Change in Health education apparatus in India

Task Force Report on setting up NCHR in Health

To overcome the acute shortage and uneven distribution of human resources in public health delivery system, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare aims at overhauling the current regulatory framework. Toward this end, it is proposed to set up a National Council for Human Resources in Health as an overarching regulatory body to achieve the objective of enhancing the supply of skilled personnel in the health sector.

http://www.mohfw.nic.in/nchrc-health.htm

Here is the draft report for initiating Positive changes in our medical education system. 

Some of the ideas mentioned are revolutionary scrapping multiple levels of control and having a standardised post graduation level exam) whereas some are half-assed (like the umpteen administrative functions concentrated in a select few).
 

The general public is invited to go through the report of the Task Force and the draft bill and sent their comments / observations on the suggested provisions by the 15th October, 2009.

http://www.mohfw.nic.in/nchrc-health.htm

The Draft Report and The Draft Bill- .

Kindly mail your views to make a difference

Swine Flu Update: Single-Dose Vaccine Appears to Work

Swine Flu Update:  - We have all been waiting for the ideal swine flu vaccine, and lo, its POSSIBLY Here now.

A Single-Dose Vaccine Appears to Work, Study Shows: "

The first clinical trial data on new vaccines being developed to treat the H1N1 pandemic flu virus in the U.S. suggest that one dose will work to immunize most people, according to a preliminary report in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Researchers studied two vaccines, one which had a substance added to improve immune response, called an adjuvant, and one that didn’t, for 21 days. Both showed the vaccines elicited immune responses with single shot. One big question for public health officials was whether a single dose would be sufficient.

Full results will be published after patients have been followed for 42 days, the journal said.

An accompanying editorial, written by Kathleen Neuzil of the University of Washington, calls the findings “welcome and reassuring” and suggests that it would be “appropriate” to start vaccination using one regular dose of non-adjuvanted vaccine. Two doses might be needed in children, she writes, but if supplies are short, the vaccine shouldn’t be held in reserve to give a second dose.

The nonadjuvant vaccine is being developed by CSL Ltd. of Australia. 

The adjuvant version is from Novartis. Both are expected to be available in the fall.

Side effects, including pain at the injection site and headaches, were reasonably tolerated, Neuzil noted.

Chinese vaccine marker Sinovac Biotech and Novartis have both said recently that their swine-flu vaccines showed positive results.

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WHO: Impact on healthcare services

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