It's exciting to know that my daily/routine birding can simultaneously be used in global conversation & monitoring efforts via @Team_eBird & @BirdCountIndia;
Those on the fence about eBird, jump in!
Indian birders: birdcount.in & others see ebird.org
An amazing run along the Thames bend at Cookham (stealing time from a meeting I am here for!). The amazing healing power of large open PUBLIC spaces and preserving them and ensuring public access to them is vital in promoting wellness!
🔗 : strava.app.link/AOlbKMdcXSb
"Given the essential role ASHA workers play and the systemic issues their protests highlight, they must be guaranteed fair salaries, legal protections, and the tools needed to work safely and effectively."
www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/featured-art...
"Ever wondered why parrots can mimic human speech, but monkeys cannot?"
Lovely explanatory video to uncover the science behind parrots' "syrinx" and its remarkable vocal abilities.
(Via The Flock Newsletter: Birds & Nature in your Inbox)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBGw...
New paper by Sayak Datta, Sumit Kane & colleagues regarding the changing nature of the medical profession & society relationship in India that is seen through instances of assault on health workers in a context where patient rights too are strained. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Home is where the heart is….
17.04.2025 07:56 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Doing this insightful (free) course on contemporary history of Palestine by Utrecht University - well produced with careful attention to multiple perspectives, well curated readings, yet with clarity of position needed for such a course;
12.04.2025 15:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Swami Vivekananda’s lecture extract from his talks on Jnana Yoga 👇🏾
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WHO Europe examines if investments in the "quick buy" options can have positive population level health impacts in a single political cycle (5 years) & they say this is feasible; interesting approach to convince elected reps to invest in these "quick buys"; (via @ev4gh)
28.03.2025 12:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Looking for SOPs/guidelines/resources for training community health workers on Hypertension, Diabetes, Oral, Cervical & Breast cancer, NAFLD, mental health for the state health department. Pls DM if you are aware of any! Will use with acknowledgments/credits
13.03.2025 06:26 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
More evidence on the relative ineffectiveness of current snake anti-venom that possibly is better suited for S. Indian regions cos of heterogeneity in venom composition across the 4 Indian venomous snakes
Story in Research Matters: buff.ly/E7Ec3y2
Listen to Dr. C Madegowda, an amazing Soliga Adivasi scholar, ecologist, singer, writer & thinker in this podcast about his journey, life, struggles & contributions. His life & work are an inspiration to Adivasi youth and social inequity scholars alike
https://buff.ly/4gQTmq6
20.02.2025 03:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
10 books I read and rated for 2024 on Goodreads;
With the online information overload, number of books read every year slowly diminishing…how to resist the unhealthy “fast food” (social media) vs the healthier slow food (books) 🤔😥
https://buff.ly/410QQYz
"As concerns over the willingness of national governments to fund global health programmes have grown in recent years, organisations are turning to private institutions, including philanthropy, to make up the shortfall."
About the Godavarman case whose judgements continue to have an influence on conservation , forest governance and on Adivasi forest rights; fascinating how some events that shape public policy often arise out of everyday determination of common people
15.02.2025 06:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Some US aid is given for nakedly geostrategic reasons. And some of that aid does harm. But the whole point of the Trump pause and review is to identify aid that is not advancing US interests, and cutting it. The worst types of aid will remain."
Sunday morning 5!
Open public spaces (as opposed to private subscription gyms and gated community spaces) are the greatest investment in promoting public health, child health, elderly health and promote unity…
Well paid & motivated public workforce as a public health goal!
The US exit is an opportunity for 190+ countries to step up and reform/reshape and reconfigure a global public good
Beyond Curry: Decolonising the Way We Talk About Indian Food
"When it comes to Indian food, perhaps we need to begin by letting dishes be explained by the name of the dish itself."
"India's winding road to End TB"
An editorial in "The Hindu" by Swathi Krishna & Parth Sharma
🔗 https://buff.ly/4htCpTG
Fascinating! Discovery of a new Pangolin species among trafficked animals!
https://buff.ly/4hiR1oR
Also the paper link & image didnt come thorugh! :)
This is the paper...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Also the paper link & image didnt come thorugh! :)
This is the paper...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
One way to understand this is to see the intent (explicit & implicity), actions and consequences of actors that operate trans-nationally; whether one likes it or not, they have influence on national & sub-national levels that is counter-intuitive to what you expect from their distance to these
12.01.2025 11:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"Our study highlights the countries and subpopulations most affected by cardiometabolic disease associated with SSB consumption, assisting in shaping effective policies and interventions to reduce these burdens globally."
https://buff.ly/3DNcvvu
Where is menstruation in global health policy? The need for a collective understanding
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The 9th IIHS annual research conference focuses on "Urban transitions" with talks on health, education , livelihoods & issues at their intersection with "urban"; Can attend online/in-person.
Am joining colleagues from IPH on a panel on urban health
🔗: https://buff.ly/3BZhHfh
