Whenever there is a natural disaster, we tend to start looking at immediate relief work. The life and death situation becomes immediate and we often start reacting to requests. But the sad part of a natural disaster is that our daily bitter truth gets amplified. The marginalised communities, become more marginalised, our failed infrastructures become […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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