Campbell Collaboration

Campbell Collaboration (https://campbellcollaboration.org/)https://campbellcollaboration.org/
The Campbell Collaboration is an international research network that produces and disseminates systematic reviews on the effects of interventions in the social and behavioural sciences. It seeks to improve the quality of public and private services through enhancing the evidence base for social policy and practice. It produces reviews in the areas of Crime and Justice, Education, International Development, and Social Welfare.
Cochrane and Campbell have been closely affiliated since Campbell's establishment in 2000. In 2015 the two collaborations are formalizing plans to work more cooperatively and effectively together in a number of areas of common interest. Source:
 http://www.cochrane.org/about-us/our-partners-and-funders/campbell-collaboration

The Lancet Commission on pollution and health

For decades, pollution and its harmful effects on people’s health, the environment, and the planet have been neglected both by Governments and the international development agenda. Yet, pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and death in the world today, responsible for an estimated 9 million premature deaths.

Read more HERE

 

WMA approves Modern Physicians' Pledge

 

A modern successor to the Hippocratic Oath for physicians around the world has been approved by the World Medical Association.

Physician leaders, meeting at the WMA's annual General Assembly in Chicago approved revisions to the Declaration of Geneva, which was adopted by the Association in 1948.

The revised Declaration, to be called a pledge, refocuses the text to reflect changes over the decades in the relationship between physicians and their patients and between physicians themselves. As a result, the new pledge makes specific reference for the first time to respecting the autonomy of the patient, which is not included in the current text. It also includes a new obligation for respect between teachers, colleagues and students.

The present Declaration says students must respect their teachers, but there is no reciprocity. There is a new obligation on physicians to share medical knowledge for the benefit of their patients and the advancement of healthcare.

Also added is a requirement for physicians to attend to their own health, well-being and abilities in order to provide care of the highest standard.                                                   
                                                                                                                            Via Dr. K.K Aggarwal

Read more: https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-geneva/

NATIONAL ETHICAL GUIDELINES

Revised National Ethical Guidelines for biomedical and health research involving human participants 2017: 

http://icmr.nic.in/guidelines/ICMR_Ethical_Guidelines_2017.pdf

Also, released today

National Ethical Guidelines on Research Involving Children 2017

http://icmr.nic.in/guidelines/National_Ethical_Guidelines_for_BioMedical_Research_Involving_Children.pdf

National Guidelines for Stem Cell Research 2017 (released Oct 2017)

http://icmr.nic.in/guidelines/Guidelines_for_stem_cell_research_2017.pdf

Via Dr. A. Bhan

Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN)

About the Organisation

The OAPEN Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation based in the Netherlands, with its registered office at the National Library in The Hague. OAPEN is dedicated to open access, peer-reviewed books. OAPEN operates two platforms, the OAPEN Library (www.oapen.org), a central repository for hosting and disseminating OA books, and the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB, www.doabooks.org), a discovery service for OA books. We work with publishers to build a quality-controlled collection of open access books, and provide services for publishers, libraries and research funders in the areas of dissemination, quality assurance and digital preservation. For more details check HERE

National Health policy

The details of major highlights of the National Health Policy, 2017 is given below:

Details of  Major Highlights of National Health Policy, 2017

1.      Assurance Based Approach- Policy advocates progressively incremental Assurance based Approach with focus on preventive and promotive healthcare

2.      Health Card linked to health facilities- Policy recommends linking the health card to primary care facility for a defined package of services anywhere in the country.

3. Patient Centric Approach- Policy recommends the setting up of a separate, empowered medical tribunal for speedy resolution to address disputes /complaints regarding standards of care, prices of services, negligence and unfair practices. Standard Regulatory framework for laboratories and imaging centers, specialized emerging services, etc For more details Read Here
   

Budget 2017-2018: Salient points for Healthcare

·         Action plan to eliminate Kala-Azar and Filariasis by 2017, Leprosy by 2018 and Measles by 2020; elimination of tuberculosis by 2025 is also targeted. 

·         Action plan has been prepared to reduce IMR from 39 in 2014 to 28 by 2019 and MMR from 167 in 2011-13 to 100 by 2018-2020. 

·         1.5 lakh Health Sub Centres will be transformed into Health and Wellness Centres.

·         Additional 5,000 Post Graduate seats per annum to be created.

·         Steps will be taken to roll-out DNB courses in big District Hospitals; strengthen PG teaching in select ESI and Municipal Corporation Hospitals; and encourage reputed Private Hospitals to start DNB courses.

·         Two new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will be set-up in the States of Jharkhand and Gujarat.

·         Amendment of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules proposed to ensure availability of drugs at reasonable prices and promote use of generic medicines.

·         New rules for regulating medical devices will also be formulated to reduce the cost of such devices.

·         Structural transformation of the Regulatory framework of Medical Education and Practice in India.

·         Safe drinking water to 28,000 arsenic and fluoride affected habitations in the next four years.

·         Aadhaar based health cards will be issued for senior citizens.

·         Digi Gaon will be launched to promote tele-medicine and education

·         500 rail stations to be made differently abled-friendly by providing lifts and escalators

Full budget speech available HERE