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In his Hindustan Times column, Vital Signs, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan calls for shifting subsidies away from specific crops toward farmer incomes, nutrition, and climate resilience, helping farmers, improving diets, and protecting natural resources without increasing public spending. “India can either purposely rethink its agricultural subsidy system in the move towards Viksit Bharat (the goal to transform […]

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The University of Minnesota’s CIDRAP covered an OHT collaborative study that shows how gender inequalities influence antibiotic consumption across countries.  Drawing on more than two decades of data from 70 countries, the research, published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, shows that differences in women’s access to education, participation in the workforce, and representation in society are […]

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In a commentary piece in Nature, renowned researchers, including OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminaraya, reflected on a year under the Trump administration.   Dr. Laxminarayan explained how deep cuts to public health and research funding have caused serious, self-inflicted harm to science and health in the United States. Read it here.

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In his Hindustan Times column, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan asks a question that goes beyond economic growth: “Are Indians truly flourishing?” Drawing on ancient ideas such as Aristotle’s eudaimonia and Indian traditions such as dharma –a core idea in Indian philosophy that means living in alignment with what is right, ethical, and true – he argues that a good life rests on […]

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In Hindustan Times column, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan explains why Singapore’s success story is about much more than tall buildings or rapid economic growth.  When Singapore became independent in 1965, its Singapore’s per capita GDP was only about four times higher than India’s. Today, it is more than 30 times higher.  Singapore invested early and […]

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In an op-ed for Hindustan Times, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan revisits a key insight from the World Development Report 1993 (WDR 1993): health is not merely a result of development, it is a prerequisite for it. For decades, the prevailing belief held that economic growth would automatically improve health and that sickness was simply a […]

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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls for responsible antibiotic use during Mann Ki Baat. Citing a report by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Prime Minister Modi highlighted that antibiotics are becoming less effective against diseases such as pneumonia and urinary tract infections. Prime Minister Modi warned against the dangers of indiscriminate use and self-medication and urged citizens to adopt […]

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In an op-ed published in the Hindustan Times, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan argues that rising incomes without reliable, potable piped water only push societies toward private, unequal, and unsustainable fixes—bottled water, filters, tankers, and plastic waste. Drawing lessons from India and Mexico, he shows why safe tap water is one of the most important public […]

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The Science Media Centre Spain featured an article co-authored by OHT researchers, highlighting findings from a new international study published in PNAS. The study estimates global vaccination coverage and disease incidence for 104 livestock diseases affecting cattle, poultry, and pigs across 203 countries (2005–2025). The researchers find that vaccination coverage among global livestock populations remains […]

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