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Anti-AFSPA: "Free Burmaand Aung San Suu Kyi"
Monday, 17 September 2007, 7:04 pm | Bobby Ramakant
The ongoing solidarity fast in support of Irom Chanu Sharmila's struggle to repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has broadened its agenda congruent with the declarations of past New Delhi (2005) and Lahore (2006) Peaceful South Asia Conventions ... More >>
Anti-AFSPA activists file RTI application at PMO
Monday, 17 September 2007, 5:02 pm | Bobby Ramakant
Today on Monday 17 September 2007, an application under the Right-to-Information (RTI) Act has been filed by Suchi Pande in New Delhi demanding PMO (Prime Minister's Office) to provide vital information pertinent to not only Justice Jeevan Reddy Commission ... More >>
Protestors demand "Free Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi
Sunday, 16 September 2007, 2:43 pm | Bobby Ramakant
The ongoing solidarity fast in support of Irom Chanu Sharmila's struggle to repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has broadened its agenda congruent with the declarations of past New Delhi (2005) and Lahore (2006) Peaceful South Asia Conventions ... More >>
Health Partnership to strengthen health systems
Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 10:55 am | Bobby Ramakant
International Health Partnership (IHP) was launched on 5 September 2007 to save millions of lives by fostering better co-ordination between global aid donors, helping developing countries improve their national health systems and supporting the specific health ... More >>
Under-nutrition levels in India among the highest
Sunday, 9 September 2007, 9:31 pm | Bobby Ramakant
Under-nutrition levels in India are among the highest in the world. Worse still, while the overall state of nutrition and health in India is bad enough, the situation is even worse in the poorer states, not to speak of the more deprived regions within ... More >>
Why we should fast in support of Irom Sharmila
Sunday, 9 September 2007, 9:04 pm | Bobby Ramakant
Let's talk about why should I fast in support of Irom Sharmila? Because her commitment and resolve has shamed me! And I am a coward, who doesn't have enough courage to go to Manipur and sit with Irom Sharmila. This is the least one can do, in solidarity. More >>
Public pressure against the arrest of Binayak Sen
Friday, 31 August 2007, 10:52 am | Bobby Ramakant
People from not only Chattisgarh but across India and abroad have demonstrated support and signed on-line petition campaign demanding action against the unlawful imprisonment by the state since 14 May 2007 of Dr Binayak Sen. Dr Binayak Sen is the General Secretary ... More >>
Dhaka University teachers and students beaten up
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 1:14 pm | Bobby Ramakant
Many Dhaka University teachers and students were manhandled and detained for staging a peaceful protest in Bangladesh. They were questioning the presence of Army camp at the Central stadium of the Dhaka University for which they were brutally beaten ... More >>
Pressure Mounts Against The Arrest Of Binayak Sen
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 12:07 am | Bobby Ramakant
People from not only Chattisgarh but across India and abroad have demonstrated support and signed on-line petition campaign demanding action against the unlawful imprisonment by the state since 14 May 2007 of Dr Binayak Sen. More >>
Tobacco Industry Dilutes Indian Health Policy
Monday, 13 August 2007, 11:37 am | Bobby Ramakant
Big Tobacco's interference in health policy continues to be one of the greatest threats to the global tobacco treaty's implementation and enforcement. They use their political influence to weaken, delay and defeat tobacco control legislation. More >>
Pepsi to print 'public water source' on Labels
Sunday, 29 July 2007, 6:18 pm | Bobby Ramakant
After years of mounting pressure against corporate control of water and demand for accountability, Pepsi has agreed to provide consumers with more information about the source of the water used for their bottled water brand 'Aquafina'. In direct ... More >>
Youth appeal to UN to prioritise health
Monday, 23 July 2007, 11:30 am | Bobby Ramakant
Ban Ki Moon, the United Nations (UN) Secretary General will receive concerns of over a million youth from around the world, including New Zealand, voicing concern on health issues in September 2007. More >>
Alert to protect global tobacco treaty
Thursday, 21 June 2007, 10:58 am | Bobby Ramakant
The 2nd Conference of Parties (COP-II) meeting for Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) – the first global public health and corporate accountability treaty ( New Zealand ratified FCTC on 27 January 2004) shall begin at the end of this month ... More >>
A beacon of hope for Africa
Saturday, 2 June 2007, 4:11 pm | Bobby Ramakant
The recent appointment of Elizabeth Mataka as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's new Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa is a first in many ways. More >>
Hashimpura survivors find hope in RTI Act 20yrs On
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 10:44 am | Bobby Ramakant
Even twenty years after the sordid Hashimpura massacre in Uttar Pradesh, in which Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel allegedly gunned down over 40 people on 22 May 1987 (all muslim), justice remains still out of sight. More >>
India MOH Alert On Iron-Deficiency Anaemia
Tuesday, 22 May 2007, 10:54 am | Bobby Ramakant
Health Ministry Alert On Iron-Deficiency Anaemia 74% Children Between 6-35 Months Anaemic By Bobby Ramakant More >>
Medical Students Need To Quit Tobacco First
Tuesday, 22 May 2007, 10:49 am | Bobby Ramakant
A recent study gives further evidence that prevalence of tobacco use is more in medical students than in general population. This becomes all the more paradoxical when India's 25 crore tobacco users look up at existing healthcare providers for assistance in ... More >>
Indians Receive '07 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 11:00 am | Bobby Ramakant
The 2007 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights has been jointly given to two Indians this year. Dr Lenin Raghuvanshi from People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights ( PVCHR ) in Varanasi (UP) and Irom Sharmila from Manipur state. More >>
Addressing Gender Inequalities & Microbicides
Thursday, 3 May 2007, 10:56 am | Bobby Ramakant
CHIANG MAI (THAILAND) - During a monthly NGO forum on Microbicides organized by Health and Development Networks (HDN) and Northern NGO Coalition on AIDS (NNCA, Thailand) , NGO representatives concluded that unless gender inequalities are addressed, even ... More >>
Don't Forget The Workers On Intl. Labour Day
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 11:41 am | Bobby Ramakant
Today as the world observes International Labour Day (or May Day), countless millions of workers on the frontlines of unorganized sector toil hard completely oblivious of today's significance. How is it possible to usher in a change for social justice ... More >>
