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Day April 9, 2015

Chhattisgarh sterilisation deaths not due to rat poison  #Vaw

Author(s): Jyotsna Singh  Date:Apr 8, 2015  Reports accessed by Down To Earth show no evidence of death due to poison. Experts say deaths occurred due to unhygienic conditions and medical practices at the camp Women, who underwent sterilisation surgeries at a… Continue Reading →

#BleedingRed – Come see my blood on the skirt ! #padsagainstsexism

​​ Please JOIN US as we march across the streets of Delhi University, from Vishwavidyalaya Metro Station through the various colleges to Kamla Nagar. March with us as we put out the message loud and clear that: No more Whispers!… Continue Reading →

Press Release – Satyagrahis arrested for demanding land and livelihood rights in Patna

  9th April 2015, Patna/ New Delhi: More than 300 satyagrahis have been taken into custody with brutality by the Bihar Police, when they were holding a peaceful satyagrah in front of the Bihar Vidhan Mandal in Patna today. Under the banner… Continue Reading →

No, prime minister – Indira Jaising

The PM is clearly rattled by the reach of people’s movements even though his party is armed with the entire state machinery to muzzle criticism — and is actively doing so. Written by Indira Jaising | Published on:April 9, 2015 12:00 am… Continue Reading →

V K Singh’s presstitutes comment: The O have a problem #Vaw

V K Singh with evacuated Indians in Djibouti last week. (Source: PTI) Written by Seema Chishti | New Delhi | Updated: April 9, 2015 6:08 am Gen V K Singh’s use of the word “presstitute” to mock or insult the media is not new…. Continue Reading →

Urgent Appeal to NHRC – Maharashtra Tribals and activists harassed and ill-treated

  Shri A. K. Parashar National Focal Point – Human Rights Defenders & Joint Registrar National Human Rights Commission ManavAdhikarBhawan, Block-C, GPO Complex, INA, New Delhi   Dear Sir I am a Woman Human Rights Defender , from Mumbai I am… Continue Reading →

Urgent Appeal to NHRC – Maharashtra: Political Prisoner Hem Mishra assaulted in front of prison for protesting the use of handcuffs

Date:6th april 2015 Address:Shri A. K. Parashar National Focal Point – Human Rights Defenders & Joint Registrar National Human Rights Commission ManavAdhikarBhawan, Block-C, GPO Complex, INA, New Delhi   Dear Sir I am a Woman Human Rights Defender , from Mumbai… Continue Reading →

PUDR Condemns cold-blooded murder of five under-trial prisoners by Telengana Police

Condemn cold-blooded murder of five under-trial prisoners by Telengana Police PUDR notes with deep concern the news report regarding the encounter killing of 5 under-trial prisoners near Alair in Nalgonda district, Telengana on 7th April 2015. The incident occurred on… Continue Reading →

ATTN MUMBAI- Send your objections to Mumbai DP now!!

View image | gettyimages.com     The Mumbai Development Plan 2014-34, which will affect the lives of 12.5 million residents of Greater Mumbai, was released in February. The 60-day notice period for suggestions and objections is an opportunity for citizens… Continue Reading →

Statement – Jan Swasthya Abhiyan critiques Mumbai DP on Health Sector

    Jan Swasthya Abhiyan strongly objects to the new Mumbai Development Draft Plan 2034 for not addressingthe issue of Health sector in a holistic manner . Mumbai, although being the country’s economic capital is lagging far behind in providing basic health care needs to its citizens.   Social  amenities and infrastructure are the basic requirement of urban life and its adequacy and accessibility are improtant contributors in the upgradation and enrichment of quality of urban life , which is primary objective of any planned effort. But the Mumbai Development Report surprisingly, washes its hand off by stating that ‘ Scope of the DP is confined to  fulfilling spatial  requirements  of equitable access to social and physical infrastructure,and that larger sectoral goals not within its purview. It is surprising that despite a process of 6 years of consultations with various stakeholders the DP does not include any  recommendations by the health groups.   The various stakeholder consultations had recommended that Dispensaries should be the basis of eradicating the shortfall of the medical services in the city.Maternity homes should be developed into maternity and maternity and child welfare centers and Expansion of existing hospitals with addition of a certain number of minimum of maternity and child health services. But nothing is reflected in the Draft DP document, infact it does not even look health as a thematic issue.   The DP does not even mention the Rindani Committee Report which was guiding document  for the Mumbai DP Plan, The Report examined and made  recommendations regarding the policy for expansion of existing hospitals, maternity homes and dispensaries and locations of the new institutions to be developed in different parts of greater Mumbai. It scrutinized the development  Plan proposals in respect of medical relief and modified them  wherever necessary and to laydown the basis of priority of implementation.   The Committee  had made  recommendation of location of the medical facilities on the basis of the impoverishment in these areas as opposed to the density of the population in a certain area. This was a choice made as most of the illnesses would have their points of origins in areas with lower socioeconomic status.  The Mumbai DP plan has totally ignored it.. The Mumbai DP Plan  allocation for health amenities has given 0.38 sq m per capita (UDPFI: 0.83 sq m to 1.28 sq m per capita). Earlier, much of the land was separately marked  for civic or government -run facilities  this category does not exist in the new plan, ignoring all those who can’t afford private healthcare. To be a global city,  the lowering of planning standards is unacceptable and is a self despairing  step in a 20 year planning exercise.  The table below clearly indicates the above statement Lack of primary healthcare facilities -There are only 168 health-Posts in the Mumbai with  population of nearly 1,50,00,000 i.e. 1 per 92,592 persons which is highly inadequate especially in wards with large populations which have large number of vulnerable groups like slum dwellers, migrants, minorities, etc. (such as M-East, L). These wards have the worst health and human development indices with the lowest number of facilities per population.   Non-equitable spatial distribution of healthcare amenities: Along with primary healthcare in Mumbai, looking at the spatial distribution of hospitals providing secondary and tertiary care, there is a clear disparity. The part of the city having about 28% of the population has 62% of the public beds and 49% of the private beds,whereas, the majority of the population in the Eastern and Western suburbs have inadequate beds. Therefore, there is a need to incorporate this skewed availability of health services in the development plan of Mumbai to ensure that more healthcare services are made available to the suburbs.   The DP has no clear earmarking of reservations for public health services and specifically primary, secondary and tertiary   Privatization of health care: About 70% of the city depends upon private health care; the disintegrating lower rung health care in the city is pushing the poor to availthe private health care facilities. The various DP reservations that have developed under accommodation reservation almost invariably turn out to private developments inaccessible to the poor, thereby suggesting the institutionalized privatization of health care.   The issue of health is incomplete unless its related and linked to various social determinants, water, sanitation , solid waste management …. Continue Reading →

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