Health care for urban poor falls through the gap: Lancet Article

Health care for urban poor falls through the gap Priya Shetty The Lancet, Volume 377, Issue 9766, Pages 627 – 628, 19 February 2011 While governments and donors focus on health care for those living in rural poverty in developing countries, the residents of the...

Global status report on non-communicable diseases 2010: WHO Report

Global status report on non-communicable diseases 2010 World Health Organization April 2011 Abstract This report sets out the statistics, evidence and experiences needed to launch a more forceful response to the growing threat posed by non-communicable diseases (NCD)....

Ageing faster with AIDS in Africa: The Lancet Article

Ageing faster with AIDS in Africa Authors: J Mills, Edward; Rammohan, Anu; Awofeso,Niyi The Lancet, Volume 377, Issue 9772, Pages 1131 – 1133, 2 April 2011 Abstract This paper, published by The Lancet, contends that as the AIDS epidemic matures, evidence is...

128 kids died after vaccine in 2010, govt can’t say why

128 kids died after vaccine in 2010, govt can’t say why Arun RamArun Ram, TNN | May 29, 2011, 11.53pm IST CHENNAI: More children in India are dying every year soon after being vaccinated, and the government has no clue why. Union health ministry statistics...