Full Coverage: Health

28.02.2007 “Novi list” daily reports that the Croatian Health Insurance Bureau decided to allocate about 13 percent higher support for annual needs for medicines to boys up to seven years of age than to girls of the same age group. According to the Bureau, the decision was based on actual data on use of medicines for 2006, which shows that boys simply use more medicines than girls.

22.02.2007 A pilot project by Unicef in West Bengal, which tracked maternal deaths and uncovered some unpleasant truths about the healthcare system and other socio-economic factors, could become a model for other states with high maternal mortality rates

22.02.2007 Could Zimbabwe be on the brink of a societal breakdown? Doctors and nurses have been on strike for more than a month, and as a teacher strike looms, police violently broke up a political rally Monday.

20.02.2007 NEW YORK, Feb 20 (OneWorld) - UNICEF is best known for its work on behalf of children in the developing world, but its latest report turns an eye to the well-being of children in 21 wealthy nations including the United States, which ranks second to the bottom overall.

14.02.2007 The state of California in the United States has for a while been the standard bearer of policy measures that reduce state responsibility in critical areas that were typically the responsibility of public provision earlier. The privatisation of electricity utilities was one infamous example, in which California led the world and ended up providing a textbook case of how not to privatise power distribution.

12.02.2007 Hiring a private firm to manage the drinking water system in Nepal's capital violates the right to health guarantee in the country's interim constitution, activists are set to argue before the Supreme Court.

02.02.2007 President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam asked the medical fraternity, particularly the medical students, to reach out to the rural areas and ensure that the poor could access timely and quality medical care.

02.02.2007 NEW DELHI, Feb 1 (IPS) - As a legal battle launched by the Swiss pharmaceuticals multinational Novartis against India's patents law warms up, health activists are gearing up to mount a campaign against drug monopolies and the people's right to medicines at affordable prices.