The 2017 budget set out by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has established a number of diseases set to be eliminated. Among these is kala-azar. However, previous governments have often said before that India was on the verge of elimination and all have been proved wrong. Of the disease targeted in the budget such as TB …
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has set out in the 2017 budget speech an aim to eradicate leprosy from India by 2018. Through the increased health budget, drives are taking place in order to “not just eliminate [the disease], but eradicate it as well” says the Times of India. This is by no means a new …
At the rate of decline of tuberculosis (TB) prevalence in India over the past 24 years (0.91% per year), it would take India 183 years for the disease to be considered eradicated. The recently released government budget set 2025 as a target for TB elimination from India. Critics have responded by saying that this is …
Five to ten percent of Indians seeking treatment for neurological conditions suffer from psychosomatic disorders, According to an article recently published in The Quint,. These disorders come with no clear physical or physiological cause, says the article, but are related to stress and anxiety. The body under normal conditions, with no physical ailments, maintains a …
Public health groups are calling for the government to toughen up on tobacco. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was facing pressure ahead of a meeting of India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) council on February 18. Campaigners are calling for tax laws on tobacco products to change. This in a bid to stymie tobacco’s cancerous influence …
A mysterious illness, first mentioned in the media in July 2013 yet documented to be under investigation as far back as 1995, has been uncovered. Doctors in Muzaffarpur have on a yearly basis beared witness to the disease, affecting only children, and in a third of cases proving lethal only a few hours after onset. …
India’s kidney villages may be living on borrowed time. These desperately poor villages are preyed upon by organ traffickers who seek to buy kidneys from healthy but impoverished rural people. A nationwide awareness campaign aims to increase the number of legitimate organ donations in response to shortages in the country and to stop the booming …
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionise the world at large. Maybe no area will feel the impact more than healthcare. In India, access to healthcare is limited and there is an enormous shortage of medical professionals. This is especially true of rural areas. AI could compensate for these deficiencies, capitalising on ground already …
An artificial kidney is due to undergo human trials. The kidney, which is in development by American researcher Dr Shuvo Roy, could be granted approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) if the trials are successful. This manner of development holds particular relevance in India with kidney failure and renal disease becoming an ever …
Google and the southwest Indian state of Karnataka are possible partners in public health, reports the Economic Times. “Early-stage talks” Reports suggest that the ubiquitous tech giant is “in early-stage talks” with the Karnataka state government. Discussions concern the possible development of a new and more efficient way to collate and analyse public health data. …
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