Articles by N H Antia

Proposal for New Institute N H Antia THE proposal of the Johns Hopkins University to establish an Institute of Public Health for Asia in Kerala on the lines of their own School of Public Health raises many questions on what is undoubtedly a vital aspect of health care for countries like ours. It needs careful consideration.

N H Antia Almost everything in use today has been developed through human ingenuity over the millennia and has been accessible to all. But now there is a sudden interest in converting human intellect and ingenuity into another tool for ruthless exploitation regardless of the consequences. This can only be understood in the historical perspective.

'Ptrestroika, the 19th Party Conference and Foreign Policy', International Affairs, No 8, 'The Party Conference: A Foreign Policy
'The Party Conference: A Foreign Policy Dimension', International Affairs, No 9, August 1988. Ivanov, Yuri, 'Some Problems of Non Capitalist Development', Asia and Africa Today, Kiva, Alexei, 'Socialist Orientation: Reality and

An Alternative Strategy for Health Care?
The Mandwa Project N H Antia The failure to deliver health care especially to the rural poor who form the majority of the population is because of the dearth of appropriate strategies and a lack of professional and political will. The Mandwa project was set up to explore the possibilities of using an alternative strategy for providing health services. The author describes how in the course of six years the experiment generated not only an understanding of what may be achieved in healthcare with appropriate methods, but also of the resistance of the local power structure and the medical professionals to such strategies.