India is taking steps to reverse anti-counterfeiting measures in some east African nations that could stop the importation of generic drugs made in the country.

HIV research in South Africa is world class. To halt the country

The National Urban Health Mission was supposed to address the unmet health needs of urban Indians. Yet, it has failed to commence work even 18 months after the announcement of its formation. A rapidly urbanising India has been marked by a series of epidemics of communicable diseases in the last two decades and increasing informalisation of the economy.

This month marks the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).

The Andean country has joined a growing number of developing nations in taking advantage of flexibilities in the WTO

Despite being signatory to international conventions on children and HIV/AIDS, India is apathetic to the plight of children orphaned by the disease, say campaigners.

Despite a thriving economy, almost three-quarters of the Indian population lives on less than US$ 2 per day, which is a healthcare economy dominated by the private sector, with out-of-pocket expenditure or distress financing commonplace for the majority, breeds health inequalities.

This study from the Prospective Studies Collaboration (PSC) is a meta-analysis of individual-level information shared by investigators of 57 primary prospective cohort studies to examine the relationship of body-mass index (BMI) with overall and cause-specific mortality.

The authors aimed to analyse treatment outcomes of patients receiving first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) through the national AIDS control programme of India.