-The Telegraph Just about half of patients aware, the study A nationwide study has found that only about half the diabetes patients in India are aware of their condition, 40 per cent are under Treatment and about a quarter have their blood sugar levels under control. The study by the Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, and collaborating institutions has suggested that only 52 per cent of patients aged between 15 and...
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Almost 90% slash in prices of nine anti-cancer drugs -Pushpa Narayan
-The Times of India CHENNAI: In a major step to make cancer cure affordable for patients and their families, the retail prices of several anti-cancer drugs, including commonly used chemotherapy injections for lung cancer Treatment, have been slashed by up to 87% by the drug price control authority. After reviewing the data collected from drug manufacturers, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority’s May 15 memorandum has brought nine anti-cancer drugs in its price...
More »India is far behind Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in rabies prevention -Lakshmi Venkataraman
-The Telegraph For a country with more free-roaming dogs than the entire population of Australia, India fares poorly in tackling rabies Arnav, the seven-year-old son of a Mumbai police constable, suffered serious bites on his face and body by a rabid dog in 2018. He was taken to four different hospitals before being properly diagnosed; he passed away shortly after. His case is just one among the 20,000 annual canine-origin human rabies...
More »How Alcohol and Tobacco Cause Poverty -Abhay Bang
-TheWire.in Alcoholism and addiction to tobacco are no longer just health issues, but pose larger developmental problems. The district of Gadchiroli has 1.2 million people, spread across 1,500 villages and three towns. A district sample survey we carried out in the years 2015 and 2016 showed that 41% of men had consumed alcohol in the past 12 months, spending a total of Rs 80 crore. In the case of tobacco, 44% of...
More »In UP leather belt that votes today, closed tanneries cast shadow -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express 4 lakh jobs, Rs 4,000-cr per month at stake; Kanpur, Unnao count losses. Kanpur, Unnao: Rizwan Nadri is a self-proclaimed Narendra Modi bhakt. “I credit his government at the Centre for approving a 20 million-litres-per-day (MLD) common effluent Treatment plant (CETP), which will give us a new lease of life,” states this 34-year-old owner of Nadri Tanning Industries. His three tanneries are among the 241 in Kanpur’s Jajmau leather...
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