0421 IST, Wednesday, July 23, 2014 
Health/Education
Option B Plus to cut risk of perinatal HIV transmissionVINAYA DESHPANDE/ The Hindu
To reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV, three southern states of India and another western state of the country Maharashtra have adopted a new drug regimen as part of the National AIDS Control Programme. |
14 new Indian Institutes of Information Technology to be established
The Indian government has approved the establishment of 14 new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT), parliament was told Wednesday. |
Biotech queen Kiran heads Bangalore B-school
India's biotechnology queen Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the new chairperson of the prestigious Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) as incumbent Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries stepped down. |
New 'painless' treatment to repair teethBy K.S.Jayaraman
A novel "regenerative" technique to repair infected teeth -- claimed to be painless and cheaper than the traditional root canal treatment -- has been developed by doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. |
Why the stethoscope needs to stayBy V. GURUMOORTHY/ The Hindu
Some medical specialists have recently voiced their strong preference for a compact hand-held ultrasound device as a bedside diagnostic tool, replacing the conventional stethoscope. This may fuel a discussion and debate over the pros and cons. |
Indian President calls for eradicating leprosy
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on February 15 called for integrated leprosy services in geographically focused areas to eradicate the disease while Vice President Hamid Ansari urged for generating awareness to dispel misconceptions about it. |
Egypt cancer patient’s kin bats for India in US drug patent caseBy Yashwant Raj/ The Hindustan Times
Nina Mahmud can’t bear to watch her husband grieve as his father battles liver cancer. His last bottle of Nexavar, the only thing keeping him alive, runs out on Saturday. “He is living bottle to bottle,” Mahmud, 35, said, fighting back tears. |
Harvard to co-create US-like competitive body in IndiaBy Rohit Bansal
A multi-disciplinary brains trust is being co-created for India by noted Harvard professor Michael E. Porter with a mission to replicate the US structure and enhance India's prosperity, according to sources privy to the development. f one eats with hands and not fork and spoon. |
Restrictive global governance system affects public healthBy R. PRASAD/ The Hindu
“The present global health crisis is not primarily one of disease, but of governance…” noted Ilona Kickbusch in a January-February issue of theCanadian Journal of Public Health. |
Wombs for rent in satellite township of DelhiBy Ashok Kumar/ The Hindu
The availability of potential surrogates and world-class medical infrastructure, coupled with better connectivity, has fuelled the growth of commercial surrogacy in Gurgaon, a satellite township of Delhi. |
India is meeting the challenge of reaching quality health care to every household in a country of over a billion people living in over 700,000 cities, towns, villages and hamlets. The country boasts of some of the finest hospitals in the region, cutting-edge research facilities, pharma companies which also export their products to other countries. Indian doctors are known for their expertise and commitment to their chosen vocation.
