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At G20 health ministers’ meet, Mandaviya launches global initiative on digital health 

The WHO-managed network will promote equitable access to digital health by addressing challenges such as duplication of efforts and 'products-focused' digital health transformation.

Hope to adopt traditional medicines in every country’s national health system: WHO chief

The first-ever global summit on traditional medicine is being held in Gandhinagar as part of G20 health ministers’ meet.

What is new Covid variant Eris, now on WHO’s radar, and what are its symptoms

New Delhi: The emergence of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant, Omicron EG.5.1 — nicknamed 'Eris' — has sparked fresh worries around the globe as the...

No dent in Indian pharma exports despite quality concerns over cough syrups, data shows

WHO may be probing allegations of 20 substandard paracetamol & cough syrups by 15 manufacturers from India, but these allegations seem to have little impact on export of medicines.

After WHO alert, drug controller general warns against use of cough syrups containing pholcodine

Pholcodine is used to treat dry cough. WHO had flagged risk of anaphylactic reactions in those who took remedies containing Pholcodine at least 12 months prior to surgery.

WHO warns of ‘cancer risk’ from aspartame, but ‘38% urban Indians’ use artificial sweeteners monthly

Survey by community-based social media platform LocalCircles reveals diet soda & sugar-free chewing gum are the most common products containing artificial sweeteners consumed by urban Indians.

WHO agency set to classify aspartame as ‘possibly carcinogenic’ — but here’s what you need to know

It was first reported two weeks ago that International Agency for Research on Cancer would in July categorise common artificial sweetener aspartame as 'possibly carcinogenic'.

Tweak norms on ‘biosimilars’ to make new life-saving drugs cheaper — patient rights groups to govt

Biosimilars are generic equivalents of biologic drugs, a new class of medicines that include therapeutics based on large molecules, such as monoclonal antibodies & gene therapies.

12 African nations to receive 18 mn doses of 1st-ever malaria vaccine over next 2 yrs, says WHO

Under immunisation programme funded by UNICEF & Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, vaccine doses are expected to arrive in these countries by end 2023 & will be rolled out by early 2024.

WHO says 20 ‘contaminated’ drugs from Indian & Indonesian makers under scanner

WHO spokesperson says instances of contaminated drugs being found in 6 countries warranted Medical Product Alerts & that it takes reports of substandard medical products seriously.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.