Articles about public health

Destiny by zipcode

Few years ago at the American Public Health meeting I saw a  a big billboard that informed me of the life expectancy across various districts in US. While I was aware of existing disparities in healthcare system, still, the large impact on life care expectancy shocked me. This was followed by Covid, which exacerbated those…

India’s fight against blindness

According to the World Health Organization, there are 39 million blind and another 246 million visually impaired people in the world. India however contributes to nearly one fifth of the global blindness crisis. Knowing this, India adopted ‘Vision 2020: The Right to Sight’ in 2004 with the intentions to eliminate blindness to the best of…