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[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Millions of people in India do not have access to essential healthcare. Can telemedicine be the answer?
With a view to promote research and development in the pharmaceutical sector, the government plans to provide soft loans of INR 100 crore to the industry in the current fiscal.
The project OpenMED (https://openmed.nic.in) has been selected as finalist for the Stockholm Challenge Award 2008.
Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd, leader in the Clinical Diagnostics Segment across the Indian healthcare sector, which aids in diagnosing life threatening diseases faced by the humankind such as, AIDS, Tuberculosis, Cancer and Diabetes etc. has been awarded ISO 13485 (Quality Management Systems for Medical Devices) by UL India, a certifying body to foster quality assurance and improvement.
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has finalised and deployed a regional disease alert system that will soon be adopted by the UAE, said a WHO expert recently.
India and other developing countries are set to lobby hard for funding mechanisms to develop medicines,
mostly aimed at neglected diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria, at a forum set up by the World Health Organization or WHO. Developed countries have long maintained that patents are sufficient incentive for innovation.
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
This section features Hospitals & Healthcare Institutions providing top class healthcare services and infrastructure in their endeavour to provide International Standards in comprehensive patient care. To have your facilities featured, write to dolly@elets.in
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$400 million financial assistance package for Indonesia to improve education and healthcare services in the country’s poorest families.
The International Health Partnership aims to improve the way that international agencies, donors and poor countries work together to develop and implement health plans, creating and improving health services for poor people and ultimately saving more lives.
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The article briefly describes the status of
health and health infrastructure in India and also tries to discuss governance issues involved in delivery of public health care.
