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Cracking HIV and COVID-19 code

I am living with HIV, how might I forestall COVID-19? This is rising stress during COVID-19 dread. Individuals living with HIV who have not achieved viral suppression through antiretroviral treatment may have a compromised immune system that leaves them vulnerable to opportunistic infections and further disease progression. At present, there is no evidence to suggest […]

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भारत में मेडिकल गर्भसमापन के लिए प्रक्रिया और लागत क्या है?

क्या हमें भारत में चिकित्सा गर्भसमापन के लिए ज्यादा पैसे का भुगतान करना होगा? भारत में गर्भावस्था की चिकित्सय समाप्ति सिर्फ कुछ शर्तों के तहत कानूनी है जिसकी अनुमति किसी पंजीकृत मेडिकल प्रैक्टिशनर द्वारा दी गयी हो। गर्भसमापन की प्रक्रिया को समझना हमारे लिए महत्वपूर्ण है। गर्भसमापन या जो मेडिकल टर्मिनेशन ऑफ प्रेगनेंसी (एम0टी0पी0) के […]

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क्या भारत में गर्भसमापन कानूनी है?

हाँ। और हां, यह कई विकसित देशों के विपरीत है जहां गर्भसमापन एक विवादास्पद विषय है जिसमें अक्सर राजनीतिक विचारधाराएं शामिल होती हैं। गर्भावस्था की चिकित्सय समाप्ति अधिनियम (मेडिकल टर्मिनेशन ऑफ प्रेग्नेंसी एम0टी0पी0) अधिनियम 1971 गर्भधारण के 20 सप्ताह तक गर्भावस्था की (एम0टी0पी0) की चिकित्सय समाप्ति की अनुमति देता है। यहाँ आपको क्या पता होना […]

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10 बातें जो आप भारत में कानूनी गर्भसमापन के बारे में नहीं जानते हैं।

भारत में गर्भावस्था की चिकित्सा समाप्ति अधिनियम 1973 ( मेडिकल टर्मिनेशन ऑफ प्रेगनेंसी/एमटीपी) या गर्भसमापन करने के बारे में बहुत सी गलत धारणा या स्पष्टता का अभाव प्रतीत होता है। बहुत सारी महिलाओं को यह पता नहीं है कि गर्भावस्था को समाप्त करना भारत में कानूनी है। जबकि महिलाओं के लिए यह जानना महत्वपूर्ण है […]

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Access to Safe Abortion Thought Leadership

Aadhar & Abortion: You Will Never Believe Your Privacy is Ending

Digital campaign with its strong emphasis on the digitization of public records has seen a companion in Aadhar. From basic amenities like getting ration, getting medical services or opening a bank account, Aadhar is being made as a mandatory requirement. There is a move to link Aadhar with the health data of an individual in […]

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Access to Safe Abortion Thought Leadership

Medical Abortion: Nurses have a Say?

Have you heard the Beatles song “Help?” or  Do you remember that song? Ever thought it along the lines of people in need for abortion and nurses? “Help, I need somebody. Help, not just anybody, Help, you know  I need someone, help. When I was younger, so much younger than today I never needed anybody’s […]

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Telemedicine and Abortion: India says Yes or No?

COVID-19 has brought all of us to a standstill. It is highly unlikely that we no longer take things for granted after witnessing first hand how interconnected all our lives are. What would otherwise have been a skip, hop and jump to the pharmacy near our house to get, say a basic Paracetamol tablet, has […]

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Essentials: to be or not to be?

We all know how it went: first the Janta Curfew, then the 21 days national lockdown and, of course, the marathon run to any shop that was open and buy anything and everything that was available. If one shop did not have it all or did not have enough, we had the relay run to […]

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Young Women: Are Abortion Laws With Us?

When the news emerged on January 29, 2020, that the Union Cabinet approved the latest set of amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (MTP Act 1970), many hailed it as a progressive stand on abortion laws for these modern times, as the medical technologies have been far advancing and gender equity been […]

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Is criminalisation a bad idea around abortion services?

Whenever there is any conversation around any new law there is a lot of focus on punitive aspects of laws that focus more on criminalisation. The US debates around abortion laws has brought back to focus on criminalisation debate. Even in India, the Indian Penal Code, still penalises women if she has induced miscarriages. What […]