Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts

Saturday, December 1, 2012

CLINICAL TRAILS: PROSPECTS IN INDIA

That was just a joke... But drug testing is getting big in India; serious!!!

This is in sharp contrast to 28 days in Canada, Europe, UK and many other countries), inappropriate protection of clinical data, and lack of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) certified sites and investigators. Bio-analytical work is also another profitable technological process where Indian skill base is low. There is a need of bio-analytical scientists in order to fill this need.

Global drug companies are seeking a suitable destination within the country to conduct clinical research as India has the second largest pool of qualified doctors, next only to US. [Even in US, one out of every six doctors is an Indian.]Moreover, these companies want to exploit the cost advantage for all the margin expenses associated with clinical trials and patient monitoring such as CT scans, blood tests, X-rays and other similar basic medical tests which are cheaper in India as compared to US and Europe.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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Monday, October 29, 2012

Rich dad, poor dad

Barack just needs to look to his neighbours to understand health policies

That America has not done as well in supporting health issues over the years is a given fact. But how bad is ‘not done as well’? The answer is pretty bad. Not many would know that in the US, the incidence of cancer among males and females is 562.3 and 417.3 per 1,00,000 respectively (American Cancer Society, Surveillance and Health Policy Research, 2009), life expectancy is 77.8 years, infant mortality rate is 6.9 deaths per 1,000 live births (CNN once reported that the US has the second worst newborn death rate in the modern world), mortality rate under the age of five years for males and females is 9 and 7 per 1,000 live births respectively, only 2.7 acute care beds per 1,000 people are available (5th worst amongst all OECD nations), 2.8 physicians per 1,000 and ranks 72nd by overall level of health on WHO parameters!

Perhaps today, the biggest issue in the US is the failure of its healthcare system, especially given the debate on Obama’s policy decisions. Though Obama is not labelled a failure, yet when it comes to healthcare reforms, it might not take too long for his 300+ million supporters to ‘change’ their point-of-view. One need not travel miles to prove what ails the States. Their next door neighbour – Canada – is a case in point, or rather, against the point. Canada has a healthcare model that is better; because it works!

Even after having a US-like healthcare model, Canada has successfully achieved better results in its healthcare report card. Healthcare spending in Canada is around $160 billion or 10.1% of its GDP in 2007, which is one percentage point higher than the average spending by OECD countries. But very interestingly, it is far lower than the US allocation, which is 16% of GDP. Canada also spends lesser on a per capita basis compared to the US. Canada’s total healthcare per capita spending was around $3,895, which is lower than the $7,290 per capita spending of the US. The critical reason why the system, despite spending less, works better in Canada is that while the public sector is the main source of funding for Canadian healthcare, the US system is dependent on private source funding.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Shocking misreporting by census

Most countries are supporters and signatories of United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which came into effect from July 3, 2008, with 146 participants and 88 ratifications. However, the origin of this convention dates way back in 1987, when Italy and Sweden proposed a need for a body that can end discrimination against disabled people. Following this, it was the US that led the way in providing civil rights to the disabled through the ‘Americans with Disabilities Act’ signed on July 26, 1990, at the behest of President George H. W. Bush. The fortnight gone by has been a special one for Americans as they are celebrating the 20th anniversary of this path breaking act. And why is that important for them?

As per a 2007 report by National Council for Disability, a huge 18.1% of the American population reported some level of disability, and 11.5% reported a severe disability. Even in the UK, according to the Family Resource Survey, 18% of the population is disabled. Australia has similar figures, with 15% disabled. According to Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, Canada had 14.3% disabled. And these are developed nations, where general disability should be expectably less than underdeveloped or developing nations. Looking at India’s disability figures, all logic can be put to rest. According to the last available survey by NSSO (the official census survey organisation), India has only 2.13% of the population (2.6 crores) reported to be disabled. The Office of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities estimates that 5% of population is disabled. These figures are unbelievable, to say the least. Even if one were to benchmark India against Canada, considering an average percentage of 14% disabled, the nation would have around 16.8 crores disabled! The first step to caring for the disabled is to churn out true figures.


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