Recently, there was a very moving piece in The Guardian about a doctor’s experience of a family donating their dead child’s organs for transplant. It got me thinking about organ […]
South Asia
Vivekanand Jha: National dialysis programme in India—how to get it right
With the announcement of a National Dialysis Service, India is set to join the growing list of nations that provide free or highly subsidised treatment to patients with end-stage kidney […]
Meena Putturaj: The art of data collection in health systems research
Data collection is a crucial aspect of any research project. Depending on the nature and scope of the research question, collecting quality data requires considerable investment of time and resources. […]
Soumyadeep Bhaumik’s review of South Asian medical papers—April 2016
Despite the enormous diversity that South Asia encompasses, it has its fair share of common problems in which there is a need for greater co-operation and learning. A key issue […]
Yogesh Jain: Hippocratic crime
Last month police in India arrested Saibal Jana, a doctor with 35 years’ experience caring for patients from indigenous and other marginalised rural communities. The arrest was made on the grounds […]
Sunil K Pandya: The Indian Medical Council’s new code of ethics favours industry
The Medical Council of India is entrusted with the task of maintaining high standards in medical education and practice. Its code for professional conduct was recently modified. One would expect […]
Soumyadeep Bhaumik’s review of South Asian medical papers—March 2016
Can direct observation of treatment (DOT) for childhood TB be done by a family member instead of the current system where it is done by healthcare workers in DOTS facilities? […]
Prashant Jha: The BMJ’s free access trial for South Asian content
In 2015, at the BMJ South Asia Awards in Mumbai, we announced a plan to open up access to content relevant to South Asia for readers of The BMJ from […]
Oommen C Kurian: Should India lift its ban on prenatal sex testing?
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP), the flagship scheme of India’s ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD), is trying to address a declining child sex ratio—919 females per thousand males in 2011—by […]
Soumyadeep Bhaumik’s review of South Asian medical papers—February 2016
We are now officially in a new era of global health—the era of the Sustainable Development Goals. The month of January saw the publication of some papers from South Asia which […]