Jyotsna Singh
@jyotsna-singh.bsky.social
Journalist │ Communication Strategist │ https://linktr.ee/jyotsna.singh │ Dabbling in Health; Access to Medicines & Trade Unions │ @psiasiapacific.bsky.social
🚨New Podcast 🎙️
Medicine prices in India are sky-high. But #JanAushadhi scheme can reduce medicine costs by as much as 75% — a game-changer for anyone who needs lifelong treatment for BP, diabetes and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcV6...
Medicine prices in India are sky-high. But #JanAushadhi scheme can reduce medicine costs by as much as 75% — a game-changer for anyone who needs lifelong treatment for BP, diabetes and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcV6...
Jan Aushadhi Explained: How the Scheme Works and Who It Serves
YouTube video by Working Group on Access to Medicines - India
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🚨New Podcast 🎙️
Medicine prices in India are sky-high. But #JanAushadhi scheme can reduce medicine costs by as much as 75% — a game-changer for anyone who needs lifelong treatment for BP, diabetes and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcV6...
Medicine prices in India are sky-high. But #JanAushadhi scheme can reduce medicine costs by as much as 75% — a game-changer for anyone who needs lifelong treatment for BP, diabetes and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcV6...
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💊Patents, trade policy, and why people's access to the medicines they need is at stake.
MSF's Roshan John Joseph on India’s Free Trade Agreements with high-income countries, how they could mean higher medicine prices around the world, and why transparency in their negotiation matters.
MSF's Roshan John Joseph on India’s Free Trade Agreements with high-income countries, how they could mean higher medicine prices around the world, and why transparency in their negotiation matters.
🚨 Medicine prices in India are under threat.
New Free Trade Agreements with developed countries could mean higher medicine prices and block affordable generics.
🧵 Here’s how 👇
#AccessDenied episode▶️https://youtu.be/tXLE_jJF8xk
New Free Trade Agreements with developed countries could mean higher medicine prices and block affordable generics.
🧵 Here’s how 👇
#AccessDenied episode▶️https://youtu.be/tXLE_jJF8xk
October 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
💊Patents, trade policy, and why people's access to the medicines they need is at stake.
MSF's Roshan John Joseph on India’s Free Trade Agreements with high-income countries, how they could mean higher medicine prices around the world, and why transparency in their negotiation matters.
MSF's Roshan John Joseph on India’s Free Trade Agreements with high-income countries, how they could mean higher medicine prices around the world, and why transparency in their negotiation matters.
🚨 Medicine prices in India are under threat.
New Free Trade Agreements with developed countries could mean higher medicine prices and block affordable generics.
🧵 Here’s how 👇
#AccessDenied episode▶️https://youtu.be/tXLE_jJF8xk
New Free Trade Agreements with developed countries could mean higher medicine prices and block affordable generics.
🧵 Here’s how 👇
#AccessDenied episode▶️https://youtu.be/tXLE_jJF8xk
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
🚨 Medicine prices in India are under threat.
New Free Trade Agreements with developed countries could mean higher medicine prices and block affordable generics.
🧵 Here’s how 👇
#AccessDenied episode▶️https://youtu.be/tXLE_jJF8xk
New Free Trade Agreements with developed countries could mean higher medicine prices and block affordable generics.
🧵 Here’s how 👇
#AccessDenied episode▶️https://youtu.be/tXLE_jJF8xk
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Gee...
Imagine that? 🙄🙄
Long Cövid is related to absenteeism.. NEVER would have made that connection 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️😡
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Imagine that? 🙄🙄
Long Cövid is related to absenteeism.. NEVER would have made that connection 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️😡
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Long-COVID is associated with increased absenteeism from work
Long-COVID, defined as COVID-19 symptoms persisting for more than 3 months, may lead to persistent health issues requiring extensive medical care. Despite its long-term health impact, the economic imp...
journals.plos.org
June 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Gee...
Imagine that? 🙄🙄
Long Cövid is related to absenteeism.. NEVER would have made that connection 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️😡
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Imagine that? 🙄🙄
Long Cövid is related to absenteeism.. NEVER would have made that connection 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️😡
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#PrivateEquity firms in health kill people. Their modus operandi is simple: make a lot more money in a very few years. They do it by:
1. cutting down the staff
2. not buying enough supplies & equipment
3. decreasing the essential facilities
@ajenglish.bsky.social
www.aljazeera.com/program/faul...
1. cutting down the staff
2. not buying enough supplies & equipment
3. decreasing the essential facilities
@ajenglish.bsky.social
www.aljazeera.com/program/faul...
