Health Express

Domestic Politics and Governance | Healthcare

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Jun 19, 2020

India’s balancing act for safeguarding lives and livelihoods with generous lockdown relaxations is set to see a spike in cases and death toll before the curve truly flattens out ...

Healthcare

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Jun 13, 2020

Caribbean countries are already facing the existential threat of anthropogenic climate change — the timing of the pandemic could not attack the region at a more inopportune period of its history.

Healthcare | Law and Justice

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Jun 07, 2020

If a vaccine or a treatment is to be created, is there a possibility that patent rights could restrict access to the cure across the world? Much depends on a government’s willingness to tweak patent rules, and its openness to adopt new mechanisms that encourage ...

Healthcare

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May 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted one of the core foundations of the concept of human development — a healthy and long life.

International Affairs | Healthcare | China Foreign Policy

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May 10, 2020

In the second of a two-part series on how the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown open doubts on biosecurity, Ambassador Lakshmi Puri writes on how international organisations must create new frameworks in order to lead a multilateral effort to effectively prevent and counter the threat of ...

Indian Economy | Healthcare

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May 10, 2020

The response to Covid-19 provides us an opportunity for meaningful health reform; India needs to be in the driver’s seat to make low-cost, client-centred medical and health innovations.

Healthcare

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May 09, 2020

Cancer patients must learn to treat the post-COVID-19 world as a ‘new normal,’ and remain focused on what they need to do to manage their illness within it. Healthcare providers and policymakers, for their part, must remain committed to providing cancer patients with the highest ...