Publications
Technology & Health
WORKING PAPER: TO WHAT EFFECT? COVID-19 mobile apps, public health and the need for sound policy
October 2022
We examine COVID-19 mobile apps deployed by state governments and local authorities in India, using public health perspectives on infectious disease surveillance. Our analysis factors state capacity concerns, public engagement, processes and methods for continuous effectiveness evaluation, and privacy and ethical concerns.
The National Digital Health Mission aims to improve capacities in the Indian healthcare system, including establishing unique health IDs and digital health records. In order to guide its implementation, the government approved the NDHM: Health Data Management Policy in 2020. We analyse the Policy, and highlight related legal, socio-economic and implementation issues.
WORKING PAPER: Analysing the NDHM Health Data Management Policy
11 June 2021
Legislating Health
गर्भ का चिकित्सकीय समापन अधिनियम 1971: आइए जाने
8 June 2023
गर्भ का चिकित्सकीय समापन अधिनियम, 1971 पर यह व्याख्याता भारत में गर्भपात पर कानून का अवलोकन प्रदान करता है। गर्भपात कौन कर सकता है, कौन से डॉक्टर गर्भपात सेवाएं प्रदान करने के लिए योग्य हैं, गर्भपात सेवाएं कहां प्रदान की जा सकती हैं, और इस संसाधन में अन्य महत्वपूर्ण सवालों के जवाब दिए गए हैं |
Explainer on the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971
6 February 2023
This explainer on the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 provides an overview of the law on abortion in India. Who can seek abortion, which doctors are qualified to provide abortion services, where abortion services can be provided, and other important questions are answered in this resource.
India's role as the world's pharmacy entails a responsibility to make safe, effective and affordable medicines accessible – domestically and abroad. This reputation came by way of a long, eventful journey that shaped India's patent law, which is the focus of this three-part Issue Brief. Part 1 analyses key health safeguards in India’s patent law and the changes they have undergone.
ISSUE BRIEF Part 1: Access to Medicines - 15 Years of India’s Patent Amendment Act 2005
30 June 2021
Health & Policy
Technology & Health
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Legislating Health
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Health & Policy
C-HELP aims to augment legal literacy through this initiative of making court judgments accessible through design and artwork, on the vital issue of the Right to Health in its multiple dimensions. A collaboration with Justice Adda.
Right to Health - Illustrated Court Rulings
May 2022
Other
Submissions on the National Medical Commission, Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 2022
22 June 2022
C-HELP and CMHLP made joint submissions on the draft National Medical Commission Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 2022. Recommendations cover issues of informed consent, non-discriminaiton, confidentiality and privacy as well as legal-ethical issues in telemedicine.
Three years after triumphing against the oppression of section 377, LGBTQI rights concerns are growing in areas of healthcare, employment, housing and others. C-HELP studies the landscape of Indian anti-discrimination law and proposes the need for realization of social & economic rights to inform the legal recognition of queer relationships.
Policy Brief: HAPPY TOGETHER - Law & Policy Concerns of LGBTQI Persons & Relationships in India
23 September 2021
The submission raises vital issues on the absence of legislative imprimatur, implementation processes, citizen engagement and detailed comments on the gaps in consent, privacy, enforcement and accountability measures envisaged in the policy.
C-HELP & CMHLP's submission to the National Health Authority on the National Digital Health Mission's draft Health Data Management Policy
21 September 2020
C-HELP’S submission on the centrality of human rights to law & policy responses for epidemic control, needed reform of the Epidemic Diseases Act, and legislation to regulate use of personal health data.