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Availability of essential medicines to treat childhood cancers far below the WHO prescribed standards in the National Capital

Media release: 
23/04/2019

Limited access to essential medicines for treating chronic diseases is a major challenge in low and middle-income countries. Although India is the largest manufacturer of generic medicines, there is a paucity of information on availability, price and affordability of essential anti-cancer medicines used for treating childhood cancers. 

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Dr Vivekanand Jha takes over as the President of the International Society of Nephrology

Media release: 
15/04/2019

Dr Vivekanand Jha took over as the President of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) today at the conclusion of the World Congress of Nephrology at Melbourne, Australia.

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New breakthrough treatment for kidney disease offers hope for hundreds of millions of people with diabetes worldwide

Media release: 
15/04/2019

A new treatment for people with diabetes and kidney disease reduced kidney failure rates by a third, according to a landmark study.

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Researchers, knowledge brokers and policy makers urged to bridge the evidence, policy and practice gap

Media release: 
11/04/2019
NSES 2019

The first-ever National Symposium on Evidence Synthesis for Medicine, Public Health and Social Development (NSES 2019) organised by The George Institute for Global Health, India and the Campbell Collaboration in the Capital concluded on Friday with a clarion call to young researchers, knowledge brokers and policy-makers to work together to usher in the evidence revolution and ensure that the fields of public health, medicine and social development are informed by good science.

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Getting ready to tackle high risk pregnancies

Media release: 
02/04/2019

The George Institute for Global Health India, and the University of Oxford UK, jointly hosted two national stakeholder meetings, in New Delhi on 29th March 2019 and in Vijayawada on 1st April, to identify priorities and challenges to integrate screening and management of non-communicable diseases into maternal and child health services in India.

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‘Modicare’ presents a great opportunity to create a robust health infrastructure in India

Media release: 
18/03/2019

There is a need for wide reforms across public and private healthcare providers if Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is to accelerate India towards its goal of universal health coverage (UHC).

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A road map for achieving universal care for kidney diseases

Media release: 
14/03/2019

Coinciding with the World  Kidney Day which was observed on March 14 this year, the George Institute for Global Health has come up with a road map for achieving universal care for kidney diseases and has identified priority areas for kidney disease research, policy-making, and actions by the clinical community. 

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The George Institute to provide technical assistance to Kidney Research Innovation Patient Assistance Centre set up by Andhra Pradesh Government at Palasa

Media release: 
01/03/2019
KRIPA centre CKDu

With a view to providing better treatment and service to persons living with chronic kidney disease, the Andhra Pradesh Government with technical support from the George Institute for Global Health, India has established a Kidney Research Innovation and Patient Assistance Centre (KRIPA) at Palasa, Srikakulam District.

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Thumbs up for India’s frontline health care workers at International Digital Health Symposium 2019

Media release: 
28/02/2019
Smart ASHAs IDHS 2019

The role of frontline health care workers in providing last mile delivery to the doorstep of people in rural areas of the country received a roaring thumbs up in the Capital on Wednesday as some of the delegates to the International Digital Health Symposium 2019 met and interacted with four of these “doctor sahibas” from the community who are screening people in their villages for non-communicable disease risk.

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India urged to bridge the gap between evidence and policy in tackling women’s cancers

Media release: 
10/12/2018

Underscoring the urgent need for countries like India to put women’s cancers on the map of the public health agenda, the Vice-Chancellor of UNSW Sydney, Prof Ian Jacobs today said India can benefit immensely from the global experience on screening and prevention in the area of ovarian and cervical cancers.

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