Scaling trustworthy #HealthAI in India hinges less on feasibility than policy: clearer liability, life-cycle regulation, mandatory surveillance and representative datasets via #ABDM and #IndiaAIMission can align innovation with equity, safety and public accountability: @Nimisha0955 https://t.co/pX3pn95OvB
#Climate change is already a public #health crisis. From heatwaves and floods to #airpollution and vector-borne #diseases, climate shocks are straining India’s health system, putting lives, equity, and development gains at risk: @Nimisha0955 https://t.co/gH20Yk5MPj
#Climate change is already a public #health crisis. From heatwaves and floods to #airpollution and vector-borne #diseases, climate shocks are straining India’s health system, putting lives, equity, and development gains at risk: @Nimisha0955 https://t.co/gH20Yk5MPj
In FY 2023-24, CSR allocations to healthcare amounted to INR 7,150.81 crores, meanwhile social bonds in 2024 raised US$ 5.5 billion. Can private capital be mobilised to close the #health financing gap in #India?: @Nimisha0955 https://t.co/5NkoUbOQ5p
#Airpollution is now #Delhi’s biggest killer. In 2023, long-term exposure caused 15% of all deaths, over 17,000 lives, with rising #cardio-respiratory disease and soaring ARI cases. This is a #healthcrisis, not just an environmental one: Nimisha Chadha https://t.co/LLbnXlHkCc
A 2018 review by #PublicHealthEngland (#PHE) found that e-cigarettes are at least 95 percent less harmful than smoking and do not serve as pathways into smoking for the youth: @Nimisha0955 https://t.co/dObkXa2Nko
#US cuts to global #health aid including #USAID dismantling, #WHO withdrawal, and proposed Gavi funding cuts have disrupted #health initiatives, prompting urgent calls to rethink the architecture of #GlobalHealth governance: Nimisha Chadha & @lakshmyrkrish https://t.co/g2ouEzd5gZ
#India’s ageing population will reach 193 million by 2030. Healthy ageing starts now, through life-course immunisation that protects adults & the elderly: @Nimisha0955 https://t.co/zYJ8vs5Lde
#India accounts for 26% of global #TB cases, yet TB financing covers only a fraction of the need. According to a 2025 financial gap analysis, an additional INR 10,686 crore of funding is required to improve TB outcomes: @Nimisha0955 https://t.co/rm0oWv77Z5
#US fulfilled its $700M pledge to The #Pandemic Fund, but future support is uncertain. To prevent the next #pandemic, continued investments from all partners in #ThePandemicFund are essential: @Nimisha0955 https://t.co/xFhWubcQN8
Despite gains in #Tuberculosis control, India’s #TB burden remains high due to factors including #airpollution. A holistic One Health approach can help break the cycle of transmission & #disease: @Nimisha0955 https://t.co/7HaH5d6DPn
#HealthWorkers and waste-pickers are at the frontline risk due to plastic dust and fumes leading to respiratory, skin, and eye issues: Nimisha Chadha https://t.co/QxayBvzAeI
The Masala To Make Indian Street Food Hygienic (https://t.co/hXpa4NRf9o)
India’s street food vendors are not simply subjects of regulation; they are custodians of taste, tradition, and culinary heritage.
More than the crackdowns and regulations, improving safety and hygiene will need participatory models, trust-building, behavioural change, better infrastructure, and shared responsibility.
#Feminisation of ageing is reshaping #India. #Women live longer but face greater #financial and social hardships. Targeted policies are needed to protect their #health, dignity & independence: Nimisha Chadha, K. S. Uplabdh Gopal, Shivendra Singh, @oommen, & @sanjayunfpa https://t.co/6VXeipJQqb
Unsafe #food causes over 100M illnesses and 120K deaths annually in #India. Hygiene cannot be an afterthought, it must be a national priority: Nimisha Chadha https://t.co/EJrae3Nzc2
#India has reduced housing & #sanitation deprivation, but #health indicators like #childmortality & #nutrition lag in its multidimensional #povertyindex, highlighting the need to better integrate health data into policy: Nimisha Chadha https://t.co/MSjI9xjtBo