The current edition of Outlook contains a series of articles about infant deaths among tribal people in Kerala. The state has the lowest infant mortality in India (with 16 deaths per 1,000 children born alive, its infant mortality rate is comparable to parts of Europe) and the highest literacy rate. The magazine says, though, that …
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Pam Barnes wrote an excellent short piece in Forbes and centred it on her meeting with Amala, a young woman in Jharkhand whose future changed. Amala resisted pressure from her in-laws, finished school, got a job and is now confident that she will be better able to provide for her children when she is ready …
220 million women short of money, education, security — and family planning Read More »
A study on “Understanding Healthcare Access in India: What is the Current State?” by IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics on access to healthcare facilities has received a lot of coverage on Monday as it was reported in the Economic Times, Pharmabiz and Silicon India and other online sites. The study presents data to support – …
The Duchess of Cambridge is about to give birth in London. The felicitous news follows a sudden drop in the value of the Indian rupee against the US dollar. Are the two events related? Surely they must be, one followed the other. Can a connection be established? Not definitively but, who can say, maybe the …
According to the Times of India, the Gates Foundation sent a team from the USA to explore “an opportunity with the Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) to source high quality, affordable drugs from India. These drugs would be made available to poor patients across the world.” Given that the Foundation spends rather a lot …
An article in The Times of India yesterday highlighted a study which talks about a rapid increase of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among poor people. This study states what is already becoming well know- that now NCDs are no longer a rich man’s disease and also what this implies for India. Health experts say the causes …
Spurt in lifestyle diseases among poor says study Read More »
According to an article published in the Hindu today, the National Food Security Ordinance, does not consider the various socio – economic roles of women and children in society. Signed into law last week by President Pranab Mukherjee, the document does not consider the need of women at different stages of development. To read more please …
The National Food Security Ordinance: Opinion piece Read More »
Each side is using spin as India considers what to do about clinical trials in the long term. The LiveMint story that is getting picked up in trade media around the world quoted lots of people with an interest in less regulation (see for example this http://bit.ly/12xpwvv). There’s a surprisingly one-sided story in the same …
Indian clinical trials rules: the winners are spin doctors Read More »
The regulation of clinical trials in India started a spat of nasty emails 6000 miles away in Washington DC. According to Live Mint, the US National Institutes for Health has scrapped some 40 clinical trials in India following the Supreme Court’s ruling on the inadequacy of regulation. It is not the increased oversight that the …
Clinical trials in India – US fallout turns nasty Read More »
The well-organised Commerce Ministry is having a review to protect India’s pharmaceutical export market, according to The Hindu. Here’s the official reason for Anand Sharma summoning the group “to emphasise commitment to quality, safety and efficacy of Indian medicines, ways to promote ‘Brand India Pharma’ in important markets and the manner in which India can attain a …
Indian commerce minister’s summit on pharma export crises Read More »
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