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Exclusive interview with Dr. Harald Nusser: NCDs and the role of young people

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This year, on August 8, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the World Economic Forum convenes a meeting of ASEAN countries, allowing senior decision-makers from a range of sectors to “facilitate greater collaboration between industry, government and civil society, and to work on shaping the brightest …

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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis to spike in India

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Multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is to spike in India over the next twenty years, predicts a recent study published in The Lancet. The news puts the World Health Organization’s End TB strategy at risk of failure. It also jeopardises the pledge of the Indian government to end TB in the country by 2025. Unless …

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Digitising medical tourism, a continued success story

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The Indian government is planning to launch a “wellness and medical tourism policy” to mark International Yoga Day on June 21st, says Dr Mahesh Sharma, Minister for Tourism & Culture. The policy intends to build upon the success of India’s now thriving medical tourism industry. The key focus of the policy is to further advertise …

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Reducing maternal mortality through access to contraception

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India’s annual maternal mortality rate (MMR) is 45,000 deaths every year. This equates to 5 deaths every hour. One way of reducing the number of deaths is better access to contraception. India’s MMR fell from 212 deaths per 100,000 live births between 2007-09 to 167 deaths per 100,000 live births between 2011 and 2013 – …

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“Historic” HIV/AIDS law passed in Parliament

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An end to HIV/AIDS discrimination? A ‘historic’ bill has been passed in the Indian Parliament, making it illegal to discriminate against those with HIV/AIDS. The HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill was first tabled in 2014 and received the Indian cabinet’s seal of approval last year, before being introduced during the 2016 winter session. …

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Mental healthcare bill passed through Parliament

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The mental health care bill proposed in 2016 has been passed through parliament. The bill has a number of key aims. Foremost amongst these are the decriminalisation of suicide and the provision of free government provided mental health care for the homeless and poor. The bill will be “patient centric” and to “compel the state …

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Sickle cell disease endemic in Chhattisgarh

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Sickle cell disease (SCD) in endemic in Chhattisgarh, a new survey reveals. Carried out between 2008 and 2016 by the State Health Resource Centre in Raipur, the survey found that ten percent of children born in Chhattisgarh are born with SCD, which affects a tenth of the state’s 27.9 million-strong population. Especially worrisome is the …

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Bucking the trend: Is India’s drug market back on the up?

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“Bucking the trend” India’s drug market is starting to show signs of improvement after a rough few months, with everything from demonetisation to Donald Trump taking its toll. However, the future remains very much unclear. Demonetisation The Indian pharmaceutical market (IPM) is “bucking the trend of a sequential decline” according to MoneyControl, growing 9.6 percent …

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India houses 24 percent of the world’s tuberculosis patients

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India still houses 24 percent of the world’s tuberculosis (TB) affected population. This figure has recently come back into the public mind on World TB Day, observed annually on March 24th. India has more tuberculosis patients than any other country in the world, with 480,000 to 500,000 Indians dying of the disease yearly. In an exclusive …

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Healthcare goes domestic – but is it a home run for patients?

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The home healthcare industry is on the rise in India – and it has the capital to prove it. But is it a safe bet for patients as well as investors? Increased interest from investors Home healthcare services are witnessing increased interest from investors, says The Hindu Business Line. It puts this down to “a …

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