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#India must address worrying stock out of tuberculosis drugs #healthcare

    Indian government drug tender process leads to deadly delay in drug supply   New Delhi, 17 June 2013 – The Indian government must urgently address the persistent issues and almost routine delays of procuring drugs to treat tuberculosis, international… Continue Reading →

#India lags in transparency laws on drug firm-doctor dealings #healthcare

Rema Nagarajan,TNN | Jun 10, 2013,= The trend towards greater transparency in interactions between the healthcare industry and healthcare providers, including doctors, is catching on globally with France being the latest in enacting a law to make disclosures of relations… Continue Reading →

Ranbaxy’s fraudulent practices- A deception most foul #Healthcare #Pharma

A deception most foul NARAYAN LAKSHMAN, The Hindu Ranbaxy tablet. Ranbaxy’s fraudulent practices may have jeopardised millions of lives in India, Africa and the U.S. Exactly two weeks ago, the pharmaceuticals industry was rocked by revelations that one of the… Continue Reading →

World Bank President Jim Kim calls user fees ‘unjust and unnecessary’ #healthcare

World Bank President Jim Kim today at World Health Assembly called these fees ‘unjust and unnecessary’   ‘The issue of point-of-service fees is critical.  Anyone who has provided health care to poor people knows that even tiny out-of-pocket charges can… Continue Reading →

Why is Mumbai abandoning its civic hospitals? #Healthcare

   – Rediff.com India News By deserting public hospitals we are dismantling our public health-care system, says Dr Sanjay Nagral. | Why is Mumbai abandoning its civic hospitals? Read entire article > Why is Mumbai abandoning its civic hospitals? May… Continue Reading →

How Big Pharma Is Bringing Forced Drug Tests To a State Near You #healthcare

Think Progress / By Nicole Flatow Wonder why so many laws to drug test people who receive public benefits are cropping up? April 9, 2013  |     In the Nation, Isabel Macdonald has an excellent long read on the history of U.S. drug testing,… Continue Reading →

Andhra Pradesh – Private hospitals may pull out of Aarogyasri #healthcare

As was anticipated and warned, the private healthcare industry is showing its true colours and indulging in supplier ‘hold-up’ and increasing the costs. TNN | Apr 4, 2013, HYDERABAD: Private hospitals in the city will pull the plug on the state’s flagship… Continue Reading →

Private health providers are NOT more efficient, accountable or medically effective #healthcare

POSTED BY ANNA MARRIOTT ON MAR 28TH, 2013 globalhealthcheck.com     In 2009 Oxfam published “Blind Optimism: Challenging the Myths about Private Health Care in Poor Countries,” to help redress what we saw as an international health discourse increasingly dominated by unchallenged private sector… Continue Reading →

#India- Nuclear radiation impact being ignored? #disability #healthcare

Date: 24 March 2013 Dilnaaz Boga, March 24, 2013 , DNA On his recent visit to Mumbai, Nobel Laureate Dr John Byrne, Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, said that every society has to make a basic decision as far… Continue Reading →

Mumbai- Sick treating the sick at Sewri’s TB hospital #healthcare

    Published: Sunday, Mar 24, 2013, By Maitri Porecha | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA     After nearly twenty-five years of selfless service at Asia’s largest tuberculosis hospital situated in the heart of Mumbai, Barkhu Pandurang Kharat (53) was perhaps… Continue Reading →

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