on the for-profit medical sector?

India’s health system needs transformative reforms. An institutional arrangement like the NHA legitimises the role of the “for-profit” private sector in government. Commercial or...

OWSA Contributor - 18 January 2022

Civil society

Richest 98 Indians own the same wealth as the bottom 55.2 crore people: Oxfam

The richest 98 Indians own the same wealth as the bottom 552 million people, the India supplement of Oxfam's Inequality Kills report of 2022...

OWSA Staff - 17 January 2022

COVID-19

Surviving on a diet of rice, oil and beans – and hunger, insecurities and COVID-19

Squatters on the outskirts of Myanmar’s capital city, Yangon, juggle their need for food with the fear of eviction. Their existence get yet further...

OWSA Contributor - 15 January 2022

COVID-19

Slowdown due to COVID-19 expected to carry on into next year says UN report

A UN report alludes to the 240,000 lives stolen by the COVID-19 delta wave in India and warns that the global economic recovery is...

OWSA Staff - 14 January 2022

COVID-19

WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19

A guideline development group of international experts have made the recommendation based on new evidence from seven trials involving over 4,000 patients with non-severe,...

OWSA Staff - 14 January 2022

Bangladesh

Omicron threatens to overwhelm health systems in SouthAsia

The Omicron variant is fueling a rapid surge of COVID-19 across South Asia that threatens to overwhelm health systems still reeling from a deadly...

OWSA Staff - 13 January 2022

COVID-19

American Red Cross declares a first-ever blood crisis amid Omicron surge

Dire blood shortage has forced doctors to delay critical blood transfusions for people in need. The Red Cross and the National Football League have...

OWSA Staff - 12 January 2022

Afghanistan