Health

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Pharma Giant’s Patent for Breast Cancer Drug Expires, But Women Still Can’t Afford It

Maya Palit 15/02/2017

Roche is dragging companies that are manufacturing similar medical...

A MALNOURISHED BOY HOLDS A PILL AT A FEEDING CLINIC IN KOHISTAN.

The Paradox of Treating Anaemia

University of Cambridge 15/02/2017

Iron deficiency can be fatal. But in places where...

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Watch: Karimul Haque’s Medical Motorcycle Diaries

Souryajit Nath, Debannita Biswas and Arindam Bachar 15/02/2017

A tea garden worker in Jalpaiguri district of West...

Indian AIDS Clinic.

Review: An Insider’s Perspective on India’s Failing Public Health System

Dipa Sinha 10/02/2017

In 'Do We Care: India’s Health System', K. Sujatha...

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An Inadequate and Misdirected Health Budget

Sourindra Mohan Ghosh and Imrana Qadeer 08/02/2017

The Budget allocation for the health sector is not...

A woman looks out of the window at a mental health facility. Credit: Shazia Yousuf/IPS/Files

As State Elections Approach, It’s Time to Prioritise Mental Health

Priyanka Shah and Rhea Colaco 07/02/2017

Where do Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Manipur stand in...

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Open Drains Are One of Delhi’s Biggest Sanitation Problems

Akshay Gupta, Namitha Sadanand, Shreya Chandra, Shreya Tandon and Vidushi Jayathilak 06/02/2017

On studying three unauthorised colonies, it was found that...