Gutted
Fault Lines, Mother Jones investigate how private equity firm gutted a hospital chain for profit, endangering patients.
www.aljazeera.com
May 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#PrivateEquity firms in health kill people. Their modus operandi is simple: make a lot more money in a very few years. They do it by:
1. cutting down the staff
2. not buying enough supplies & equipment
3. decreasing the essential facilities
@ajenglish.bsky.social
www.aljazeera.com/program/faul...
1. cutting down the staff
2. not buying enough supplies & equipment
3. decreasing the essential facilities
@ajenglish.bsky.social
www.aljazeera.com/program/faul...
💊𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘆: Charging millions for medicines that cost so little to make.
This thread exposes the outrageous markups by Big Pharma—where profit is prioritised over patients, and lives are lost in India and around the world.🧵
🎥 Watch our video www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTD...
This thread exposes the outrageous markups by Big Pharma—where profit is prioritised over patients, and lives are lost in India and around the world.🧵
🎥 Watch our video www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTD...
India’s Medicine Crisis: Unpacking the Price Tag
YouTube video by Working Group on Access to Medicines - India
www.youtube.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
💊𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘆: Charging millions for medicines that cost so little to make.
This thread exposes the outrageous markups by Big Pharma—where profit is prioritised over patients, and lives are lost in India and around the world.🧵
🎥 Watch our video www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTD...
This thread exposes the outrageous markups by Big Pharma—where profit is prioritised over patients, and lives are lost in India and around the world.🧵
🎥 Watch our video www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTD...
📢 Happening Today on #WorldHealthDay!
Join JSA's webinar on privatisation of public health institutions & the urgent need to regulate private hospitals.
Your health is a right — not a business!
🕒 5.30 pm IST
🔗 tinyurl.com/3abzrtuj
#PatientsRights #StopPrivatisation
Join JSA's webinar on privatisation of public health institutions & the urgent need to regulate private hospitals.
Your health is a right — not a business!
🕒 5.30 pm IST
🔗 tinyurl.com/3abzrtuj
#PatientsRights #StopPrivatisation
April 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
📢 Happening Today on #WorldHealthDay!
Join JSA's webinar on privatisation of public health institutions & the urgent need to regulate private hospitals.
Your health is a right — not a business!
🕒 5.30 pm IST
🔗 tinyurl.com/3abzrtuj
#PatientsRights #StopPrivatisation
Join JSA's webinar on privatisation of public health institutions & the urgent need to regulate private hospitals.
Your health is a right — not a business!
🕒 5.30 pm IST
🔗 tinyurl.com/3abzrtuj
#PatientsRights #StopPrivatisation
💊 Major win for SMA patients! 💊
Delhi High Court allows Natco to produce Risdiplam, cutting the cost by 95%—from ₹72 lakh to ₹3.5 lakh/year! This could save thousands of lives. Now, the govt must act: bulk procure & ensure treatment for all.
#NoMoreMonopolies
youtube.com/shorts/LrJ8M...
Delhi High Court allows Natco to produce Risdiplam, cutting the cost by 95%—from ₹72 lakh to ₹3.5 lakh/year! This could save thousands of lives. Now, the govt must act: bulk procure & ensure treatment for all.
#NoMoreMonopolies
youtube.com/shorts/LrJ8M...
Delhi High Court Rules Against Swiss Pharma Giant Roche
YouTube video by Working Group on Access to Medicines - India
youtube.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
💊 Major win for SMA patients! 💊
Delhi High Court allows Natco to produce Risdiplam, cutting the cost by 95%—from ₹72 lakh to ₹3.5 lakh/year! This could save thousands of lives. Now, the govt must act: bulk procure & ensure treatment for all.
#NoMoreMonopolies
youtube.com/shorts/LrJ8M...
Delhi High Court allows Natco to produce Risdiplam, cutting the cost by 95%—from ₹72 lakh to ₹3.5 lakh/year! This could save thousands of lives. Now, the govt must act: bulk procure & ensure treatment for all.
#NoMoreMonopolies
youtube.com/shorts/LrJ8M...
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#IIT placements take a hit: What’s behind the slump?
Know which IITs were hit the hardest.
Read full report: indianexpress.com/article/educ...
#IITPlacements #JobTrends #Engineering
Know which IITs were hit the hardest.
Read full report: indianexpress.com/article/educ...
#IITPlacements #JobTrends #Engineering
March 28, 2025 at 5:17 AM
#IIT placements take a hit: What’s behind the slump?
Know which IITs were hit the hardest.
Read full report: indianexpress.com/article/educ...
