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August 2014

Poor Sanitation Linked to Malnutrition in India

New research on malnutrition, which leads to childhood stunting, suggests that a root cause may be an abundance of human waste polluting soil and water, rather than a scarcity of food. Excerpts from the article are mentioned below.     According to a fascinating article in the New York Times, research on malnutrition, which leads …

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Prime Minister Modi’s I DAY speech

Prime Minister Modi’s I DAY speech includes sanitation, womens’ safety, improving sex ratios, adopting villages , ending poverty and possibly removing the planning commission. On India’s 68th  independence day,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the need to improve India’s sex ratios and against the widespread practice of aborting female foetuses in his speech. He …

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India Steps Up Watch for Ebola Virus

India’s airports went on alert and the government opened an emergency helpline on Saturday as part of measures to tackle any outbreak of the deadly Ebola epidemic in the country of 1.25 billion people.India has nearly 45,000 nationals living in the four Ebola-affected West African nations and health officials said there was a possibility of …

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MCI corrupt, clinical trials body a snake pit says Harsh Vardhan

Union Health Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan trying to stir hopes of a cleanup of the country’s health care industry?    A British Medical Journal (BMJ) article on corruption in Indian healthcare has been creating much debate in the medical community and among policy experts.  “Kickbacks and bribes oil every part of the healthcare machinery and …

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