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Some important cancer drugs are still not available in India…

Lately there have been many pharmaceutical industry debates, articles about licensing and the Indian pharma industries in the news. Here is another article in Business Today and it provides a perspective from an oncologist Dr. Radheshyam Naik, who works at HealthCare Global (HCG), a Bangalore­based hospital chain that specialises in caring for patients with cancer, …

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Study: Bangladesh Makes Strides In Healthcare Despite Poverty

A compelling article in the Asian Scientist  talks about Bangladesh and its lower infant mortality rates as compared to India, Pakistan and Nepal, despite its high poverty level.The London-based medical journal, The Lancet, recently published a series exploring Bangladesh’s surprising success, calling it “one of the great mysteries of global health.” The paradox is that …

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Healthcare In India: Sick From Distorted Development

I found an Op Ed in the Albany Tribune by Graham Peebles, which is eye opening as he talks about healthcare in India,  India’s ‘growth’, “which according to him has produced umpteen rupee resplendent billionaires who live in decadent luxury in the cities”  and the many challenges that the country continues to face which include …

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Doctors demand stronger laws against tobacco use

The government should focus on enforcing laws that curb tobacco use in order to check the spread of cancer, a medical expert said. ‘There have been efforts to ban tobacco, but we need to understand that we are also fighting a large tobacco lobby,’ Sharmila Pimple, professor at Department of Preventive Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital …

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India gets WHO praise on polio front; no case in 30 months

On another positive note on health in India: the World Health Organisation on Tuesday lauded India’s efforts in eradicating polio and said the country has not reported a single case of polio in the last 30 months. “You did it. For 30 months you have not got a single case of polio,” WHO Director-General Margaret …

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