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@viveknd.bsky.social

Researcher, writer, teacher. Love cats, reptiles, music, πŸ–πŸ₯“. Not necessarily in that order. Bangalore based.

64 Followers  |  99 Following  |  30 Posts  |  Joined: 20.11.2024  |  1.8482

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INDIA IN TRANSITION
Now available in HINDI, BANGLA, and TAMIL:
In "Private Equity and Indian Healthcare: Equity vs. Access"
@viveknd.bsky.social (Vidyashilp University) discusses how private equity investment is boosting India’s healthcare but driving up costs & deepening inequality. (Links Below)

25.09.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Private Equity and Indian Healthcare: Equity vs. Access | Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI)

INDIA IN TRANSITION: In "Private Equity and Indian Healthcare: Equity vs. Access" @viveknd.bsky.social (Vidyashilp University) discusses how private equity investment is boosting India’s healthcare but driving up costs and deepening inequality. casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/vivek-nd...

15.09.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Geopolitics Has Reshaped Global Biomedical Investments in 2025

[GHF Plus: Global Health Policy Intelligence]

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14.08.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Issue 15 Extremely abbreviated reviews

A cartoon aristocrat in a top hat, a contentious body of muddy water, constipated Nashville dumpster divers, Ai Weiwei, and Uniqlo coffee β€” read five mentions from @viveknd.bsky.social, Polly Adams, Tyler Thier, @erinlangner.bsky.social, and Mark Steinbach.

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10.07.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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On the graphic novel version of β€œCapital & and Ideology,” by @viveknd.bsky.social

10.07.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Austerity Induced Prioritization at the World Health Organization

[#WHA78 PRIMER ON FINANCING]

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13.05.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Geneva Health Files Fellowship 2025; Global Health Jobs Scanner

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09.05.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Swinging Across Borders: Jazz, India and the Cold War - Music Aloud - Vivek N. D. In the midst of Cold War tensions, when diplomacy often took the form of strategic military alliances and economic aid, a more soulful ambassador took centre stage: jazz. This quintessen...

My piece on how jazz became an unexpected yet powerful bridge between the US and India during the Cold War.

www.musicaloud.com/2025/04/26/s...

28.04.2025 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From Junk to 'Health': The Dangerous Spin of Big Food. How Big Food Profits from Health Hype

By Mathilde de Jeu and Irene van den Berg, The Investigative Desk

Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #265 [The Files In-Depth]

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22.04.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We unpack the final hours of these historic deliberations, describe how countries reached agreement in the starkly unequal field of international diplomacy. Unbelievable how much politics is embedded in a footnote in intl negotiations!

FREE TO READ

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20.04.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FREE TO READ:

Countries Choose Consensus on Pandemic Agreement, G7 Fait Accompli on Caveated Terms of Tech Transfer Compromises Policy Space for Developing Countries

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20.04.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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World Health Organization Reorganization Plan Developed With Boston-based Consultancy Β Β  - Health Policy Watch The US-based Boston Consulting Group has been working with WHO’s senior leadership, under contract, to develop the major reorganization and cost-saving plan,

Giving the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) the contract to advise on the WHO restructure has incredibly bad optics.

It raises so many red-flags.

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18.04.2025 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New @UNU_IIGH briefing paper on the growing influence of private finance capital on health. We provide a simple explanation of why public health people need to understand #financialisation as much as we would need to understand a new pandemic threat doi.org/10.37941/RR/... /1

21.01.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Talks on Terms of Tech Transfer in Run into Unruly Trade Winds [Pandemic Treaty Negotiations]

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10.04.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
WHO | Intergovernmental Negotiating Body

Overheard at INB: Today is V-day when @who.int member states discuss Voluntary Tech Transfer wrt Pandemic Agreement

Watch NSAs:
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Our deep dive on tech transfer
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09.04.2025 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Countries Inch Closer on Pathogen Access Benefits Sharing, Devil in the Details

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09.04.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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WHO proposes a Billion Dollar Cut to its Budget for 2026-27 to US$4.2 billion, DG Signals Plans to Shed Jobs Citing $600 Million Hole This Year

Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #263 [The Files Flash]

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31.03.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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Time For Sunset Strategy? Global Health After GAVI & The Global Fund

Guest Essay by Olusoji Adeyi

Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #261 [The Files In-Depth]

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25.03.2025 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Culture as Strategy: Why India Must Rethink Its Global Influence India, despite one of the world’s most diverse cultural ecosystems, has been falling behind in cultural diplomacy.

New op-ed in @thediplomat.com on why contemporary Indian foreign policy has not integrated cultural diplomacy in a systematic way.
thediplomat.com/2025/03/cult...

22.03.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Geneva Health Files Fellowship 2025 Editorial Update

Keen to contribute to research and reporting on global health governance and policy? Do apply to the @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social Fellowship 2025 & work with a team led by a leading global health journalist- @pritipatnaik.bsky.social
Details here- genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/the-geneva...
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13.03.2025 07:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ New #bookreview online!

πŸ“— Global Dreams, Domestic Dilemmas: #India’s Major Power Pursuit, review of the book "The unfinished quest: India's search for major power status from Nehrru to Modi" by T.V. Paul

πŸ”— www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

βœ’οΈ @viveknd.bsky.social

05.02.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Negotiated Settlement with the Trump Administration & @who.int , a Win-Win for Global Health Security [Guest Essay]

Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #249 [The Files In-Depth]

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31.01.2025 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Global Dreams, Domestic Dilemmas: India’s Major Power Pursuit Published in The International Spectator: Italian Journal of International Affairs (Ahead of Print, 2025)

My review of T.V. Paul's "The Unfinished Quest : India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi" is out in The International Spectator.
Read it here-
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HPASE...

30.01.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
WHO needs Trump? – andrewharmer.org

WHO needs Trump?

Analysis by @andrewharmer.bsky.social

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27.01.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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27.01.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Geneva Health Files Reader Survey 2025

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16.01.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump's Snub to Global Health Leaves The Field Wide Open

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Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #247 [The Files In-Depth] via bsky.app/profile/prit...

23.01.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

🧡 We’re building a WORLDWIDE RESISTANCE against an international collusion of billionaires whose aim is to enslave us ...

πŸ’™πŸ’™ i suggest #TruthWarriors

πŸ’™ * 🧡 MEGA THREAD begins🧡 *

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23.01.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

SCOOP: The World Health Organization is freezing hiring, suspending investments and cutting non-essential travel in response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to take the US out of the global body.
News on Bloomberg Terminal. Link to story to come.

24.01.2025 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
ARCHIVAL ETHNOGRAPHY - A Partial Bibliography.pdf

#RPVMethods #RPVQual

I created a partial bibliography on Archival Ethnography for your perusal.

drive.google.com/file/d/1UtF3...

21.01.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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