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No more business as usual: Call to manage asthma well
Despite evidence that asthma can be effectively managed, not only asthma-related health literacy is very low in most settings but also quality-assured affordable essential medicines are very seldom available. With slow growth in awareness of asthmatic conditions, increasing number of children and adults are being diagnosed with asthma. Once diagnosed,
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Asthma control requires affordable, accessible quality-assured essential medicines
“It’s time to control asthma”, according to this year’s World Asthma Day theme, but the International Union Against
Socialist Party (India) demands ending imports from China
In wake of Chinese intrusion into 19kms of Indian territory, the Socialist Party demands that the Government of India must stop all imports of Chinese goods into India. Banares Sarees, Holi ‘pichkaaris, woolen clothes, religious statues, various kind of electronic goods, etc are some examples
Right to clean air under lens at APRC 2013
Despite overwhelming evidence from around the world on positive health benefits of enforcing smoke-free policies, countries in South and South-East Asia are yet to achieve desired
New technique to prevent diabetic lower-limb amputations
Dr AK Varma, AIMS, Kochi Today, in India, there are more than 63 million people living with diabetes, second only to China, as per the latest 5th
We need new strategies to fight malaria, experts say
Moses Wasamu, Kenya(First published in The Star,
TB rates need to drop 10 times faster for elimination by 2050
Tuberculosis (TB) rates are coming down, but not dropping fast enough to keep the world on track to meet the target of Stop TB Partnership:
Deadly synergy: Tobacco smoking and lung cancer
Dr Nguyen Viet Nhung,APRC 2013Photo credit: CNS There is an overwhelming evidence linking lung cancer to tobacco smoking. Tobacco
Do not miss lessons from roll out of new diagnostic tests for MDR-TB
Xpert MTB/RIF in DelhiPhoto credit: CNS One golden wish in TB care and control is surely around early diagnosis of all forms of TB. New rapid diagnostic tools have come
