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Mosquito borne illness, more than just the Zika virus

For the last year, global attention has been fixated on the mosquito-borne Zika virus. India has had a degree of panic regarding the disease, justifiably so as the strain of mosquito responsible for spreading the virus thrives in the geographical conditions present in India. Despite this the Zika virus has not yet proven to be …

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“ReAnima” blocked by medical research council

A controversial investigation on “raising the dead” was proposed earlier this year . The concept behind “ReAnima” was to advance current knowledge about the damage and functional loss following brain death. This knowledge could then be applied to conditions such as coma, minimally conscious states and neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. However, the study …

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India breaking into the market for stent development

India may be considered the pharmacy of the world in terms of drug production, but it imports nearly 80% of its medical devices. Barriers to entry being typically lower than other countries and this makes  India a huge market for foreign product sales. Now,  there are  calls for India to begin creating home grown products. …

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Telemedicine – a lifeline for rural India?

Health Issues India has written at length about the many inadequacies of India’s healthcare system. They are perhaps most aptly summarised by Forbes, writing “In India, public health care is free, yet years of under-investment in public health means that facilities are also grossly understaffed and under-equipped. The country also has a massive resource gap …

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Bill Gates looks to work with India on e-health

Bill Gates, American computing colossus and co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has announced his intention to work with the Indian government on social projects driven by information technology (IT) and e-health is one of them. Calling government spending on health in India “very inadequate”, the multi-billionaire extolled the virtues of e-health, saying …

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Leprosy vaccine unveiled in India

In recent months, researchers in India have made strides towards developing mycobacterium indicus pranii (MIP) – the world’s first leprosy vaccine. The vaccine was developed by founder-director of the National Institute of Immunology (NII) Professor Gursaran Prasad Talwar and has been approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI). It has been suggested that …

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