Urban Poverty versus Rural Poverty in India

Earlier, poverty was only looked upon as a rural phenomenon. However, India faces problem of both rural poverty as well as urban poverty. This was one of the grounds on which Rangarajan Committee reported on urban poverty and rural poverty ..

Poverty and SDG-1: India’s Challenges and Way Forward

Amongst the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs), the goal 1 relates to ending poverty in all its forms everywhere by 2030 and transform the world. Background More than 700 million people still live in extreme poverty and are struggling to ..

Quercetin and Public Health

Recently, a team from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, had found that Quercetin helps to prevent multiplication of cancerous cells by blocking the process of cell division. This makes the application of Quercetin in the Health sector very important. ..

Various Issues Around NPDS Act

As per the NDPS Act, narcotic drugs include coca leaf, cannabis (hemp), opium and poppy straw. Psychotropic substance means any natural or synthetic material or any salt or preparation covered under the 1971 convention on Psychotropic substances. Conventions for control ..

Generic Medicines and Public Health

A generic drug is identical or bioequivalent to a branded drug in its dosage form, safety, strength, route of administration, quality, performance characteristics and intended use. The only difference between a branded drug and generic drug is that the branded drugs ..

Growing Concerns of Dementia

Dementia is a syndrome which is usually chronic and characterized by a progressive, global deterioration in intellect including memory, learning, orientation, language, comprehension and judgement due to disease of the brain. It is said to mainly affect older people. Only ..

Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016: Features, Issues and Analysis

The Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 was recently passed by Rajya Sabha. The Bill would be repealing the existing Mental Health Act, 1987. Background There are around 6-7% of the country’s population suffering from some kind of mental illness, while 1-2% ..

Growing Concerns about Hysterectomies

Since last year there is a growing concern over Hysterectomy being performed over women mostly poor women in India. Hysterectomies are elective surgeries that are sometimes recommended for women 35 years and older to treat symptoms like uterine fibroids and ..

Privatisation of Health Sector

There are three main elements of health care: prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. However, the state infrastructure is unable to meet these three elements productively. This calls for dire engagement of the private players in the healthcare sector. What makes entry ..

National Medical Commission Bill, 2016

The NITI Ayog has introduced the National Medical Commission Bill, 2016 which would be extending to the whole country recently in order to create world class educational system.  The bill seeks to repeal Indian Medical Council Act 1956 and be ..