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September 2014

Fastest decline in child mortality rates witnessed

  New data released by the United Nations Organisation show that under-five mortality rates have dropped by 49 per cent between 1990 and 2013. There has been accelerated average annual reduction during this period but the overall progress is still short of meeting the global target of two-thirds decrease in under-five mortality by 2015. New …

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More on.. can India afford not to vaccinate?

In July, Health Issues India had covered an article from the Times of India titled “Are new costly vaccines needed in India? “. Prime Minister Modi’s recently announced introduction of the newer, more expensive vaccines into the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) meant that the budget allocation for vaccine procurement would have to go up six times …

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India caps prices of 36 more drugs to improve access -government official

An extract from the Reuters story India has capped the prices of 36 drugs, including those used to treat infections and diabetes, in a move which the Government says is designed to make essential medicines more affordable, a senior official of the country’s drug pricing authority told Reuters on Friday. The medicines join a list …

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