India’s health sector and medical industry may see negative effects in the future stemming from an over reliance on imports of medicine and raw materials from China, claims the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association (IPCA), the apex organisation for Indian pharmacists. However, these Chinese raw materials are used in medicines destined for domestic consumption and for …
India’s community health centres, where primary healthcare is delivered at the grassroots level, suffer from an 81 percent shortage of specialist staff, including surgeons, general physicians and paediatricians. These shortages of staff are particularly prevalent in rural environments and may be leading to otherwise preventable deaths. The findings were part of the 2016 Rural Health …
Last year, Google honoured the 153rd birthday of Dr Rakhmabai Bhikaji. Dr Bhikaji holds the accolade of being the first woman in India to formally practice medicine, a remarkable achievement in a time when modern medicine was in its infancy. In addition to this, Dr Bhikaji made pioneering steps for women at a time when …
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The 2018 Budget contains the Modi government’s biggest commitment to healthcare to date with the announcement of the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS). The NHPS – dubbed ‘NaMoCare’ or ‘Modicare’ by the press – is a wholesale effort to extend health coverage to 10 crore (100 million) economically vulnerable households. It is being called ‘the …
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Indian patients get just two minutes with their doctor on average. India falls far short of the majority of nations when it comes to the length of time a patient can expect to spend with a doctor. An appointment with a doctor at the primary care level was found to average out at around 2 …
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More births took place in India on New Year’s Day, more than any other country. UNICEF estimates 386,000 children were born on January 1, 2018 with more than 90 percent of them born in low and middle income countries (LMICs). India tops the list with 69,070 births, followed by China with 44,760 births and Nigeria …
Hyderabad has been declared open defecation free (ODF) by the Indian government. A Quality Council of India (QCI) inspectorate visited the city to check its sanitation facilities. This followed a series of efforts by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to boost access to sanitation in the Telangana state capital. The measures included the …
India’s environmental performance is one of the worst in the world. On environmental health, it’s the worst. A global index places India 177th place in a list of 180 countries ranked on their environmental performance. Only the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bangladesh and Burundi place lower. The Economic Performance Index (EPI) measures rankings against …
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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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President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte is keen to capitalise on India’s generic medicines industry. Biateral talks occurred last month between Duterte and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Philippine International Convention Centre in Pasay City. During the talks, Duterte noted the potential of India’s pharmaceutical industry to expand into the Philippines. The proposal came …
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