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Bobby Ramakant is a development journalist and has been writing on development issues since 1991. Health is one of the key focus areas he writes on. He is also a World Health Organization (WHO)'s WNTD awardee for 2008
Sunday, May 31, 2009 Malaysian surgeons to learn piles management from Prof Rama Kant
CSMMU surgeons have been doing pioneering work in management of piles or haemorrhoids by DGHAL and RAR techniques. They will be delivering a guest lecture in Malaysia on "Revolution in management of haemorrhoids by DGHAL and RAR can it write off surgery?" Established in 1965, University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) is the premier teaching hospital in nation's capital of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Critical reforms of IMF policies demanded
Earlier this month the Group of Twenty (G-20) leaders had announced a USD 1.1 trillion booster-dose into the world economy by the end of 2010 through multilateral institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Health advocates believe that critical reforms are needed for IMF policies to prevent disastrous fallouts like rising tuberculosis (TB) incidence in countries that might receive IMF funding.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Whither The Light Of Democracy
Deepawali is the festival of lights which is celebrated all over India . It marks the advent of the winter season and signifies peace and prosperity and the victory of truth over evil. This year's Diwali (it falls on 28th October) is a bleak one indeed.
