PHM-Exch> [PHM NEWS]How the Indian government's pandemic response caused more deaths

[Claudio Schuftan]

Why did the pandemic spiral out of control in India? Why did some states
see many more people dying than others? The central government’s
authoritarian measures, badly planned and highly restrictive lockdowns,
structural inequality and many forms of discrimination drastically
increased the death toll and suffering of the Indian people, argues
Sulakshana Nandi in a new interview led by Arun Kundnani. She also
discusses India’s unequal vaccination rollout and how the public and
private healthcare sectors differed in pandemic management. Finally, she
explains what an alternative health care system in India could look like.

Sulakshana Nandi is the co-chair of the Global Steering Council of the
People’s Health Movement in India. Based in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, she is
involved in research, capacity building, and advocacy on issues related to
health equity and access, and public policy and programmes for health and
nutrition, with a focus on gender and vulnerable and indigenous
communities. Arun Kundnani is a TNI associate and author of The Muslims are
Coming! Islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic War on Terror. This
interview is part of a series
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6JRfkdlcGYWFO9hdjtk9ISAMbrHCHfqY>
on the securitisation of health.

Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/xSNrix7n8Bg

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