Gasping For Breath Suno India

In 2020 March, when the sudden lockdown was imposed, one thing that was on every TV channel was the Tablighi Jamaat. No one knew about Tablighi Jamaat and that they were holding a meeting in Nizamuddin till then. But overnight the vilification, the name-calling, and the targeting of Muslims across the country as super spreaders was taken over by TV debates. Instead of spreading awareness, the media chose to stigmatise a section of the population. It hampered community outreach and communicating effectively. For this episode, Suno India's editor-in-chief DVL Padma Priya spoke to Ashima Mandla, an advocate with the Delhi high court to understand the issue better and the role of language in health communication.

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The Sirens of ambulances and mortuary vans, relatives of patients running around with Oxygen cylinders, and empty roads because of lockdowns. Were some unforgettable scenes from the COVID lockdown in March 2021. From what seemed like a complete failure of the system rose some heroes who stood their ground and took risks on themselves to keep others alive. One such person is Saurabh Sonawane, a doctor by graduation and an IAS officer of the 2017 batch of Indian administrative services.

In this episode, Suno India's editor-in-chief DVL Padma Priya spoke with him about the role of communication in this emergency. She also asked him about the migrant crisis and intercommunication between different state governments and the national government.
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In this episode of Talking Right, Suno India's editor-in-chief DVL Padma reported over the course of the pandemic, we bring to you a conversation with Dr Yogesh Kalkonde, a renowned public health researcher. Dr Kalkonde works for SEARCH, Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health. He primarily works in the rural part of India.
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In this episode, Suno India editor-in-chief DVL Padma Priya spoke with Dr Mittali Sethi, an IAS officer from the 2017 batch. When the lockdown was imposed Dr Sethi was posted as the Project Officer for the integrated tribal development project (ITDP) in Dharni village,  in Melghat of Maharashtra’s Amravati region. This became the first village to reach 100 % vaccination status when the vaccine was rolled out for the above 45 years old population. She shared the strategies she employed to spread awareness about covid, myth busts about the disease, and increase the uptake of vaccination. Dr. Sethi is an enthusiastic officer and currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Zilla Parishad in Chandrapur District of Maharashtra. 

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his episode sets the context about why it is important to communicate well during a pandemic like COVID-19 and features discussions between Suno India editor-in-chief DVL Padma Priya and Prof Anant Bhan, a researcher in Global health, bioethics, and health policy who works for a not-for-profit health policy organisation Sangath and also Dr. Usha Raman, professor at the Department of Communications at the University of Hyderabad.This series has been made possible by a grant from the Thakur Family Foundation.Resources:India readies itself to address the threat of pandemic influenzaIndia’s Pandemic Preparedness and Response 
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This is the last reported episode in season 2 of Gasping for Breath. In this episode, Suno India’s Menaka Rao has an extended chat with Girish Pasupathy, a software engineer from Coimbatore who is living with Long Covid after nearly a year of sickness. Girish has changed his life and outlook towards the disease and disability over a period of time. He is learning to live with long covid and has learned to advocate for himself.

References

Episode #47 - Post COVID-19 conditionWhat causes Long Covid? Here are the three leading theories | ScienceCould tiny blood clots cause long COVID’s puzzling symptoms?Combined triple treatment of fibrin amyloid microclots and platelet pathology in individuals with Long COVID/ Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) can resolve their persistent symptomsPersistent clotting protein pathology in Long COVID/Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) is accompanied by increased levels of antiplasmin | Cardiovascular Diabetology | Full TextHyperbaric oxygen therapy improves neurocognitive functions and symptoms of post-COVID condition: randomized controlled trial | Scientific ReportsCould microclots help explain the mystery of long Covid? | Resia Pretorius | The Guardian
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