Health Analytics India - An Initiative By dataLEADS
By : Dr. Sameer Kaul
ICMR collects the data once in many years and the same data keeps continuing for years. Unless all that gets better, we’ll not be able to see change.
By : Aarti Dhar
India launches a $ 53 million project to phase out insecticide, called DDT to check vector-borne diseases. India is the only country which produces, uses and exports DDT.
By : Nabeela Khan Inayati
Bihar is experiencing some of the biggest falls in child mortality ever seen in the state. It is a big success story that has only barely been recognised.
By : Pallavi Jain
Some members of Australia’s Chinese and Indian communities may be aborting female foetuses to ensure their families have sons. SBS Radio Investigations.
By : Yawar Waqar
India is a huge supplier of prescription drugs to the world. The pharma industry is on a good growth path and is likely to be in the top 10 global markets by 2020.
By : Anand Chandrasekhar/ swissinfo.ch
Almost 10% of Swiss and foreign cheese samples tested in Switzerland by cantonal authorities failed to meet the hygiene criteria...
By : Dr Karan Thakur
First, the big picture – India has made rapid progress in healthcare over the past two decades. But challenges remain about healthcare cost, quality and availability.
By : Ruby Leo/Daily Trust
Nigeria has the second largest HIV epidemic globally, with an estimated 3.4 million people living with HIV. The official data shows the disease is declining.
By : Dr Santosh Pillai
More than 2,600 patients who participated in clinical trials in India died between 2005 and 2012. Some 12,000 suffered serious adverse effects.
By : Dr Jeemon Panniyammakal
Cardiovascular diseases, which affect the heart and the blood vessels, are turning deadlist. The question is how to stop a heart attack before it happens.
By : Dr Harsh Kapoor
Gastroesophageal reflux disease is most common problem in all parts of the world. Alone in North America the treatment of the disease costs one billion dollars.
By : Dr Asma Khan
Since the day when I visited my doctor colleague admitted for planned surgery, I started passionately thinking about dignity of a patient. She surprised me...
By : Anand Chandrasekhar/ swissinfo.ch
Practitioners of traditional Indian medicine Ayurveda will soon be able to get a federally recognised national diploma...
By : Mirai Chatterjee
Finally, the government is planning to open generic medicine plants and distribute generic drugs through 3000 stores across the country, starting in July.
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By : Dr Mudasir Firdosi
Faith and psychiatry - on the face of it, do not seem to have much in common. But some aspects of faith can offer benefits for mental health patients.
By : Sharron Lovell
The question is how to paint a picture of numbers that inform about seriousness while neither underplaying, nor being alarmist?
By : Dr Mira Shiva
The Essential Drug List becomes more relevant when the drug market is flooded with many nonessential, irrational drugs ...
By : Girish Navani
The healthcare IT industry is in the midst of a global upheaval, with organizations worldwide looking towards technologies ...
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By : Dr Mudasir Firdosi
Blaming doctors in India has become a familiar occurrence. But the truth is failure lies deep down within the healthcare system.
By : Dr P S M Chandran
Sports Medicine got its footing in India in 1971 and since then its growth has been pedestrian. Many just don’t understand its usefulness.
By : Amit Raina
The debate over national health policy often obscure a bigger story: 70% Indians just don’t have health coverage.
By : R. A. Mashelkar
Can we make a high-quality hepatitis-B vaccine priced at US$ 20 per dose available at a price that is 40 times less?
By : Dr. Asma Khan
That evening I was fast asleep after thirty-six hours of emergency duty at the hospital when my cell phone started ringing. It took me ...
By : Dr. Anil Dhar
As people age, they often become increasingly concerned about their inability to remember names and faces or recall specific words. As their memory seems to decline, they worry about developing Alzheimer’s disease. Forgetting has become a prevalent worry as people age.