Swasth Aspataal is an initiative by Video Volunteers to report on and fix the healthcare system of our country. Most of the primary health centres and other healthcare facilities in rural India are in urgent need of funding. The infrastructure for healthcare is crumbling and the nearest healthcare for every rural Indian lies several kilometres away - at the district hospital. The government-run district hospitals are in no great shape either and there is always shortage of staff, beds, medical equipment etc. Most of these shortcomings were exposed during the COVID-19 waves in India.
Follow this page to get latest updates on hospitals, primary healthcare centres and Impacts created by Community Correspondents to fix these issues.
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Community Voice Is Hard to Define. We’re Trying Anyway.
This piece summarizes the key findings from eight research reports recently published by Video Volunteers exploring how community voice works, where it breaks down, and what it actually produces when it is taken seriously.
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A Call for Research on AI’s Role in Amplifying the Insights of the Systemically Unheard
The article argues that systematically ignoring and silencing the voices of the poor and marginalized worldwide does not serve society or democracy well and must be countered. While new technologies such as AI could provide an opportunity for change, we contend that these technologies need to account more effectively for...