Next read - Timothy Egan's much acclaimed A Fever in the Heartland Viking Books #books #bookstoread

Just finished Cal Newport's Slow Productivity. Enjoyed the centrality of the core theme as a work philosophy. But the book suffers from the usual pitfalls of the genre. I am expecting it to be featured on If Books Could Kill If Books Could Kill. The book starts strong but by the last

Unsurprisingly, Sandeep Adhwaryu 🇮🇳 nails it in today's Times of India. #ClimateRefugees #ClimateAction TOI India

Had the opportunity to listen to Prof. K Srinath Reddy, a doyen of public health in India and for the world. He discussed his must read book - Pulse to Planet which explores the impacts of climate change on human health, and beyond. This conversation was part of a brilliant new

"He who does not read, at 70 years will have lived only one life, his own! He who reads, will have lived 5000 years: He was there when Cain killed Abel, when Renzo married Lucia, when Leopardi admired infinity... Because "Reading is backward immortality." Umberto Eco 📚❤️

Nearly a third of all health insurance claims this season relate to infectious diseases. These claims have doubled over the past 3 years. Two 'vectors' are at play here. More people are taking out policies hence a rise in claims is logical. But more importantly this rise is

"All I really want to do is go to the book store , drink coffee and read." Jean Paul Sartre ☕️📚🌷 Good morning

How climate change is affecting your #health. An in-depth look at how doctors are seeing the impacts of climate on their everyday practice. While mitigation efforts are important, adaptation is critical as the impacts are already upon us. #climatechange #Cancer #Heat

How India’s young #doctors keep public health system running, and why they swallow a bitter pill, every day sanjay nagral #PublicHealth #Healthcare #DoctorsProtest timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/how-indi…

How can we address the nexus of #climatechange, migration, and infectious diseases? #climate #health #dengue ox.ac.uk/news/2024-08-1…

Here are my ten current favourite landscape painters from the 1950s to the present (not exactly in order of preference, but close...) 1. Jean-Pierre Ugarte (born 1950)

45% of dementia cases are preventable by altering modifiable risk factors. Hearing loss, LDL #cholesterol levels, education and social isolation have emerged as critical in the latest The Lancet commission on #dementia Graph via The Economist

An important & welcome step (finally!) by the Delhi Government. Revised #climate action plan to also concentrate on health. Will identify 17 climate sensitive diseases, establish an environmental health cell and ensure adequate bed capacity. It would do well to also make

Health-related #climate adaptation: How to innovate and scale global action for local needs. An in-depth look at how innovations at scale can create a solutions framework to help health systems adapt to the vagaries of #climatechange. Three critical areas of work are

WHO urges the incorporation of climate change effects to enhance mental health services, identifies 5 priority areas: 1. Integrate climate change considerations into policies and programs for mental health, including mental health and psychosocial support system (MHPSS) 2.

Reading The Achilles Trap, I have been waiting all year to get my copy! The masterful Steve Coll is at the height of his narrative, investigative and story telling powers. Allen Lane #books

When people ask as to why doctors are "still" protesting, I point them towards the larger apathy towards doctors, health workers & health system. When you dont recruit doctors & health workers, the pressure on existing workforce & system increases multi-fold, for no fault of

Starting Anne Applebaum's Autocracy Inc. I 'enjoyed' her previous work, Twilight of Democracy, the grim title notwithstanding. That book was a prescient call for the world to act on the erosion of democratic norms & institutions. Looking forward to reading this Allen Lane

✨ Welcome Chevening Fellows! ✨ We were so excited to meet the new cohort of Chevening Gurukul Fellows earlier this week. We can't wait to see the incredible impact you'll all make! #Chevening #Fellowship #GurukulFellows