#IITPlacements #JobTrends #Engineering
Know which IITs were hit the hardest.
Read full report: indianexpress.com/article/educ...
#IITPlacements #JobTrends #Engineering
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From toxic methane flares in the Amazonian rainforest to the death of a 13 year-old girl from London smog, the Second
@who.int Conference on Air Pollution and Health
opened Wednesday with a series of emotional testimonials on the deadly effects of smog.
✍️Elaine Ruth Fletcher
@drtedros.who.int
@who.int Conference on Air Pollution and Health
opened Wednesday with a series of emotional testimonials on the deadly effects of smog.
✍️Elaine Ruth Fletcher
@drtedros.who.int
'Make Our Lungs Healthy Again' - Health Policy Watch
“This place is a magical one and reality is here as well…We are hoping that in a few years from now, the reality will be changed,” said Neira, adding, “We
healthpolicy-watch.news
March 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
From toxic methane flares in the Amazonian rainforest to the death of a 13 year-old girl from London smog, the Second
@who.int Conference on Air Pollution and Health
opened Wednesday with a series of emotional testimonials on the deadly effects of smog.
✍️Elaine Ruth Fletcher
@drtedros.who.int
@who.int Conference on Air Pollution and Health
opened Wednesday with a series of emotional testimonials on the deadly effects of smog.
✍️Elaine Ruth Fletcher
@drtedros.who.int
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Despite ‘Rising Misogyny’, #UN adopts Declaration on Gender Equity at the annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women (#CSW) in New York.
✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
healthpolicy-watch.news/despite-risi...
✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
healthpolicy-watch.news/despite-risi...
Despite 'Rising Misogyny', UN Commission Adopts Declaration On Gender Equity - Health Policy Watch
“Misogyny is on the rise, and so, violence and discrimination,” said Sima Bahous, who heads UN Women, noting that “domestic and ODA allocations to gender
healthpolicy-watch.news
March 23, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Despite ‘Rising Misogyny’, #UN adopts Declaration on Gender Equity at the annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women (#CSW) in New York.
✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
healthpolicy-watch.news/despite-risi...
✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
healthpolicy-watch.news/despite-risi...
💊 #1 Episode of Access Denied
🗣️ Medicine that costs INR 3000 to produce is sold for 72 lakhs. You heard it right!
Jyotsna Singh interviews Saifullah Khalidi, a patient advocate living with SMA, on his & other patients’ struggle for access to essential treatment.
YouTube youtu.be/GrmgH8U1ZJo
🗣️ Medicine that costs INR 3000 to produce is sold for 72 lakhs. You heard it right!
Jyotsna Singh interviews Saifullah Khalidi, a patient advocate living with SMA, on his & other patients’ struggle for access to essential treatment.
YouTube youtu.be/GrmgH8U1ZJo
Legal battle of patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy
YouTube video by Working Group on Access to Medicines - India
youtu.be
March 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
💊 #1 Episode of Access Denied
🗣️ Medicine that costs INR 3000 to produce is sold for 72 lakhs. You heard it right!
Jyotsna Singh interviews Saifullah Khalidi, a patient advocate living with SMA, on his & other patients’ struggle for access to essential treatment.
YouTube youtu.be/GrmgH8U1ZJo
🗣️ Medicine that costs INR 3000 to produce is sold for 72 lakhs. You heard it right!
Jyotsna Singh interviews Saifullah Khalidi, a patient advocate living with SMA, on his & other patients’ struggle for access to essential treatment.
YouTube youtu.be/GrmgH8U1ZJo
Women at the forefront. Women making history. ✊
Read this inspiring story about #FeminsitOrganising among #CommunityHealthWorkers in India and their amazing wins.
Read this inspiring story about #FeminsitOrganising among #CommunityHealthWorkers in India and their amazing wins.
On #InternationalWomensDay, we highlight the tireless struggles & victories of Community Health Workers in India. From winning better pay to securing maternity leave, their fight is a testament to the power of #FeministOrganising ✊🏽
📖 psishort.link/IWD
#FeministSolidarity #IWD2025 @ilo.org
📖 psishort.link/IWD
#FeministSolidarity #IWD2025 @ilo.org
Feminist labour organising: Community Health Workers in India Achieve Historic Victories
This International Women's Day, we celebrate the women who turned "volunteer" exploitation into worker power through feminist organising and collective action to secure maternity leave and wages.
psishort.link
March 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Women at the forefront. Women making history. ✊
Read this inspiring story about #FeminsitOrganising among #CommunityHealthWorkers in India and their amazing wins.
