Reimagining Healthcare in India

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About the speaker: Dr. Sonali is a public health specialist. She is Founder and Director at Incluve Labs.  The discussion was organized on the occasion of World Health Day and the theme...

The discussion was organized on the occasion of World Health Day and the theme for this year was “Our Planet, Our Health”. The discussion was moderated by Rishabh Shrivastava who gave a brief outline of the theme and explained why it is important to look at climate change as a threat to public health. For the discussion to begin, Rishabh set a brief background by talking about the key events from the last two years of the pandemic like reporting of the first case in India, imposition of lockdown, issuance of guidelines, vaccination campaign and other landmark events. 

The discussion was then taken forward by Dr. Sonali. She talked in detail about how the state responded to the pandemic. According to her, the centralization of decision-making during the pandemic made it difficult for the authorities to tackle the crisis in an efficient manner. Dr. Sonali also explained the need for…