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Sheetal Ranganathan

Sheetal Ranganathan

Health and science columnist

The writer graduated from AIIMS and is the global operations head of the lifesciences and healthcare unit in a multinational professional services firm.

By Sheetal Ranganathan

In India, 18 women die of TB every hour: Why have we stopped caring?

Women are conditioned to not complain, making diagnosis and treatment more difficult.

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Why India should be worried about antibiotic resistance threat

Superbugs can push one into a black hole of prolonged suffering leading to death any moment.

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G20 summit: India's fight against TB will figure in Hamburg meet

For the first time ever, global health will be one of the prime developmental topics to be discussed at the summit.

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This rains, beware of zika along with dengue and chikungunya

To begin with, all state governments must release an immediate advisory on diagnosis, treatment and prevention to healthcare providers.

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The power of words can change how we accept science

Sometimes it needs to scare us.

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A medical check-up for India on World Health Day

The nation's miserable health condition is self-inflicted – spending on healthcare has been consistently deprioritised for decades.

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Why government should break its old habit of slashing down TB control budget

The allocation amounts to nearly Rs 5,500 crore per year till 2019.

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Maternity Benefit Bill: Well begun, (not) half-done

What about women working in micro-enterprises of less than ten people, and in the informal sectors as self-employed or casual labour?

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What India needs to do if it's serious about going TB-free by 2025

The deadline will need in excess of Rs 9,000 crore until then to expedite elimination efforts, starting now.

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Budget 2017 must factor in better health of India's children

We are still home to one-third of the world’s unimmunised children.

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