Hold the line: Fulfil the 2027 #EndTB commitments without shifting goalposts
Shobha Shukla Can we ever end tuberculosis (TB), the deadliest infectious disease on Earth, without ensuring that every single person…
Rising above HIV diagnosis and turning pain into purpose
By Shobha Shukla To this day, 23-year-old Sneha (name changed to respect confidentiality) does not know with certainty how she…
Why are we still not on track to end TB despite decades of scaling up TB services?
By Dr Tara Singh Bam Over the past several decades, TB control programs have made significant progress in expanding diagnosis…
Nyaruguru: Residents comforted as specialist healthcare arrives on their doorstep
By Annonciata Byukusenge For years, people in Nyaruguru District made a familiar, exhausting journey, hours on the road to Huye,…
Will governments make the tobacco industry pay for all the harms it causes?
By Shobha Shukla “How can we allow the tobacco industry to fill its coffers while we, the people, have to…
Dignified menstruation is an entry gate towards a period-friendly world and SRHRJ.
By Shobha Shukla “Dignified menstruation is rooted in the right to dignity, the right to freedom, the right to equality,…
The declaration calls on Indonesia to ratify the global treaty and hold the nicotine and tobacco industry liable
By Shobha Shukla An important declaration endorsed by over 1500 experts has called upon Indonesia to ratify the lifesaving global…
The invisible must get served first by a legally binding treaty for older persons
By Bobby Ramakant We are living in an age of aging with a fast-growing number of older people. Life expectancy…
Ebola response in DRC and Uganda: Africa CDC Director General’s Statement
By Africa CDC The Africa CDC alerted the continent and the global community to the growing risk of regional spread…
Would the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA79) advance progress towards achieving the indivisible goals of gender equality and health for all?
By Shobha Shukla The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the supreme decision-making body of the United Nations (UN) health agency,…