Pneumonia, a disease that is, for the most part, preventable through vaccination, kills a child aged under five every two minutes in India claim doctors from the Indian Academy of Pediatrics. Around 3.6 million episodes of the disease occurred in children under five over the course of a year in India. This was revealed during …
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A future health crisis grows in Delhi as recent surveys find 20 percent of schoolchildren in the national capital suffer from obesity. The findings indicate Delhi’s burden of noncommunicable disease (NCD) is set to rise – a trend observed across India, where a combination of sedentary lifestyles and poor habits are increasing the prevalence of …
India has the second highest number of children unvaccinated against measles. This is despite government campaigns to boost immunisation against the disease. 2.9 million children remain unvaccinated in India, estimates say. India is only surpassed by Nigeria, which holds 3.3 million unvaccinated children. Four other countries account for more than half of all children who …
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Controversy continues over the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine used to prevent cervical cancer in women. Reports suggest India’s health ministry will not include it under the country’s universal immunisation programme (UIP). Estimates suggest 1 in 53 women in India will develop cervical cancer in their lifetime. It is believed 423.2 million women aged fifteen and …
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In a remarkable feat of Indian innovation, electrocardiograms (ECGs) may now become more readily available to those in rural environments. This has the potential diagnose many people who would otherwise unknowingly suffer from heart conditions, without the need to travel to specialist hospitals. Scientists at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center — a group of individuals …
India takes a defiant stance against patent laws proposed by the Regional Cooperation on Economic Partnership (RCEP) that could see it lose its trading advantage as the “pharmacy of the developing world”. Hundreds of Indian officials have taken part in RCEP negotiations in South Korea in late October. The negotiations covered a potential free trade …
Can new genomic projects in India increase India’s practically non-existent presence in global gene databanks? The Genome India Project was launched on October 24 at the Institute of Bioresources & Sustainable Development (IBSD), Manipur. The project will involve comprehensive data resources mapping the genomes of Indians in the North Eastern Region (NER) with the intention …
Marking World Polio Day on 24 October, 20 million doses of Inactivated Polio Vaccine ShanIPVTM have been delivered to the Indian government by Sanofi Pasteur. These vaccinations were provided to the government via Sanofi’s affiliated company, Hyderabad-based Shantha Biotechnics. The vaccine is notable as the only inactivated vaccine currently being produced domestically. The vaccine is …
Indian pharmaceutical companies will face tighter scrutiny following an ‘unprecedented’ agreement between US and EU agencies. This does not seem to be worrying industry insiders, however. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) signed an agreement of mutual recognition with a number of European Union member states in October last year. This saw the …
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This story has been republished, with permission, from The News Minute (TNM). All credit goes to TNM and the story’s author, Ramanthan S. The original can be accessed here. Can profit-seeking Big Pharma provide access to healthcare? Monique and Meghdoot work together closely, but their goals are worlds apart. For Meghdoot Deherkar, Head of Sales and …
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