Next Sunday’s Sunday Gaurdian has a worrying story about the rising level of drug addiction in Punjab. Here is a striking couple of lines, “three years ago, the state government’s social security department told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that 67% of its rural household had at least one drug addict. The state with highest …
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Todays’ Deccan Herald carries a good opinion piece on hunger. Prasenjit Chowdhury says, “India has a terrible record in tackling hunger and malnutrition …. India ranked 66th on the 2008 Global Hunger Index of 88 countries, as per a report released by the Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).” Yet, things aren’t that simple. In their …
There has been a flurry of stories in the Indian press over the last few days on compulsory licensing, the controversial idea that government can seize intellectual property from an originator company and allow a competitor to make copies under certain circumstances. There is no obvious news hook linking these stories but all have well-informed government sources and the most provocative appeared in the week …
One blogger thinks that the current price controls might because they discourage innovation. Politics seems to have stalled government consideration of the issue.
The new UP health minister (in fact, the health minister from the last SP government) claims that his life is at risk because he is trying to clear up the corruption in the health sector left by the Mayawati administration. Most doctors who took appointments in rural sectors are working in cities in the private sector, leaving …
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This is a surprising report in the new Sunday Guardian
It’s no secret that the current health minister is strongly in favour of smaller families. It is also obvious that promotion of family planning has a vigour that was absent ten years ago. However, are targets leading to coerced sterilisation in some states? Is the focus on long-term methods leading to neglect of other family …
Following on from a post by Mark Chataway last month, here’s an interesting article on what could be the most significant development in India’s public health landscape ever. A policy move that is certainly needed but big questions on implementation and impact on the pharma industry remain. Read the full article from the New York …
This Times of India piece reports a Mumbai study which shows that men have a key role to play in building awareness of cervical cancer and in getting women to present for diagnosis. Of course, wider use of a vacine would stop many of these cases altogether (although it would not remove the need for screening because the …
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Reuters is reporting today that China has amended its patent law to permit “eligible companies to produce generic versions of patented drugs during state emergencies, or unusual circumstances, or in the interests of the public. For ‘reasons of public health’, eligible drug makers can also ask to export these medicines to other countries, including members of …
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