Meenuka Mathew

Senior Research Fellow @JindalGlobalUNI
Co-Founder @PolicyTalksIn
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[Meenuka Mathew @Meenuka19]

@NIHRresearch #UHC is a national commitment.
India has been contributing to this commitment through improving #primarycare - Dr. Vinod Kumar Paul, hon'ble Member (Health & Nutrition, WCD & Education)NITI Aayog
@NITIAayog, @MoHFW_INDIA @ICMRDELHI @JSGP_JGU
#PublicHealthWeek
#worldhealthday

[Meenuka Mathew @Meenuka19]

Together for Health. Stand with Science #WorldHealthDay2026

@JSGP_JGU @JSPH80269248 @JindalGlobalUNI

[Meenuka Mathew @Meenuka19]

#Science for everyone!
Deep rooted poverty is also driven by out of pocket expenditure the vulnarables has to bear due to #Healthcare. Therefore the scientific research contributes vitally to enhance the #welfare of everyone!
@NIHRresearch
#OOPE #PublicHealth #WorldHealthDay

[Manoj Mathew @manojmathewnet]

With heavy hearts, @Meenuka19 and I share the sad news that our beloved mentor and colleague, Professor (Dr.) Milindo Chakrabarti, has passed away. He died today at the National Heart Institute in Delhi, where he was being treated for pneumonia. @MilindoC @JindalGlobalUNI

[Meenuka Mathew @Meenuka19]

@TheLancet @CitizenhealthIN-ppl Centred Health System 4 India report analyse pathways to addressing healthsystem challangers

prioritise #publichealth & using #technology as enabler-not creating a FacelessSystem
Ppl centric #healthsystem is crucial 4 quality care & #protection.

[Rohan Samarajiva @samarajiva]

"Sri Lanka has spent decades chanting the slogan “6% for education”.

But while the shouting has grown louder, confidence in the education system has collapsed. Parents no longer trust schools. Tuition shops now hold families to ransom. Employers no longer trust graduates. And students increasingly see qualifications as expensive, time-consuming, and ultimately useless pieces of paper."

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

The former Canadian ambassador to India, my friend David Malone, passed away on Monday – of his own volition. Medically-assisted termination of life is not legal in India, but it is in Canada, and David, suffering from cancer and Alzheimer’s, chose this route. My rumination on my last exchanges with him, and on life and dying:

https://t.co/Dj3orp25dH

[Meenuka Mathew @Meenuka19]

Hearing @MontekSinghPC at @JindalGlobalUNI is a delight as he shared the stories of 1991 #reforms, not just to know the history but to learn for future. Evidance based #policymaking needs leaders with intellect and courage!
Dr @_ManmohanSingh Memorial Lecture at @JSGP_JGU.

[Meenuka Mathew @Meenuka19]

Thank you @ShashiTharoor 🙏
Unfortunately, the leadership is not able to see the value of his service - not even his contribution to lift the Island out of the terrible crisis in 2022.
This is the most they could get to put him behind the bars & failed to grant him bail even.

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

Concerned about the detention of former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickramasinghe on what, on the face of it, seem trivial charges. His health issues have already seen him taken to the prison hospital. I call on the government of Sri Lanka -- while fully respecting that this is their internal matter -- to abjure the politics of vengeance and treat their former President with the respect and dignity that he deserves, after his decades of service to the nation.

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

Concerned about the detention of former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickramasinghe on what, on the face of it, seem trivial charges. His health issues have already seen him taken to the prison hospital. I call on the government of Sri Lanka -- while fully respecting that this is their internal matter -- to abjure the politics of vengeance and treat their former President with the respect and dignity that he deserves, after his decades of service to the nation.

[CoE-SA @CoE_SouthAsia]

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[Harsha de Silva @HarshadeSilvaMP]

Spoke in @ParliamentLK today defending #Rohingya refugees. During #lka civil war, Sri Lankans sought refuge worldwide for better life. Today, it's our turn to show the same compassion. We have both legal & moral obligations to protect those fleeing persecution, not deport them.

