http://www.bling.org health care headlines Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:02:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/cbi-arrests-ex-official-in-health-scheme-scam.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/cbi-arrests-ex-official-in-health-scheme-scam.html#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:01:12 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/cbi-arrests-ex-official-in-health-scheme-scam.html ...official Saturday in Lucknow in connection with a multi-crore-rupee scam related to the implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in Uttar Pradesh. "We have arrested G.K. Batra, former MD of the state-owned Shreetron India, from Lucknow Saturday...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/cbi-arrests-ex-official-in-health-scheme-scam.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-12-27/anna-vows-to-continue-fast-despite-health-concerns.html http://www.bling.org/2011-12-27/anna-vows-to-continue-fast-despite-health-concerns.html#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:01:04 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-12-27/anna-vows-to-continue-fast-despite-health-concerns.html ...member Arvind Kejriwal, some people from Hazare's Ralegan Siddhi village and his close supporters were by Hazare's side. "Anna's health has deteriorated but he is not going to be hospitalised at this moment," an India Against Corruption (IAC) member Preeti...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-12-27/anna-vows-to-continue-fast-despite-health-concerns.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-11-21/cigna-to-offer-health-insurance-in-india.html http://www.bling.org/2011-11-21/cigna-to-offer-health-insurance-in-india.html#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:01:20 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-11-21/cigna-to-offer-health-insurance-in-india.html By Nathalie Tadena Cigna Corp. said it is teaming up with Indian conglomerate TTK Group to sell health and insurance products across India, making it the first U.S. insurer to apply for entry into India as part of a stand-alone joint venture. Financial t

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-11-21/cigna-to-offer-health-insurance-in-india.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-10-16/government-frees-sale-of-tamiflu-only-drug-effective-against-swine-flu-and-bird-flu.html http://www.bling.org/2011-10-16/government-frees-sale-of-tamiflu-only-drug-effective-against-swine-flu-and-bird-flu.html#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:01:17 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-10-16/government-frees-sale-of-tamiflu-only-drug-effective-against-swine-flu-and-bird-flu.html ...now stock and sell oseltamivir phosphate or Tamilfu - the only known drug effective against both the deadly influenza strains H1N1 swine flu and H5N1 bird flu. India has decided to lift "restricted sale" of the drug and make it available through all chemist...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-10-16/government-frees-sale-of-tamiflu-only-drug-effective-against-swine-flu-and-bird-flu.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-08-14/guest-blogger-j-janewa-oseitutu-public-health-and-intellectual-property-seizure-of-generic-drugs-in-transit.html http://www.bling.org/2011-08-14/guest-blogger-j-janewa-oseitutu-public-health-and-intellectual-property-seizure-of-generic-drugs-in-transit.html#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:01:27 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-08-14/guest-blogger-j-janewa-oseitutu-public-health-and-intellectual-property-seizure-of-generic-drugs-in-transit.html ...to the seizures of the generic drugs had a “serious adverse impact” on the ability of developing countries to protect public health and to ensure that their citizens would have access to the medicines they need. As part of its complaint, India cited article...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-08-14/guest-blogger-j-janewa-oseitutu-public-health-and-intellectual-property-seizure-of-generic-drugs-in-transit.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-07-29/harvard-school-of-public-health-receives-14-1-million-from-gates-foundation.html http://www.bling.org/2011-07-29/harvard-school-of-public-health-receives-14-1-million-from-gates-foundation.html#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:04:09 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-07-29/harvard-school-of-public-health-receives-14-1-million-from-gates-foundation.html ...Hospital, the BetterBirth clinical trial will evaluate the impact of the Safe Childbirth Checklist program developed by the World Health Organization and HSPH at a hundred and twenty hospitals in Uttar Pradesh, one of India's least developed states. In Uttar...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-07-29/harvard-school-of-public-health-receives-14-1-million-from-gates-foundation.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-07-22/focus-indian-vaccine-makers-big-bet-on-swine-flu-backfires.html http://www.bling.org/2011-07-22/focus-indian-vaccine-makers-big-bet-on-swine-flu-backfires.html#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:03:16 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-07-22/focus-indian-vaccine-makers-big-bet-on-swine-flu-backfires.html ...disease has been controlled, they are struggling to keep the plants running. After the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared swine flu as a global pandemic in June 2009, Indian drugmakers jumped to develop vaccines anticipating a huge market size in India. ...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-07-22/focus-indian-vaccine-makers-big-bet-on-swine-flu-backfires.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-07-05/indian-health-ministers-homosexualith-remarks-a-setback-for-gay-rights.html http://www.bling.org/2011-07-05/indian-health-ministers-homosexualith-remarks-a-setback-for-gay-rights.html#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 02:01:06 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-07-05/indian-health-ministers-homosexualith-remarks-a-setback-for-gay-rights.html ...step toward ensuring that people in India can express their sexual orientation. On the other hand, its chief public health officer is pathologizing homosexuality. This is a severe setback for sexual rights," she said. "It would be a great shame if India’s...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-07-05/indian-health-ministers-homosexualith-remarks-a-setback-for-gay-rights.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-07-05/india%c2%80%c2%99s-health-minister-calls-homosexuality-%c2%80%c2%98unnatural%c2%80%c2%99.html http://www.bling.org/2011-07-05/india%c2%80%c2%99s-health-minister-calls-homosexuality-%c2%80%c2%98unnatural%c2%80%c2%99.html#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:01:33 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-07-05/india%c2%80%c2%99s-health-minister-calls-homosexuality-%c2%80%c2%98unnatural%c2%80%c2%99.html ...the virus that causes AIDS. The disease is predominantly spread here by unprotected heterosexual sex, according to international health groups. “In our country the numbers of men having sex with men are substantial, but it is very difficult to find them,”...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-07-05/india%c2%80%c2%99s-health-minister-calls-homosexuality-%c2%80%c2%98unnatural%c2%80%c2%99.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-06-17/pune-doctors-advise-caution-against-swine-flu.html http://www.bling.org/2011-06-17/pune-doctors-advise-caution-against-swine-flu.html#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:01:33 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-06-17/pune-doctors-advise-caution-against-swine-flu.html ...proportions worldwide, including India, in 2009. Pune was the epicentre of the infection in India and saw 80 deaths due to the swine flu. Dr Somnath Pardeshi, assistant medical officer of health in the Pune Municipal Corporation, said six people had tested...

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