Alternative care

Report>> Global health watch, an alternative world health report • by People’s Health Movement, Medact, Medico International and …

A step towards health rights for women

Saheli, a Delhi-based women's organisation, has, for some time, been fighting against long-acting female contraceptives like Net-oen and Norplant-…

Market trade-off

Following stricter trade sanctions by the US on medical supplies, the Cuban health system is going into a coma

For a lesser God's children

A US health care programme ought to target poor mothers and children - those most likely to reap its benefits, says an expert report

Dealing with fetish

Purposeless preoccupations of the mind like the constant worry of the well being of loved ones can be treated by effective behavioural treatment

A virtual takeover

A set of electronic postings on the subject of AIDS on the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ) website are making AIDS researchers see red

Succour for cancer patients

Many terminally ill cancer patients have found succour in the last stages of their life at this Shanti Avedna Ashram , set up in 1978 by …

Rapid privatisation has worsened health care services in poor and middle-income nations: study

But public sector, too. needs quality improvement, say researchers from University of California

No integration in India’s disease data collection systems: Niti Aayog

White paper highlights several lacunae including shortage of human resources, occupational health, surveillance; suggests series of measures …

No health without wealth

The latest NSSO data shows that people are being forced to take loans and sell assets for treatment as the government healthcare system deteriorates

China

Thicker than blood

A polymer coating might be the answer to the perpetual paucity of blood for transfusion

Food for thought

For a good life

Gaining ground

Where's the fire alarm?

Most hospitals in India fail the fire safety test, yet they take no corrective step

Ailing health care system

In need of a cure

Heart-friendly walnuts

Bubble baby

Doctoring reservation policy

Confusing admissions rules afflict India's premier medical institute.

Gene cure

Foot notes

Multiple sclerosis patients and stroke victims take a step towards cure

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