Searched for
CATASTROPHIC COSTS TUBERCULOSIS
Study highlights 'catastrophic costs' incurred by tuberculosis patients worldwideDespite many countries offering free treatment, tuberculosis patients still face significant costs. Hospitalisation and income loss are maj...- CRISPR, brighter than AI: India must invest in innovation, ethical use of this transformative gene-editing toolIndia has the chance to lead in CRISPR technology by driving ethical gene editing innovations in healthcare, agriculture, and environmental...
- As US exits foreign aid, who will fill the gap?With the U.S. significantly reducing its $12 billion global health aid, an urgent question arises: who will fill this gap? China, the Gates...
- Hope to lower OOPE on healthcare frontIn 2023, National Health Accounts reported a reduction in OOPE from 69.4% in 2004-05 to 48.21% in 2018-19. The global average was 18.1% in ...
- How pandemic bonds became the world's most controversial investmentThe harshest critics of the World Bank's experiment have questioned whether it’s appropriate to tie responsibility for public health to pri...
- India’s 600,000 strong army of virus-hunting women goes on a two-day strikeAfter months of harassment, underpayment and lack of protection from infection, about 600,000 of the country’s one million Accredited Socia...
- Bidi smoking cost India Rs 80,550 crore last year: StudyBidi -- a cheap cigarette made of unprocessed tobacco wrapped in leaves -- is very popular in India, accounting for 81 per cent of the toba...
- Better healthcare makes economic sense. Does it make political sense?In 4 years, India will jump past China to hit 1.411 bn people and become the most populous nation on Earth.
- KMC seeks corporate support for TB-Free Kolkata missionAn appeal was made to corporate houses to invest in the anti-TB cause as the disease is inextricably linked with poverty.
- Keen to use India's brain power, says Paul Stoffels, Chief Scientific Officer, Johnson & JohnsonStoffels, who is also worldwide chairman of the US drug major’s pharmaceuticals group, was in India recently to take stock of company’s ope...
- Tuberculosis rate going down, but not fast enough to meet WHO target"Community support groups/NGOs can be effectively used to create awareness and both WHO and government of India should pursue these collabo...
- Rural healthcare as biz opportunityAbsence of a viable business model prevents conversion of the huge rural expenditure on health into an economic activity that generates inc...
Load More
