The Indian healthcare industry will need to add 1.4 million doctors and over 3 million nurses by 2017 if the country has to meet even the healthcare standards of other BRIC countries, a report by research firm Technopak and industry body CII said.
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
With an estimated 15 million visually challenged people, India is home to the largest blind population in the world. The main causes are cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma. Thanks to the new technology used at Aravind Eye Hospital, Theni – thousands of villagers are now able to receive timely eye care.
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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Stressing the need for better healthcare facilities in rural India, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said the country will spend two per cent of its GDP on health in the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12).
Consumers in Europe are renowned for being extremely technologically advanced in terms of online activities and technology and device ownership. But due to the lack of direct-to-consumer advertising for pharmaceuticals, many pharmaceutical companies have assumed that consumers were somewhat passive participants in the patientphysician relationship.
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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Due to the launch of the “Pocket Guidelines for Assessment and Management of Cardiovascular Risk”, which is available in six languages, health workers around the world will be able to easily identify those at risk of heart attacks and strokes and save some of the estimated 20 million lives lost to these diseases annually by prescribing the most appropriate treatment.
The telemedicine network becomes essential as in most cases reading the scans can be confusing. Telemedicine also helps make up for the poor health infrastructure in this large disparately growing country.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting efforts by the Government of Indonesia to reduce malnutrition among poor children and pregnant women to put the country on track to achieving the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
This initiative will improve the health service delivery system in the rural areas. All the 55,400 women health volunteers in the State will receive mobile phones.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting efforts by the Government of Indonesia to reduce malnutrition among poor children and pregnant women to put the country on track to achieving the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The article briefly describes the status of
health and health infrastructure in India and also tries to discuss governance issues involved in delivery of public health care.
