The health system in India: the underserved majority
<p>India’s national health policy was reformed this year, but lack of accessibility and out-of-pocket expenses still leave rural areas behind.</p>
Patralekha Chatterjee
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India takes steps to curb air pollution
<p>India’s air pollution problem needs to be tackled systematically, taking an all-of-government approach, to reduce the huge burden of associated ill-health.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/94/7/16-020716/en/"
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Hospital train provides lifeline to rural India
Patralekha Chatterjee reports on the work of India
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Trouble at the Medical Council of India
When India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Ketan Desai, the president of the Medical Council of India (MCI) and president-elect of the World Medical Association, for allegedly accepting a bribe of 20 million Indian rupees from the vice-president of a medical college and hospital in the Punjab state, few in the country's medical community were surprised.
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High hopes for oral cholera vaccine
A trial of a new oral cholera vaccine in Kolkata is promising but, as Patralekha Chatterjee reports, a vaccine is only one weapon in the battle against the disease.
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India combats confusion over counterfeit drugs
India is taking steps to reverse anti-counterfeiting measures in some east African nations that could stop the importation of generic drugs made in the country.