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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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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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Are new costly vaccines needed in India?

Accepting the recommendations made by the National Technical Advisory Group of India (NTAGI), Prime Minister Narendra Modi last Thursday announced the introduction of four new vaccines as part of India’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP). These include vaccines against rotavirus, rubella and polio (injectable), along with an adult vaccine against Japanese encephalitis. According to an article …

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All in a week’s work for Dr. Harsh Vardhan: two controversies in a row

“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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Dr. Harsh Vardhan’s comments on HIV/AIDS worrying many

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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