Read this inspiring story about #FeminsitOrganising among #CommunityHealthWorkers in India and their amazing wins.
Reposted by Jyotsna Singh
Reposted by Jyotsna Singh
💊A diagnosis shouldn’t be a death sentence, but too often, it is.
Tune in as I take you through streets of India meeting doctors, activists, scientists & patients fighting for the right to health in the videocast #AccessDenied.
#AccessToMedicines #PeopleOverProfit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EunE...
Tune in as I take you through streets of India meeting doctors, activists, scientists & patients fighting for the right to health in the videocast #AccessDenied.
#AccessToMedicines #PeopleOverProfit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EunE...
Access Denied Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by Working Group on Access to Medicines - India
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
💊A diagnosis shouldn’t be a death sentence, but too often, it is.
Tune in as I take you through streets of India meeting doctors, activists, scientists & patients fighting for the right to health in the videocast #AccessDenied.
#AccessToMedicines #PeopleOverProfit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EunE...
Tune in as I take you through streets of India meeting doctors, activists, scientists & patients fighting for the right to health in the videocast #AccessDenied.
#AccessToMedicines #PeopleOverProfit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EunE...
Reposted by Jyotsna Singh
Reposted by Jyotsna Singh
JSA Delhi released People's Health Manifesto at a Press Cinference today. The manifesto calls for a pro-people health system, one that prioritises public health over commercial and corporate interests. #DelhiElections #delhielections2025
January 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
JSA Delhi released People's Health Manifesto at a Press Cinference today. The manifesto calls for a pro-people health system, one that prioritises public health over commercial and corporate interests. #DelhiElections #delhielections2025
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If the US withdraws from the World Health Organization when Donald Trump assumes the presidency this week, will other member states, particularly China, step up to safeguard global health?
✍️@kerrycullinan.bsky.social
@unfpa.bsky.social
@who.int
✍️@kerrycullinan.bsky.social
@unfpa.bsky.social
@who.int
If US Pulls Out Of WHO, Will Other Member States Step Up? - Health Policy Watch
If the United States withdraws from the World Health Organization (WHO) when Donald Trump assumes the presidency next week (20 January), will other member
healthpolicy-watch.news
January 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If the US withdraws from the World Health Organization when Donald Trump assumes the presidency this week, will other member states, particularly China, step up to safeguard global health?
✍️@kerrycullinan.bsky.social
@unfpa.bsky.social
@who.int
✍️@kerrycullinan.bsky.social
@unfpa.bsky.social
@who.int
Reposted by Jyotsna Singh
Reposted by Jyotsna Singh
Reposted by Jyotsna Singh
The Los Angeles wildfires are at risk of contaminating the city's water supply, with ash, pathogens, toxic chemicals, flame retardants, and even melted pipes able to enter reservoirs and aqueducts.
Several communities have advised residents not to drink tap water.
Several communities have advised residents not to drink tap water.
January 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Los Angeles wildfires are at risk of contaminating the city's water supply, with ash, pathogens, toxic chemicals, flame retardants, and even melted pipes able to enter reservoirs and aqueducts.
Several communities have advised residents not to drink tap water.
Several communities have advised residents not to drink tap water.
Reposted by Jyotsna Singh
#Pakistan bears an astounding #hepatitis burden, with 10 million people affected by hepatitis C. Despite progress, multiple structural, systemic, and person-level barriers impede the path to hepatitis elimination. Pakistan’s hepatitis response is hindered by significant structural and policy gaps.
Pakistan's New Commitment To End Hepatitis Needs A People-Centered Approach - Health Policy Watch
But a simple diagnostic test and a 12-week treatment for hepatitis C could transform and save her life.
healthpolicy-watch.news
January 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
#Pakistan bears an astounding #hepatitis burden, with 10 million people affected by hepatitis C. Despite progress, multiple structural, systemic, and person-level barriers impede the path to hepatitis elimination. Pakistan’s hepatitis response is hindered by significant structural and policy gaps.
Reposted by Jyotsna Singh
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), or “superbugs,” is known as one of the most urgent global health threats, killing more than 700,000 people every year, a number that may rise significantly if we fail to address this crisis.
@who.int
@who.int
Everyone Can Play A Role In Fighting Superbugs In The Animal Health Sector - Health Policy Watch
Conversations about how to stop AMR do not focus enough on addressing the overuse of antibiotics in the animal farming sector.
healthpolicy-watch.news
January 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), or “superbugs,” is known as one of the most urgent global health threats, killing more than 700,000 people every year, a number that may rise significantly if we fail to address this crisis.
@who.int
@who.int