Tag: india
India plans hepatitis programme, to give $63-94K drug free of cost
India is all set to roll out a National Programme for Control of Viral Hepatitis. The Expenditure Finance Committee has approved a budget of...
100 crore Indians have no health cover: Govt data
India’s per capita public spending on health is very low
Six years after a committee appointed by the erstwhile Planning Commission submitted its seminal report...
75% abortions in India happen in homes: Lancet
Ministry of information and broadcasting may have decided to restrict condom ads but if a study in the reputed journal The Lancet Global Health...
India is free of trachoma, leading cause of infective blindness
This infection of the eyes was the most important cause of blindness in India
India has eliminated trachoma, a chronic infective disease of the eye...
India had refused trial waiver for dengue vaccine now under probe...
The makers of vaccine admit that it may aggravate dengue symptoms
India must have heaved a sigh of relief as disturbing revelations about a dengue...
Disease burden transition in “better” states, shows 1st state level report
The first ever state level disease burden study of India has turned on its head the concept of some states being better than others...
Green light for dengue vaccine clinical trials in India
Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has finally given permission to an Indian drug maker, Panacea Biotec for conducting early phase clinical trials in...
2.5% GDP a far cry, India slashes funding for flagship health...
Despite assurances on the contrary since NDA was voted to power three years ago, the Indian government has slashed funding for its flagship health...
