Posts Tagged ‘University’

Bitter Medicine: Pills, Profit and the Public Health

May 31st, 2009
Bitter Medicine: Pills, Profit and the Public Health

ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT With Peter Jennings

Peter Jennings – …Dr. Drummond Rennie is an editor at The Journal of the American Medical Association. He says researchers who are critical get attacked all the time. Do you actually believe, Dr. Rennie, that drug companies are intent on keeping the consumer on drugs, which are not as good as older drugs, for the simple requirement of profit?

Dr. Drummond Rennie » Read more: Bitter Medicine: Pills, Profit and the Public Health

Heat waves, Public health and mitigation

May 29th, 2009
Heat waves, Public health and mitigation

Heat waves, Public health and mitigation.

Dr.Kedar Karki

Global climate change is almost certain to increase the frequency and intensity of heat waves. Over the last fifty years we have seen an increase in heat wave events, an increase scientists believe is the result at least in part, of human activity. Had it not been so in our own country until few year ago this phenomena use to occur in few particular part areas like Nepalgan » Read more: Heat waves, Public health and mitigation

Enhancing Services of Panchayat Raj in Public Health

April 15th, 2009
Enhancing Services of Panchayat Raj in Public Health

Enhancing Services of Panchayat Raj in Public Health

* Ramaiah Bheenaveni

Panchayats in India are an age old institution for governance at village level. In 1992, through the enactment of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment, Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) were strengthened as local government organizations with clear areas of jurisdiction, adequate power, authority and funds co » Read more: Enhancing Services of Panchayat Raj in Public Health

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