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New Special Rapporteur to Health appointed by the Human Rights Council

  In its latest session, the Human Rights Council appointed Mr. Dainius Puras from Lithuania as the third Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. Puras (56)… Continue Reading →

India – Right to health if implemented, would be a game-changer

The Congress party‘s suggested right to health, if implemented, would be a game-changer Nitin Desai   March 18, 2014 Last Updated at 21:50 IST This is the season for party manifestos with their vague and quite unexciting promises. But in this sea… Continue Reading →

UNHRC-Access to medicines resolution adopted

Published in SUNS #7627 dated 16 July 2013 New Delhi, 15 Jul (K. M. Gopakumar) — The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution on access to medicines despite opposition from the United States and the European Union…. Continue Reading →

Dr Prakash Amte carried out vasectomies on Maoists in Gadchiroli

Ashutosh Bhardwaj Posted online: Mon Dec 03 2012 Gadchiroli : Magsasay award winner Dr Prakash Amte, son of legendary social activist Baba Amte, has conducted vasectomy surgery on Maoists at his community centre in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district. But he has said that… Continue Reading →

Have #India’s poor become human guinea pigs? #clinicaltrials

By Sue Lloyd-RobertsBBC Newsnight Narayan Survaiya’s mother Tizuja Bai died several weeks after being given new drugs Drug companies are facing mounting pressure to investigate reports that new medicines are being tested on some of the poorest people in India… Continue Reading →

#India- #Abbott suspends giving gifts to doctors #goodnews #medicalethics

        By Frederik Joelving   NEW YORK | Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:03pm EDT   (Reuters Health) – Abbott Laboratories Inc has instructed its sales representatives in India not to give gifts to doctors, who are prohibited by local… Continue Reading →

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