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Prabir Purkayastha
The West is Practicing Vaccine Apartheid on a Global Level
10 Apr 2021
To rich countries, the billions of dollars of vaccine market for Big Pharma far outweigh the benefits of saving millions of lives.
Associated Press
Stalled at First Jab? 60 Countries Hit by Vaccine Shortages, Some of Them Poorest Ones
10 Apr 2021
COVAX, the global initiative to provide vaccines, has in the past week shipped over 25,000 doses to low-income countries only twice on any given day. Deliveries have halted since Monday.
Richa Chintan
World Tuberculosis Day: The Patent and PIL Fight in India for Accessible Drugs
24 Mar 2021
‘The Clock is Ticking’.
Richa Chintan
The ‘Third Way’ in the IP Fight for COVID-19 Vaccine Rights
12 Mar 2021
The proposal by India and South Africa calls for unhindered global sharing of technology, a temporary waiver of certain TRIPS obligations on copyrights and related rights, patents, and the protection…
Arun Mitra
Health Authorities Silent as the Medical Community Fights Against Patanjali’s CORONIL
25 Feb 2021
The spread of such bizarre and unscientific ideas stems from a deep-rooted conspiracy to continue the narrative of hyper-nationalism of ancient times by eulogizing something which never existed and…
Suhit K Sen
Another First: Health Minister Pushes Unproven Covid Drug
25 Feb 2021
Harsh Vardhan’s endorsement of unproved medication has repercussions as more people access his utterances and are perhaps influenced by them.
Newsclick Report
COVID-19: Unlikely Virus Leaked from China Lab, Says WHO
10 Feb 2021
A WHO scientist reportedly mentioned that the network of supply chains to the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan is likely to be examined. South-East Asian countries could also be a source of the novel…
Richa Chintan
Economic Survey: Opportunity to Reorient Health Policies Wasted?
31 Jan 2021
It only remains to be seen tomorrow what the Union Budget 2021-22 has to offer, though looking at the Economic Survey, the indications do not appear to be encouraging.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Economic Survey 2021: Government’s Focus on Free Market for Healthcare?
31 Jan 2021
The Economic Survey acknowledges the poor condition of the public healthcare system – lack of human resources, low budget allocations, deplorable inadequate manpower – but fails to concretely outline…
Surajit Mazumdar
Union Budget 2021-22 and the Issue of the Fiscal ‘Stimulus’
31 Jan 2021
On the back of these two years of deviation from the so-called ‘fiscal prudence’, will the finance minister be willing to change the established habit and really step up the gas on the spending side?