Public health activists expressed dismay and outrage at the central government’s decision to scrap the idea of a centrally supported free drug scheme. The scheme was initiated after several studies had shown that medicines constitute about 67% of people’s...
It was in 2012 that the Centre first promised to provide free drugs in public health facilities. The first budgetary provision was made in 2013. Last year, the promise was crystallized to providing 348 essential drugs free. This was later whittled down to just 50...
Patents and the Public Interest Sep 8th 2010, C.P. Chandrasekhar In a proactive move to ensure a fair balance between the protection of intellectual property rights and protection of the public interest, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion of the...
Universal Healthcare & Nationwide Public Health: A tale of two declarations from one city Universal healthcare is essential and imminently feasible in India, but medical care is only one determinant of the overall health of the people. Achieving a healthy...
Learning from others Amartya Sen “Is there anyone, in the five parts of India, who does not admire China?” asked Yi Jing in the 7th century, on returning to China after being in India for 10 years. Yi Jing spent his years studying, among other subjects, ayurveda (the...
