Full Coverage: Health

28.04.2006 Radio Frequency Identification, billed to improve communication, productivity and information, can deliver better results when supported by development of computer networks and wireless data networks, says Rajesh Cheerla.

27.04.2006 Ivory Coast has become the sixth African country to announce the outbreak of the dreaded bird flu. Viral strains taken from infected backyard chickens in the capital Abidjan have tested positive H5N1 avian influenza. Ivory Coast joins Egypt, where four people have been killed, Niger, Cameroon, Sudan and Nigeria. This comes as 19 African countries gathered in Malawi announced that the continent lacks funds, technical equipment and human resources to spot and tackle outbreaks of the disease.

25.04.2006 The Health Communication Partnership (HCP) has joined forces with The Indian Express Group to honor local journalists that demonstrate excellence in HIV/AIDS reporting.

20.04.2006 PeopleÂ’s health in small towns across India is taking a heavy beating due to rising air pollution caused by an explosion in the number of vehicles, says latest research by the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

19.04.2006 Ingrid Srinath, Chief Executive of Indian NGO Child Rrights and You (CRY) says that nearly half of the Indian children are malnourished, one-third are out of school and two million will die from utterly preventable causes even though the country is experiencing unprecedented economic growth and has aspirations to global stature.

19.04.2006 Three years after a community health insurance scheme was implemented by the government of Karnataka and Karuna Trust, around 200,000 poor people have benefited, paying annual premiums of just Rs 30 per year for insurance cover of Rs 50 per day of hospitalisation

18.04.2006 This study takes advantage of a unique household data sets and recent developments in the design and use of facility surveys to model health care markets in low-income countries. The first completed study focuses on urban India.

13.04.2006 Phillip Morris Co. from Zagreb announced yesterday the start of the implementation of its campaign to restrict accessibility of cigarettes to minors, under the name “No to Youngher than 18!” The Croatian Ministry of Health today announced a ban of the campaign.

13.04.2006 A severe shortage of healthcare workers in 57 developing countries is seriously impacting their ability to fight disease and improve healthcare, warns World Health Report 2006, outlining the need for more investment in the health workforce.

13.04.2006 A new report from GRAIN looks at the power politics behind the bird flu, the global response to it and its consequences for the poor. The GRAIN report finds that the agencies of the UN at the forefront of the international response to the virus, both WHO and FAO, are pursuing top-down strategies for wiping out bird flu that in turn are wiping out the foundations for long term, pro-poor solutions in the process.

12.04.2006 There are plenty of books, manuals and websites on how to write soaps for social development, for agricultural extension, or to raise HIV/AIDS awareness. Several of these have been important in the development of this manual , but until now nothing has described how to go about producing a radio soap which tackles violent conflict in a positive way; a radio soap designed to reduce tensions and to bring people together.

This manual tries to fill that gap within a clear and logical framework, to go from the idea to the finished product.

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10.04.2006 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sought transparency in the transfer and utilisation of funds under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

09.04.2006 There is a shortage of 4.3 million health workers worldwide, particularly in the poorest countries where they are needed the most, according to the World Health Report, 2006 released.

05.04.2006 Are we, as a country, becoming more sensitive to the issue of female foeticide and sex selection practices? Pamela Philipose in The Indian Express clearly puts forward some key issues under debate.

04.04.2006 With the World Bank putting on hold as much as $1 billion in funding for health projects after corruption complaints—as first reported by The Indian Express today—the Finance Ministry has written to states and Central departments to ensure complete “transparency and integrity” in awarding contracts.

04.04.2006 The Indian Government has employed 700 management and financial professionals to monitor use of funds released to the States under the ambitious National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

03.04.2006 A indústria farmacêutica Abbott lançou nova versão do lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra) em 2005, estável em temperatura ambiente, mas só comercializa o produto nos Estados Unidos.