HIV bill at risk
Health ministry keeps draft bill under wraps. Activists fear provision of free treatment is diluted
Turmoil in academia
Tenure of Medical Council of India’s governing body set to expire; Centre unclear about next move
Endgame begins
Experts say India needs to move beyond oral vaccine to battle vaccine-generated polio
TB turns invincible
Discovery of a deadly form of TB in a Mumbai hospital underscores mismanagement
Tough nut to crack
Cancer, who cares!
Warnings, pictures showing ill effects of tobacco on packets have not worked
Rags to pads
Self-help groups making low-cost sanitary napkins are ready to supply them to rural India
Trial and error
Recent notifications offer no security to clinical trial participants
Leprosy looms
Latest survey dismisses government’s claims of disease elimination
Health Act faces hurdles
Centre drafts guidelines to regulate clinical establishments; Indian Medical Association resists
Degree without honours
Parliamentary committee turns down a proposed three-year course in rural health
Choking access to drugs
Drug prices are likely to increase as rich countries and their pharma companies squeeze Indian generics out of the market. How can India’s …
Universal health scare
The country’s planners are debating how to provide healthcare to all. In a drastic shift from the 65-year-old public health system, the …
Matter of life and death
Cradles of hope
A recent health survey throws up figures that defy logic. Some districts in India’s nine most backward states have curbed infant mortality …
Centre bans gutkha
Activists, health experts are sceptical; pin hope on Supreme Court’s verdict on smokeless tobacco
Deadly target
Health experts blame Centre's over-emphasis on women's sterilisation for the Chhattisgarh tragedy
How to cure corruption in healthcare
Rx: Only an effective governing body, which includes medical and non-medical members, can stop the culture of kickbacks
Deficient programme
Centre wants to treat anaemia with iron tablets. Can pills substitute nutritious food?
Checks on drug trials
Court intervention prompts guidelines for drug trials. Pharmaceutical companies lobby to dilute them
Operation cover-up
Rat poison theory offered by the Chhattisgarh government to explain the sterilisation deaths is a facade, finds an investigation by Jyotsna Singh.…
Fight over non-existent biscuits
Are compulsory rural postings for medical students needed to revamp health centres?
Pharma companies determine what patients buy
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