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This article is published in BMJ in the context of increasing immunisation resistance in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The article trace part of the reason to special campaign approaches in vaccination. We wanted to convey the importance of understanding and recognising… Continue Reading →
Liz Szabo, USA TODAY6:38p.m.March 4, 2013 Doctors are thrilled with the cure of a 2½-year-girl infected with HIV at birth but say that extending that success to others will be a challenge. (Photo: Marco Sanchez, UCSF DMM) STORY HIGHLIGHTS The… Continue Reading →
Mar 4, 2013, TNN[ Rupali Mukherjee ] Globally, patient financing companies like Springstone and Medicard bear the cost of a patient’s treatment including surgeries, procedures and even pharma prescriptions, ranging from $2,000 to $40,000. MUMBAI: Soon you will be able to finance… Continue Reading →
By Steven BrillFeb. 20, 2013 1. Routine Care, Unforgettable Bills When Sean Recchi, a 42-year-old from Lancaster, Ohio, was told last March that he had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, his wife Stephanie knew she had to get him to MD Anderson Cancer… Continue Reading →
HC Asks State To Take Chemists’ Problems Into Account Rosy Sequeira TNN The state government on Thursday told the Bombay HighCourtthatitis exploring the possibility of applying the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act against chemists who are on strike. However, chemists… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Kundan Pandey, down to earth Date: Jan 18, 2013 Activists say these centres will end up serving outside patients at the cost of hospital patients The Chhattisgarh government has decided to outsource diagnostic services at its public health facilities. It has… Continue Reading →
Kamayani Bali Mahabal aka Kractivist India is home to the largest number of children in the world,significantly larger than the number in China. The country has 20 percent of the 0-4 years’ child population of the world. The number of… Continue Reading →
PHEROZE L. VINCENT A temple visit a day “fully dressed” keeps rapists away, or so it would seem from what Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur has to say. The 10-time MLA returned from a visit to Chennai apparently… Continue Reading →
16 August 2013 Swiss pharma major Roche has just announced that it is relinquishing the patent for its breast-cancer drug Trastuzumab in India. The announcement comes in the face of mounting challenges to Roche’s monopoly on this life-saving drug from civil society activists… Continue Reading →