Commercializing Health Tech in India
An estimated 8 million babies weighing less than 2.5 kilograms (or 5.5 pounds) – called low birth weight (LBW) – are born every year in India. […]
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Health and nutrition for all
GIVEN the ground reality of India’s health sector, India’s commitment to the UN Sustainable Development goals (SDGs) on health is laudatory and ambitious. The SDG […]
Technology and investments in healthcare are the two areas where India has progressed very rapidly
Dr. Nandakumar Jairam, Chairman & Group MD, Columbia Asia Hospitals Pvt, Ltd., Bangalore, talks to ETHealthworld on how Indian healthcare sector has grown over the […]
Suicide leading cause of death among India’s young, says Lancet report
Suicide was the leading cause of death among youngsters aged 10-24 in the country, with 62,960 such deaths reported in 2013, according to the findings […]
IMS Health to conduct study on India joining global pharma
NEW DELHI: Government has asked IMS Health to conduct a study to explore whether India should become a member of global forum where certain standards […]
India’s ITC resumes cigarette production with larger health warnings
India’s biggest cigarette maker, ITC Ltd, it had resumed production in phases, complying with new rules on pictorial warnings from the federal government. The company had […]
New global report ranks India poorly in reduction of anaemia, malnutrition, diabetes
Yet another global report pointed out India’s worrying performance on various health indicators. India has had consistent poor rankings for stunting and wasting in children […]
Indian City on High Alert for Polio
HYDERABAD, India (AP) —A city of nearly 7 million people in southern India has declared a “high alert” for polio after an active strain of […]
80% drugs to combat AIDS globally supplied by India: Health minister
India has said that over 80%of the drugs used globally to combat the deadly AIDS are supplied by Indianpharmaceutical firms and the low-cost generic medicines […]
Healthcare budget: India to miss family planning goals
At current health budgets, India will miss the family planning goal it pledged it will reach at FP2020, the global partnership for protection of reproductive […]