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May 02, 2026
Recurrent paediatric deaths from diethylene glycol (DEG)-contaminated cough syrups in India highlight critical failures in regulatory stewardship and rational medicine use. Despite global alerts and domestic advisories, children continue to be exposed to hazardous,...
May 02, 2026
In India, the pharmacy of the world, people still suffer poor access to essential medicines, and the impoverishing effects of out-of-pocket expenditure on purchase of medicines. Prescription audits reveal prescriptions of harm with prescriptions not aligned to t...
October 11, 2021
As per the Magnitude of Substance Use in India 2019 survey report, over 57 million of the Indian population is in need of professional help for alcohol use disorders and around 7.7 million for opioid use disorders. The increasing demand for addiction treatment services in India calls for professi...
January 01, 2015
India's two-tiered healthcare system (viz the public and private sectors) has been suffering from various ailments, and each sector has been criticised for its own set of deficiencies. Against this backdrop, this article explores whether there is any possible commonality between the two sectors, ...
April 01, 2013
The government is planning to introduce free generic and essential medicines in public health facilities. Most people in India buy healthcare from the private sector, a compulsion that accounts for a high proportion of healthcare-related expenditure. To reduce the burden of healthcare costs, the ...
January 01, 2013
Inappropriate antibiotic use and resistance are major public health challenges. Interventional strategies require ascertaining the perceptions of major stakeholders and documenting the challenge to changing practice. Towards this aim, a qualitative study was conducted in Vellore, South India, us...
October 01, 2012
Medical practice in India is under intense scrutiny, and hardly a day goes by without another scandal, about poor treatment meted out to patients, absence of doctors from the workplace in rural areas, fraud in the medical education system, and so on. With rising costs, access to modern medicine i...
April 01, 2012
With the recent highlighting of ethical issues in several clinical trials, and the increase in awareness among parliamentarians, there has been some concern about the conduct of trials in India. The areas of concern include ensuring that consent is truly informed, and monitoring participant safet...
October 01, 2010
After the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) experience in 2003, ethics has found a place in discourses on pandemic planning and public health. It is no longer enough to merely have action strategies in a pandemic plan; both research literature and the World Health Organization recomm...
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