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Nipah virus: The need for contextually-situated public health responses
Healthcare
May 29, 2024

Nipah virus: The need for contextually-situated public health responses

With shifting climate patterns, and rising viral transmissibility, the risk of Nipah outbreaks remains substantial, thus emphasising the need for ethi

Lakshmy Ramakrishnan
Strengthening India’s Health Preparedness Framework
Healthcare
Apr 03, 2025

Strengthening India’s Health Preparedness Framework

The COVID-19 pandemic, in India, illustrated the need to enhance the country’s capabilities in confronting biological threats, particularly through early detection and timely intervention. Although the pandemic has ended, the threat of new and re-emerging zoonotic viruses remains, the most recent cases being the Nipah virus (NiV) and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) outbreaks; there is also the risk of accidental or intentional biological threats

Lakshmy Ramakrishnan | Shravishtha Ajaykumar