I have always loved sitting with an atlas on my lap, tracing my finger across different maps and plotting my next journey; by camel across the silk route; by train to Darjeeling; or by ship across the Pacific. Less fancifullly, I am also intrigued by the different applications of geographic mapping to public health. […]
Nurses are one of the key building blocks of the health system; and comprise roughly 30% of the health workforce.[1] Tackling any health challenge and achieving the Millennium Development Goals is impossible without nurses, and yet, like most health cadres in India they are in short supply. Despite their centrality to the health system, nurses […]
