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A school with a difference!
Thursday, 3 December 2015, 3:20 pm | Citizen News Service
Located on the grounds of the King George Hospital Complex (now known as the King Dinuzulu Hospital Complex- KDHC) in Durban, ‘King George V Primary School’ is indeed a school with a difference, catering to the special educational and social ... More >>
Should we celebrate success or gear up to end AIDS?
Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 4:41 pm | Citizen News Service
Should we celebrate success or gear up to end AIDS? Bobby Ramakant, CNS (Citizen News Service) Photograph of Dr Ishwar Gilada is online at: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4wNAhjZRP2g/Vl23zQE3p5I/AAAAAAAAPrA/Hd9grRKzzjk/s1600/IMG_0509.JPG (CNS): The fight against AIDS has definitely made considerable progress but formidable ... More >>
Addressing pneumonia: The deadly childhood illness
Monday, 30 November 2015, 4:21 pm | Citizen News Service
Photograph is available online at: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sCvIKxr0U08/VlE-xC6_mVI/AAAAAAAAPpQ/oU8VeZ2EEuE/s1600/Sunday%2Bannouncement.jpg Video recording of the interview is online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygwxg1bxN4E Despite being preventable, pneumonia continues to be a top killer of children under ... More >>
India stands with Asia Pacific nations
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 1:41 pm | Citizen News Service
India stands with Asia Pacific nations in drive for malariafree region CNS Photograph is online at: http://aplma.org/upload/aplma_media/3b3436221e93565a97bc60c2b74eeb020e6d3791.jpg (CNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has joined other Asia Pacific Leaders in taking ... More >>
TPP: Trading people for profit
Friday, 16 October 2015, 10:12 am | Citizen News Service
Photograph is online at: https://ifprs.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/12087707_150817895268883_4796377461831477004_o.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 More >>
How will people hold governments to account?
Monday, 25 May 2015, 12:41 pm | Citizen News Service
Bobby Ramakant, Citizen News Service - CNS One of the major failures of current times is how democratic systems are being made ineffective so that people with a 'power of one vote' are not able to hold elected representatives to account. How ... More >>
Through the people's lens: Modi's development model
Monday, 25 May 2015, 12:18 pm | Citizen News Service
Dr Rahul Pandey, Bobby Ramakant and Dr Sandeep Pandey, Citizen News Service - CNS Story of Modi’s development model so far: Cutting health and education expenditure, forcing land acquisition, buying expensive jets and unsafe nuclear power, benefitting ... More >>
With no cure in sight, controlling asthma is essential
Monday, 4 May 2015, 2:49 pm | Citizen News Service
(CNS): With no cure in sight, experts believe that controlling asthma is essential to ensure good quality of life for those living with it. "It is Time to Control Your Asthma" is thus the sub-theme of this year's World Asthma Day, an annual ... More >>
No other way out: We need to early diagnose TB
Friday, 1 May 2015, 9:35 am | Citizen News Service
No other way out: We need to early diagnose TB and treat with drugs that work Bobby Ramakant, Citizen News Service – CNS (CNS): It may sound rhetorical but some of the 'absolute must' steps for progressing towards ending tuberculosis (TB) are to ... More >>
Breaking taboos, reaping dividends
Thursday, 4 December 2014, 1:08 pm | Citizen News Service
Consider these statistics: Globally, 370,000 million children are married every day. By 2020, an additional 142 million girls will be married before their 18th birthday. 6 million adolescent pregnancies occur in South Asia-- 90% of them inside marriage. More >>
Evidence shows we can prevent obesity in children
Friday, 10 October 2014, 11:18 am | Citizen News Service
Evidence shows we can prevent obesity in children: E Waters, Anne Anderson Awardee 2014 By Shobha Shukla and Bobby Ramakant 10 October 2014 More >>
'own little, live on little' carry burden of climate change
Friday, 3 October 2014, 9:34 am | Citizen News Service
Those who 'own little, live on little' carry highest burden of climate change By Shobha Shukla 3 October 2014 More >>
Medical malpractices: Light at the end of the tunnel?
Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 9:27 am | Citizen News Service
Medical malpractices: Is there light at the end of the tunnel? By Shobha Shukla and Bobby Ramakant, 1 October 2014 More >>
Translating Evidence-Based Healthcare into Health Gains
Thursday, 25 September 2014, 2:05 pm | Citizen News Service
Overcoming roadblocks in translating evidence-based healthcare into public health gains By Shobha Shukla and Bobby Ramakant, 25 September 2014 More >>
Evidence-based medicine is the basis of sound healthcare
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 4:59 pm | Citizen News Service
Evidence-based medicine is the basis of sound healthcare By Shobha Shukla and Bobby Ramakant 23 September 2014 More >>
When natural disasters happen: do more good than harm
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 1:59 pm | Citizen News Service
When natural disasters happen: do more good than harm! By Shobha Shukla and Bobby Ramakant 23 September 2014 More >>
Research to the rescue of disaster management
Monday, 22 September 2014, 2:55 pm | Citizen News Service
Research to the rescue of disaster management By Shobha Shukla and Bobby Ramakant 22 September 2014 More >>
Should India Sacrifice Agriculture For Trade?
Monday, 22 September 2014, 9:30 am | Citizen News Service
Well, any right-minded person would say NO. But the global, as well as the local media, has castigated India for not ratifying the Protocol of Amendment for the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) at the recent World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations ... More >>
Building feminist movements to stimulate change
Saturday, 31 May 2014, 10:47 pm | Citizen News Service
Grassroots women of the Asia Pacific region have borne the brunt of the unrelenting global desire for increased consumption and accumulation of wealth by a tiny minority. Their aspirations and livelihoods are regularly trampled upon in this new Asian century, ... More >>
Countries should know their endemic malaria
Saturday, 26 April 2014, 2:40 pm | Citizen News Service
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a manual to help countries to assess the technical, operational and financial feasibility of moving towards malaria elimination. WHO’s new guide, "From malaria control to malaria elimination: a manual for ... More >>
