Dr Bhowmick's jacket will cost about Rs 50,000 per jacket.
Dr Bhowmick's jacket will cost only Rs 50,000 per jacket.
Bhowmick: FluMist,
which can be given to people ages 2 to 49, contains a live virus and is effective if administered properly.
Bhowmick: FluMist,
which can be given to people aged 2 to 49, contains a live virus and is effective if administered properly.
Bhowmick: No,
but people should realize the vaccine takes two weeks to be effective, so they still could contract the flu during this period.
Women in rural areas, adds Bhowmick, end up investing valuable time
and effort in collecting fuel instead of focusing on their children's education or income generation possibilities.
When resources are harvested unsustainably and energy conversion technologies are inefficient, there are serious adverse consequences for health, the environment,
as well as a nation's economic development,” explains Sharit Bhowmick, National Fellow at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
Mumbai, who has worked extensively in Indian villages on the subject.