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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A newborn has reportedly been born with her heart located outside of her body in Madhya Pradesh. The Business Standard reports the abnormal birth to have occurred on April 5th. Though it sounds alarming, it is in fact a documented condition: ectopia cordis. Ectopia cordis is defined as the improper formation of the chest cavity, as …
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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. …
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 …
“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 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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Caesarean sections are on the rise in India, provoking concerns that doctors are performing the procedure excessively. The rate of caesarean sections in India has risen sixfold in the past twenty years and doubled in the last decade, reports The Wire. “In some states like Telangana, Tripura, West Bengal, Kerala, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil …
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A government health portal covering issues regarding dental and oral health has been launched at a national level. Oral hygiene has long been thought to be a pressing issue in Indian health, largely through neglect by the general population brought about through a lack of information. Dental health is a useful indicator of a person’s …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “futuristic” National Health Policy (NHP) has been approved by the cabinet, and promises free medication and healthcare services universally at a national level. A key concern raised with this policy is the means of funding, which includes an expansion of the private sector into public healthcare. Most mentions of funding of …
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Two Indian doctors, Dr Anjali Chandra and Dr Bipin Solanki have had their experiences in a South Korean hospital documented by Korea Biomedical Business Review (KBMBR). The married couple spent three months on a fellowship programme at the Ewha Mokdong Hospital in Seoul. Although India has a medical system as sophisticated as that in South …
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