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FeaturesKarnataka's community health insurance scheme makes a difference
Three years after a community health insurance scheme was implemented by the government of Karnataka and Karuna Trust, around 200,000 poor people have benefited, paying annual premiums of just Rs 30 per year for insurance cover of Rs 50 per day of hospitalisation More... Rogue research in the guise of stem cell therapyThe stem cell therapy industry is booming in India, without regulation of any kind. Unorganised, unscientific 'research' is being passed off as therapy. Some of those offering stem cell therapy in India today may be preying on the desperation of seriously ill patients likely to agree to unknown risks More... 'India is being projected as a global hub for clinical trials'Dr Vasantha Muthuswamy, who helped draw up the guidelines for biomedical research in India, discusses the difficulties of ensuring that the trials being conducted in the country do not risk the lives of Indians More... Some questionable drug trialsIn the '70s and '80s, over 1,000 women with precancerous lesions of the cervix were left untreated, without their knowledge, to see how many developed cancer. In 1999, 25 patients of oral cancer were given an experimental drug without their knowledge or consent. How ethical are clinical trials in India? More... Open house on drug trials in IndiaContract research organisations are aggressively marketing India's potential for cheap clinical trials to meet foreign drug regulatory needs. The government is actively promoting India as a site for clinical trials. This new fortnightly series points out why we should be concerned about this More... The importance of health researchThe Global Forum for Health Research held in Mumbai in September emphasised how health research that is linked to community response can help bridge the gap between policy and delivery of services More... Semi-literate, and saving livesNine months ago, in one of India's least-developed districts, Malika was born, premature and underweight, with pneumonia, umbilical sepsis and hypothermia. This is the story of how she survived, thanks to the efforts of village health worker Gandhara Bhagde More... Healthcare in the north-east: Education and sanitation is the keyWith only 407 doctors, inadequate sanitation and poor development indicators, Nagaland's people have limited access to quality healthcare. A report from the north-east More... The rot in Orissa's reproductive health servicesAt a recent public hearing in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district, both men and women told harrowing tales of negligence, bungling and lack of facilities in the state's public healthcare system More... On the road with village health workersAnkur, a home-based neo-natal care programme based on the acclaimed SEARCH model, is operative in 11 villages of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra. The programme is making a tangible difference to the health of infants and mothers. Freny Manecksha goes on night calls through the twisting lanes of Chauhanwadi with two village health workers More... Sexual taboos hamper India's fight against AIDSWith talk of sex in Indian society taboo, male to male sexuality is hardly recognised in HIV research and policy-making.And yet, the country's male homosexual population is estimated at a considerable 50 million More... |
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