[Eran Wickramaratne @EranWick]

my friend Lasantha Wickrematunge

Sixteen years ago on 8th January 2009, I received a phone call that Lasantha was attacked and taken to the Kalubowila Hospital. I was not a politician then but a Banker and a friend of Lasantha. Each year on 8th January I visit Lasantha’s grave to remind myself and commit to the pursuit of justice. The tension that filled the air on the day of his funeral still surrounds some of us as there has been no justice or closure for his family and friends.
It was widely believed and later supported by evidence that his exposure on corruption on the purchase of military aircrafts was connected to his murder. Lasantha was due to give evidence in court on 12th January in defense of his exposure on the MIG transaction undertaken by the Ministry of Defense, which may have exposed those in authority, But prior to his appearance in court Lasantha was murdered on 8th January 2009.
Now we have a government comprising of individuals when in opposition, always argued for media freedom and the safety of media personnel. We live in expectation that investigations and the judicial process will move quickly in bringing justice and closure to his murder.
January 8th reminds us that 34 journalist and media personnel have been murdered or gone missing in recent times. The vast majority of them were Tamil speaking. Many journalists were murdered or intimidated during the 26-year civil war between Government and Tamil Tiger rebels.
50 Year old cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda who went missing on 24th January 2010 two day’s before incumbent President Mahinda Rajapakse’s Election has yet to be found.
Sandya Eknaligoda, Prageeth’s wife is still relentlessly pursuing Justice. Keith Noyahr , the Associate Editor of the Nation, was abducted and severely beaten before been released in 2008. Krishantha Cooray, Keith Noyahr’s boss, pursued justice and spoke out troubling those in Authority. Krishantha was forced to leave the country as authorities attempted to frame charges against him in another case.There are many who have been forced to flee the country because of exposures of corruption, poor governance and murder.

Sri Lanka’s performance on media freedom as indicated in the World Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders has deteriorated further within the past 5 years.
The Online Safety Bill which was improperly forced through Parliament has been used by Government authorities to intimidate Journalist and social media activists.
While we agree that there has to be media ethics, we need to establish a self-regulatory process rather than Government assuming that role. Let’s live in hope that the newly elected government whose members when in opposition were critical of attacks on media personnel and the Online Safety Bill, will protect the freedom of expression, media and social media activists and bring to justice those who have committed crimes, while promoting a democratic open society where every individual could live with dignity.
@a_wickrematunga

[Meenuka Mathew @Meenuka19]

#Rohingya #refugees : Sajith appeals to Govt to reconsider deportation.

Thank you, @sajithpremadasa

https://t.co/wsq8CBkJyo

[Meenuka Mathew @Meenuka19]

#PlatformWorkers
#Gigworkers

@kunalkamra88 asks @letsblinkit CEO to reveal wages of delivery partners, says quick commerce #exploits gig workers. https://t.co/xXnCw2FplE

[G20 United States @g20org]

For the first time in history, Brasil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received the document containing civil society's contributions to the construction of public policies at the G20.

[Asitha Rajapakse @Indubio_abstine]

Are we to measure a leader’s merit by the triviality of a car door? Is the head of state now reduced to performing cheap dramas to court the approval of the masses? Let us not fool ourselves. @anuradisanayake #PresidentAnura #Protocol #lka https://t.co/9vyBLtq1A2

[Manoj Mathew @manojmathewnet]

☑️Risk to democracy doesn't come from Narendra Modi, the BJP, or the RSS - it stems from the Congress's inability to effectively play its role as a responsible opposition party writes @sanjaypugalia https://t.co/o7ln6m1Tie via @ndtv

[Chamathka Ratnayake @Chamathka_0815]

The lack of a single female deputy minister is disappointing.

[Meenuka Mathew @Meenuka19]

Congratulations new cabinet of #SriLankan!

@Dr_HariniA @anuradisanayake @NPPSLOfficial where are the #women cabinet ministers that you promised ? Only 2/22 you managed ?

#WomenPolicymakers
#WOMENEQUALITY

[Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰 @SriLankaTweet]

New Cabinet official group photo📸🇱🇰

Wishing all of them success in leading the nation toward progress and prosperity 🇱🇰🙏

#SriLanka #LKA #SriLankaElections #GenElecSL