Hundreds Of Thousands-Overcrowded Camps-Face Disease-India

Fleeing violence, India's displaced face disease, death in camps

GUWAHATI, India, Aug 6 (AlertNet) - Hundreds of thousands of people sheltering in squalid, overcrowded camps in India's northeast desperately need food, water and medicines after fleeing some of the worst communal violence in a decade, officials and aid workers said on Monday. At least 12 people, including four children, have died and thousands are sick with diseases such as diahorrea and malaria caused by poor conditions in government-run camps in Assam state, where up to 400,000 people have taken refuge. "We are in a state of high alert," said Assam's Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. ... read more..

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City Hospitals-Free Medicine-Generic Drugs-India

India to give free generic drugs to hundreds of millions

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India has put in place a $5.4 billion policy to provide free medicine to its people, a decision that could change the lives of hundreds of millions, but a ban on branded drugs stands to cut Big Pharma out of the windfall. From city hospitals to tiny rural clinics, India's public doctors will soon be able to prescribe free generic drugs to all comers, vastly expanding access to medicine in a country where public spending on health was just $4.50 per person last year. The plan was quietly adopted last year but not publicized. ... read more..

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Infectious Disease-Polio-India

Analysis: India's polio victory fuels endgame vaccine talks

LONDON (Reuters) - When the clocks strike midnight in New Delhi on January 12, India will mark the first year in history it has recorded no new cases of polio. It's a huge milestone for a country many experts thought would be the last place on earth to get rid of the crippling virus. And it's an exciting step forward for global health workers battling to make polio only the second human infectious disease after smallpox to be eradicated. ... read more..

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Cancer-India

Cancer killing younger people in India, tobacco main cause

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cancer is killing younger people in India and affecting far more poor and less-educated villagers than wealthier, better-educated urban people, researchers reported on Wednesday. "Cancer appears earlier (in India) than say in China or the U.S., so it's a disease of the young," said the lead author of the paper, Professor Prahbat Jha at the Centre for Global Health Research at the University of Toronto in Canada. ... read more..

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The European Union-India

India's global pharmacy role threatened by EU pact

Efforts by India and the European Union to strengthen trade are threatening India's ability to deliver lifesaving medicines to the world's poorest, analysts say as the two sides push through protracted negotiations on a free-trade pact. read more..

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Birth Control Pills-Health Authorities-India

US recalls India-made birth control pills

A batch of birth control pills manufactured in India for US distribution has been recalled

A batch of birth control pills manufactured in India for US distribution has been recalled due to a packaging error that could make the pills ineffective, US health authorities said on Monday. read more..

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Birth Control Pills-Health Authorities-India

US recalls India-made birth control pills

US recalls India-made birth control pills

A batch of birth control pills manufactured in India for US distribution has been recalled due to a packaging error that could make the pills ineffective, US health authorities said on Monday. read more..

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