Dr. Sanghamitra Bora from Cancer Centre Welfare Home & Research Institute, Kolkata has sent us a detailed programme for the Preconference CME to be held [...]
13th of January is a very special day. Two years back, in 2010, India was the country with the largest incidence of poliomyelitis in the [...]
Systems develop as solutions to problems, but once developed, they have a tendency to fall into a rut and go on even when perceived to [...]
We’ve just learnt that the much-awaited Indian Rural MBBS, which we had blogged about in October 2010, has been abandoned. The MBBS will be replaced by a [...]
This year’s Ranbaxy Public Health Award goes to Pallium India’s chairman, Dr M.R. Rajagopal. Previous winners of the award include, Mr. S.R. Rao, former [...]
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the National Policy on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) drafted by the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue. [...]
Power groups achieve a lot by advocacy and by collective bargaining. There are any number of organizations fighting for people with cancer or with HIV. [...]
An article in “Mid-Day” highlights the need for improved palliative care facilities in the state of Maharashtra and brings to attention the contrast between Kerala [...]
The word “palliative” seems to be taboo all over the world! For a long time, no one knew what the word “palliative” meant. When finally people [...]
Deadline: January 20, 2012 Application are now being taken for the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Early Career Research Grants. As many as [...]
