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 […]
Nearly all UP public health doctors work privately Read More »
This is a surprising report in the new Sunday Guardian
45% of infertile women in India have genital TB Read More »
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
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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
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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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In an article published in the HIndu, it states that about 4.6 million people died around the world in 2011 due to diabetes, of which 50 per cent of people were below the age of 60. The article goes on to talk about how lack of awareness on diabetes in the country has to be
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This very uncritical Times of India piece reports on the October start of the government free medicines scheme (even more noteworthy as the ToI is not known for being uncritical of the government). The article does list all of the pitfalls of separate lists in every state and the need for state contributions. It also
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This piece on the Spicy IP blog is by a young patent law expert who now has family experience of the problems of cancer treatment in India. It is a thoughtful and well written piece which argues that innovative pharma companies, generics companies, state governments, Central government and insured individuals must all take some of
Access to cancer treatment in India — everyone’s to blame Read More »
There is a powerful op-ed piece in today’s Hindu by the lead author of a new Lancet article on the very high level of suicide among youth in India. (Being The Hindu, the online discussion on their site is both provocative and erudite — if you have time to read The Hindu, you probably have time to
Suicide is second highest cause of death among India’s youth Read More »
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