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Regaining
moral ground
Now it is the turn of medical students to rebel
against the influence drug companies wield over this fraternity.
The recent growing movement among students and teachers in
American medical colleges to restrain drug industry’s
efforts at wooing young doctors must surely come as a dampener
to the marketing tricks adopted by most companies.
Changing
face of healthcare in Uttaranchal
Deprived
of even basic healthcare facilities for long, things seem
to be changing for over 25 lakh people in remote areas of
Uttaranchal, with the setting up of the country’s first
mobile hospital in the region.
Scaling
up interventions could prevent 29 million new HIV infections
by 2010
According
to a report published by t he World Health Organisation, comprehensive
package of interventions by 2005 would reduce adult HIV infections
substantially in 2002-2010 and a three-year delay would cut
number of prevented infections by half.
Cape
Town study faults Lupin’s TB drugs
India’s
top TB-drug maker Lupin Ltd has been squarely blamed for inferior
bioavailability of its single drug rifampicin products sold
in South Africa.
India
faces serious, localised epidemics, says UNAIDS report
With
an estimated 3.97 million Indians living with HIV/Aids, more
than in any other country besides South africa, India is now
experiencing serious, localised epidemics, cautions a new
UN report.
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