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#India- #Chhattisgarh #tribals denied sterilisation for three decades #WTFnews

AARTI DHAR, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2012 Planning Commission asks Chhattisgarh to ensure that they are not denied facility A three decades-old official order, issued for restricting targeted sterilisation of the primitive tribal groups (PTGs) in Chhattisgarh to check their… Continue Reading →

#India- Tribal woman in Prison does not understand court judgement #Indigenous #AP #Chattisgarh #Gondi

Dr Haneef from Khammam in Andhra Pradesh is talking to Sodey Bhimamma a Gondi Adivasi from Chhattisgarh outside a court. Bhimamma has been sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment on charges of murdering her husband. She tells Dr Haneef that… Continue Reading →

#India- Rakku’s Story: Structures of Ill-Health and the Source of Change #Freedownload

This book turns the usual approach to health analysis on its head. It begins by looking at continuing ill-health in India through the life of a labouring village woman, exploring the forces which keep her from adequately feeding and caring… Continue Reading →

#India-Delhi HC intervenes to see SC/ST students clear an MBBS paper

Jitender Gupta Pushed around Dr Manish (standing) and other SC/ST students of VMCC Society: discrimination The Drona Syndrome It takes Delhi HC to see SC/ST students clear an MBBS paper Anuradha Raman, Outlook Magazine | Oct 29, 2012 The Vardhaman Mahavir… Continue Reading →

#India- #MaternalHealth Program blasted by #NAMHHR

Indian Maternal Health Program Blasted by Critics By Swapna Majumdar WeNews correspondent Tuesday, October 23, 2012 A requirement that participants have no more than two living children excludes numerous women in high-fertility regions in India who could most benefit from… Continue Reading →

The dark underbelly of India’s clinical trials business- #medical ethics #humanrights

Incidents at Bhopal and Indore highlight irregularities and ethical violations in some trials Malia Politzer  |   Vidya Krishnan First Published: Wed, Oct 10 2012. , at Live Mint Protesters outside the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre. Photo: Sayeed Farooqui/Mint Updated: Thu, Oct… Continue Reading →

#India- Clinical trials: Regulating chaos #Medical ethics #Humanrights

-Vidya Krishnan and Malia Politzer First Published: Wed, Oct 10 2012.  Live Mint Lata Mehra’s experience exposes the gaps in both regulation and enforcement in clinical trials, which, in some instances, have caused deaths, in addition to violating fundamental human… Continue Reading →

India- Scrap outdated #Mental Health Bill- Activists

  PLEASE  CLICK HERE AND SIGN ONLINE  PETITION TO BE SUBMITTED TO HEALTH MINISTER ON 10TH OCT Petition health minister over inclusion of archaic psychosurgery and electro-shock treatment, which is banned in many countries #MENTALHEALTH   Jyoti Shelar, MUMBAI MIRROR… Continue Reading →

Just A Word Away, From Dr. Abdul Kalam to Women of Idinthakarai

By Anitha.S 30 September, 2012 Countercurrents.org There was a recent reference to Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam’s statement “ The Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant is a project of God for fulifilling the electricity production and need of this country which will be 50,000… Continue Reading →

Latest report: prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage” by WHO 2012

Latest publication on “WHO recommendations for the prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage” by WHO, 2012. “Every minute around the world 380 women become pregnant, 190 women face unplanned or unwanted pregnancies, 110 women experience pregnancy related complications, 40 women have unsafe abortions,… Continue Reading →

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