“so called sex education should be banned in schools” Last week, Dr. Harsh Vardhan was criticised by many when he said he wanted to see “a change in the way the government promotes awareness of HIV/AIDS, with more emphasis on promoting the integrity of the sexual relationship between husband and wife rather than on the …
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India’s new health minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, is reported as saying that he would like to see a change in the way that the government promotes awareness of AIDS and HIV, with more emphasis on “promoting the integrity of the sexual relationship between husband and wife,” which he said was “part of our culture.” …
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“Fifty basic essential generic drugs address 75% of the healthcare needs of the majority, and we plan to make these available free to everyone, from birth to death,” Union health minister Harsh Vardhan told HT. The health ministry in trying to speed up the free generic drug programme which will ultimately aim to provide 348 …
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What does a prominent scholar of Amartya Sen’s ideas think of India’s health system? We recently interviewed Dr. Sridhar Venkatapuram, who is a lecturer in global health and philosophy and the Director of the MSc in Global Health & Social Justice programme at King’s College London. Dr. Venkatapuram has academic training in a range of …
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Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said that his ministry has set an agenda to open an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in each state. “This will ensure good health care facilities at the nearest place to the people,” he said. The minister will also be seeking the views of all the …
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