State, Civil Society and the Politics of Health

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the discourse on health in India, examining governance, policies, programmes, and the involvement of the state and civil society in ensuring health for all and especially for people living with HIV/AIDS.

Skylab Sahu is an Assistant Professor, she teaches at Miranda House, University of Delhi and also engages in research on issues such as development, governance, gender, state, civil society, and policy. She has published several research papers in refereed journals and has presented a number of papers in national and international conferences. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies,SCAS, Uppsala University, Sweden from 2022-2023, worked on Informal migrant labour's Rights.

List of Tables. List of Abbreviations. Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. Health Discourse in India 2. The State and Women's Health in India 3. Gender, Power and Sexuality: Women's Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS 4. The State's Approach to HIV/AIDS: A Gender and Health Rights Perspective 5. Addressing the Rights of HIV-Positive Women: Interventions by Civil Society Organizations 6. Health Movements in India 7. Conclusion Bibliography. Index.