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The Drugs Controller-General of India (DCGI) gave a go-ahead to the Serum Institute of India (SSI) to start human clinical trials of the intra-nasal spray developed to combat the spread of the lethal swine flu.
A study led by World Health Organization says that developing countries have much higher hospital infection rates than the developed world.
“If prevention becomes a culture in India, the impact will be phenomenal”
New data on HIV/ AIDS, as shown by the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in the report 2007 AIDS Epidemic Update, reveal that the disease prence
Ecron Acunova, one of the leading CROs in India, launched its second facility Functional Services Centre at Whitefield, Bangalore. Centre was dedicated by Prof Jagdish Sheth, leading thinker on marketing and strategy from Emory University. This development centre is part of the growth plans of the company in the area of Medical and Pharmacovigilance services. The launch will broaden Ecron Acunova’s offering in drug safety services.
CSC announced that Denmark’s National Board of Health will go live this summer with its adverse incident reporting solution.
Joint Commission International once again demonstrates its strong support of Asia’s premier educational conference for hospital managers as a Strategic Partner. HMA, now on its ninth year will be held at the Grand Hilton Seoul, Korea on August 19 & 20, 2010.
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has taken a pioneering step by developing the first online PG Diploma course in Acupuncture.
It is very crucial to bridge the gap in the context of medical education, where many of the emerging and demanding courses are not present in the conventional courses currently.
[This article was published in the July 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
MV Hospital is India�s First Hospital for Diabetes, situated at Royapuram, Chennai. It was established by late Prof. M. Viswanathan, Doyen of Diabetology in India, in 1954 as a general hospital.
[This article was published in the June 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
News Review : June 2010
The United Nations General Assembly has recently adopted resolution in Geneva on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases – mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes – which kill nearly 35 million people each year, including almost 9 million before the age of 60.
The World Bank has released a new five-year plan to help poor countries reduce their high fertility rates and prevent the widespread deaths of their mothers and children.
