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Written by Rebecca Shibu Compiled by Vrinda Panpalia Edited by Yamini Peter COVID-19 has unmasked critical health system gaps and deficiencies. Health workforce shortages, broken supply chains, fragmented services and silo information systems are a few of the problems that hindered the response in the early days.  The pandemic has exposed us to a catastrophe that requires expansion of the International and National Mental Health Agenda emphasising on closing the care gap for people with mental illnesses to improving mental health for the whole population, including suicide prevention in India.  Drawing from the learnings of the first wave of the pandemic, the emerging mental health crisis needs to be approached in a way that ensures building infrastructures that are able to stay resolute through a crisis in the future. Mental Health’s Role in achieving the SDGs Sustainability in mental health is the ability to provide high-value care now and in the future in the face of envir...

Written by: Samreen Saify Compiled and Edited by: Rebecca Shibu In recent years, cancer has become one of the leading causes of death around the world. According to the National Cancer Institute, Cancer is a name given to a collection of related diseases, which can start almost anywhere in the human body and is made up of trillions of cells. These cells differ from normal cells in many ways that allow them to grow out of control and become invasive. The etiology of cancer is multifactorial, meaning- genetic predisposition, exposure to tobacco, certain chemicals, infections, radiation, inappropriate lifestyle factors, etc. have all been linked with the causation of cancer.  Source: National Cancer Institute Due to the pervasiveness and the severity of the disease, since 2000, World Cancer Day is celebrated on the 4 th of February every year. It’s a global unifying initiative started by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). The main motive behind the celebration of th...