Science is fun, says Baldev Raj of IGCAR
Published in The Hindu on November 17, 2005 “If somebody does not consider science as fun, then science is not for that person,” said Dr. Baldev Raj emphatically. Dr. Raj…
Editorial: The virtues of fractionating blood
Published in The Hindu on November 8, 2005 Approximately seven million units of human blood are needed in India every year for transfusion purposes but only 4.5 million units are…
Editorial: Animal experiments, with safeguards
Published in The Hindu on November 5, 2005 By suggesting a relaxation of norms for clearance of animal experiments, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has brought into focus an issue that…
HIV: An NGO by the infected for the infected
Published in The Hindu on October 20, 2005 “We are not the problem but part of the solution,” said K.K. Abraham emphatically. Mr. Abraham, who is the President of the…
Editorial: A burgeoning health problem
Published in The Hindu on October 14, 2005 At a time when the World Health Organisation has predicted that the diabetes burden in India is set to double and reach…
Editorial: Making injections perfectly safe
Published in The Hindu on September 24, 2005 The recent disclosure that nearly a third of all injections administered in India carry the risk of transmitting blood-borne viruses, including hepatitis…
Unsafe injections, fatal infections
Published in The Hindu on September 22, 2005 About 40 per cent of the 16 billion injections given in the year 2000 in the developing countries alone had used unsterilised…
Female condom: a prophylactic to empower women
In what may possibly be one of the most potent moves to empower women in protecting themselves from getting infected with HIV, the Government is soon expected to make female…
