Public Health in India

News Alert - Public Health India

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:48:49 PDT

Anti-tobacco protest Indian Express A release issued by Dr PC Gupta, Director of Healis Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health, states that, "India is party to the WHO Framework Convention on...

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Daily Alert - Public Health India

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:17:10 PDT

IMA delegates meet MP Tewari Live Punjab According to Dr Narotam Dewan, president of IMA, "The introduction of bill is a severe blow to the private health sector in India. ... See all stories on...

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Alerts - Public Health

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:46:00 PDT

Spurious drugs are serious threats to public health The New Nation New investigations reveal an estimated US $150 million worth of spurious drugs are posing a risk to public health at Bangladesh....

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Alerts - Public Health India

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:33:58 PDT

Law to regulate stem cell banking in India Livemint The health ministry has prepared draft rules for umbilical cord blood banking and put them up for public consultation, in India's first move to...

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Public Health in India- Alert

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:29:57 PDT

Alerts for: Public Health India India Sits Pretty at G-20 in Canada Wall Street Journal (blog) "Mr. Singh will obviously be concerned about the health and recovery of western economies because...

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MCI related news

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:35:47 PDT

Ex Medical Council of India President Ketan Desai Granted Bail But Arrested Afresh In DA Case A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to former Medical Council of India (MCI) president Ketan Desai in...

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Daily Alert - Public Health India

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:00:45 PDT

News Alert for: Public Health India How much would you be willing to pay for soda? Atlanta Journal Constitution In the Boston study discussed the American Journal of Public Health, researchers...

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Daily Alert Public Health India

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:06:51 PDT

Tajikistan polio outbreak raises risk to other regions CTV.ca "It clearly is a wake up call," said Dr. John Spika, director general of the Public Health Agency of Canada's centre for immunization...

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Who are the poor ones?

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:35:47 PDT

Pilot project to identify the poorest soon It will identify the poor under a new set of parameters to be adopted for below the poverty line census 2011 Published on 06/16/2010 - 11:41:08 AM By...

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Prostate Cancer Screening

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:16:55 PDT

Screening for Prostate cancer, A public health scam or what? http://nyti.ms/9P6i5p Sent from BlackBerry®Public Health India

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UNICEF Communications L5 Vacancy

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:09:08 PDT

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For 60...

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Green Peace petition : Bhopal

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:33:13 PDT

What a shame! The Bhopal judgement is so unfair! The real culprits are free and the ones punished are already out on bail. After all this our government is still bent on appeasing foreign...

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WHO response to Critics

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:15:39 PDT

Source: http://bit.ly/a3BF5V The international response to the influenza pandemic: WHO responds to the critics Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 briefing note 21 Background 10 JUNE 2010 | GENEVA -- On Friday 4...

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WHO and Swineflu

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:34:13 PDT

WHO #swineflu ride: More reports of WHO collusion with big pharma. http://bit.ly/ciilgV #publichealth via @prashanthns Sent from BlackBerry® on AirtelPublic Health India

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World Response Conference on Global Outbreak (WRCGO-Indian 2010)

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:21:36 PDT

World Response Conference on Global Outbreak is the first practical conference to highlight the first real-time test on global and domestic preparedness in the aspect of prevention, protection,...

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STEPS project by Bill and Melinda Gates with PHFI, GoI, GoAP, GoG.

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:55:35 PDT

Source: PHFI Website May 31, 2010 Departments of Health, Gujarat & Andhra Pradesh announce the launch of project STEPS with Public Health Foundation of India Public Health Foundation of India...

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Will replacing the MCI help?

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:30:27 PDT

Business Standard / New Delhi June 02, 2010, 0:39 IST The regulator hasn’t distinguished itself and its ex-chief is being probed for financial irregularities involving recognition of a college - the...

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Ketan Desai caught, What next?

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:48:20 PDT

Francis Bacon said "Opportunity makes a thief". An act of parliament giving unbound freedom with no checks gave a perfect opportunity for Ketan Desai to turn into one of the most glorified and yet...

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Global forum addresses solutions to prevent premature deaths

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:29:58 PST

24 FEBRUARY 2010 | GENEVA -- The first Global Forum of the Noncommunicable Disease Network (NCDnet) marks the first time WHO has convened key stakeholder groups to address the large-scale and...

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Graduate Education in Public Health Sciences: from Local to Global

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:27:37 PST

By: Dr. Jeffery T. Johnson, Source: Top Grad School A myriad of job opportunities are available for public health professionals ranging from health administration to epidemiology, and from program...

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Pediatricians urge choking warning labels for food

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:06:03 PST

SOURCE: YAHOO NEWS CHICAGO – When 4-year-old Eric Stavros Adler choked to death on a piece of hot dog, his anguished mother never dreamed that the popular kids' food could be so dangerous. Some food...

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The Annual 'We Three Deans' Lecture

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:01:13 PST

We Three Deans 2010 Deans Past and Present on Public Health's Future Public health is all about looking forward—preparing for the next pandemic, developing a new vaccine or a more effective...

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Bihar grew by 11.03%, next only to Gujarat

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:10:13 PST

SOURCE: TOI Bihar is India's new miracle economy. In the five-year period between 2004-05 and 2008-09, Bihar's GDP has grown by a stunning 11.03%, way beyond the definition of 7% growth for a...

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HIV microbicides: Dashed hopes

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:53:07 PST

SOURCE : THE ECONOMIST A microbicide which, it was believed, might protect from HIV, does not IN THE frantic search for ways to stop the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a gel...

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Integrating Reproductive Health Services and the Global HIV/AIDS Response

noreply@blogger.com (Giridhar R Babu) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:29:19 PST

Bridging An Inexplicable Divide: Integrating Reproductive Health Services and the Global HIV/AIDS Response By Jeffrey Sturchio December 2, 2009 - 7:00am Published under: Contraception |...

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