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Health systems preparedness during COVID-19 pandemic: China and India by Baru, Rama

“…This commentary reviews the health systems preparedness during the COVID-19 epidemic in China and India. It provides insight into how nonmedical measures were…”
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"My Health, My Right:" There Is More to It than Meets the Eye by Dasgupta, Rajib, Baru, Rama

“…The WHO's World Health Day 2024 slogan, "My health, my right," has been unpacked through the lens of an evolving social epidemiological understanding. The…”
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Globalisation and neoliberalism as structural drivers of health inequities by Baru, Rama V, Mohan, Malu

“…In this paper, we draw upon and build on three presentations which were part of the plenary session on 'Structural Drivers of Health Inequities' at the…”
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Social determinants of wellness among medical students by Baru, Rama

“…The purpose of this piece is to provide a perspective on how societal dynamics and changes in India have a bearing on wellness among medical students. Wellness…”
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Editorial: Realizing universal health coverage in India by Mistry, Nerges, Venkateswaran, Sandhya, Baru, Rama, Patel, Vikram

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Engaging globally with how to achieve healthy societies: insights from India, Latin America and East and Southern Africa by Loewenson, Rene, Villar, Eugenio, Baru, Rama, Marten, Robert

“…The way healthy societies are conceptualised shapes efforts to achieve them. This paper explores the features and drivers of frameworks for healthy societies…”
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Arrangements for the Care of Elderly in Shanghai by Nundy, Madhurima, Baru, Rama V.

“…This article looks at the arrangements for the care of elderly in Shanghai through the conceptual framework of the ‘care diamond’ and ‘continuum of care’. The…”
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Reforming the regulation of medical education, professionals and practice in India by Keshri, Vikash Ranjan, Sriram, Veena, Baru, Rama

“…Context For many decades, the former MCI was accused of corruption and mismanagement, but also proved to be resistant to reform.8 The formal process of…”
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Socialization, legitimation and the transfer of biomedical knowledge to low- and middle-income countries: analyzing the case of emergency medicine in India by Sriram, Veena, George, Asha, Baru, Rama, Bennett, Sara

“…Medical specialization is a key feature of biomedicine, and is a growing, but weakly understood aspect of health systems in many low- and middle-income…”
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Challenges for regulating the private health services in India for achieving universal health care by Baru, Rama V

“…Commercial interests pose a serious challenge for universalizing health-care. This is because "for-profit" health-care privileges individual responsibility and…”
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Social Inequities in Private Health Sector Workforce in India: Religion, Caste, Class, and Gender by Baru, Rama V., Zafar, Seemi

“…The health workforce is hierarchical in structure in terms of skill mix and social composition. Most of the studies on the health workforce are focused on the…”
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Priority-setting, the Indian way by Rao, Neethi V, Downey, Laura, Jain, Nishant, Baru, Rama, Cluzeau, Francoise

“…[...]closely allied functions such as pricing of drugs and devices are governed by ministries other than the Health Ministry at the central level. [...]there…”
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An introduction to digital determinants of health by Chidambaram, Swathikan, Jain, Bhav, Jain, Urvish, Mwavu, Rogers, Baru, Rama, Thomas, Beena, Greaves, Felix, Jayakumar, Shruti, Jain, Pankaj, Rojo, Marina, Battaglino, Marina Ridao, Meara, John G, Sounderajah, Viknesh, Celi, Leo Anthony, Darzi, Ara

“…In recent years, technology has been increasingly incorporated within healthcare for the provision of safe and efficient delivery of services. Although this…”
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Dismantling the structures of inequality: why we need feminist leadership in the health sector by Hawkes, Sarah, Baru, Rama

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Re-imagining School Health in Education and Health Programmes: A Study across Selected Municipal Schools in Delhi by Deshpande, Mita, Baru, Rama V., Nundy, Madhurima

“…The idea of school health is re-imagined with an emphasis on the need for children’s health programmes to be rooted in an understanding of the social context…”
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Understanding health systems, health economies and globalization: the need for social science perspectives by Murray, Susan F, Bisht, Ramila, Baru, Rama, Pitchforth, Emma

“…The complex relationship between globalization and health calls for research from many disciplinary and methodological perspectives. This editorial gives an…”
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The Commission on Social Determinants of Health: mainstreaming social inequalities in public health education in India by Baru, Rama V, Sivaramakrishnan, Kavita

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Economics & ethics of the COVID-19 vaccine: How prepared are we? by Gupta, Indrani, Baru, Rama

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Views from the South by Baru, Rama V

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Public Report on Health: Development of a Nutritive Value Calculator for Indian Foods and Analysis of Food Logs and Nutrient Intake in six States by Sathyamala, C, Kurian, Nj, DE, Anuradha, Saxena, Kb, Priya, Ritu, Baru, Rama, Srivastava, Ravi, Mittal, Onkar, Noronha, Claire, Samson, Meera, Khalsa, Sneh, Puliyel, Ashish, Puliyel, Jacob

“…The Public Report on Health (PRoH) was initiated in 2005 to understand public health issues for people from diverse backgrounds living in different region…”
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