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In India, a Quest to Ease the Pain of the Dying
It was a neighbor screaming in pain 35 years ago that set Dr. M. R. Rajagopal on the path to his nickname: India?s father of palliative care. He was dying of cancer, with lots of tumors on his face and scalp, Dr. Rajagopal recalled. His family asked if I could help, and I couldn?t ? I was just a medical student. TRIVANDRUM, India ? It was a neighbor screaming in pain 35 years ago that set Dr. M. R. Rajagopal on the path to his nickname: India?s &q...
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Drugs Banned, Many of World?s Poor Suffer in Pain
Like millions of others in the world?s poorest countries, she is destined to die in pain. She cannot get the drug she needs ? one that is cheap, effective, perfectly legal for medical uses under treaties signed by virtually every country, made in large quantities, and has been around since Hippocrates praised its source, the opium poppy. She cannot get morphine. WATERLOO, Sierra Leone ? Although the rainy season was coming on fast, Zainabu Sesay was in no shape to help her husband. Ditches had t...
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Data Cross-Referencing is a Must
In a country where more people have mobile phones than bank accounts, credit information companies that assign credit scores based on payment histories are getting active to study this population. Bangalore-based Otco International is a credit information company that services borrowers who do not have any previous credit histories. Collin Timms , Director, Otco International Ltd, and chairman of Guardian Bank, spoke to ET of the opportunity.
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High Levies May Dampen Mobile Growth in Sri Lanka
High levies on mobile phones, hiked to 10 percent from 2.5 percent, could put a dampener on telecom expansion in Sri Lanka, currently growing at a rate of over 15 percent. The Lankan telecom sector is set to enter more exciting times with Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Airtel, an Indian company, being awarded licences to provide 2G and 3G mobile services in the country. Airtel plans to invest $200 million in Sri Lanka over the next five years. Industry analysts forecast a thinning of prof...
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New Global Alliance Unveils Integrated Strategy to Combat Neglected Diseases
Blueprint to Control Diseases Afflicting 2.7 Billion Poorest People Creates Global Disease Control and Poverty Reduction Model A blueprint for controlling and potentially eliminating the seven, most common neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) afflicting the poorest of the poor?2.7 billion people living on less than $2 per day?has been published in the Sept. 6, 2007 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine. The peer-reviewed article details an integrated control ...
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Empowering Consumers with Ready Credit will Fuel Retail
Empowering consumers with ready credit is how Kishore Biyani, CEO of the Future Group, expects to build his retail business. On the last day of the India Retail Forum, Biyani, elaborated on the future of retailing in the session on ?Future Yet to Unfold?. Mumbai: Empowering consumers with ready credit is how Kishore Biyani, CEO of the Future Group, expects to build his retail business. On the last day of the India Retail Forum, Biyani, elaborated on the future of retailing in the session on ?Fut...
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Fortune in Rural Retail Hinges on Empowering Farmers
Modern retail?s rural foray sounds more like a fairytale journey than a trip with a strict business purpose. In fact, several dangers lurk, behind the lure of the rural idyll, and one of the biggest challenges lies in ensuring a constant flow of funds to boost the buying power of people in India?s 6 lakh villages, home to 72% of the country?s population. MUMBAI: Modern retail?s rural foray sounds more like a fairytale journey than a trip with a strict business purpose. In fact, several dangers l...
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Lighting up Africa: Why Today’s Residents are Still Making do With Wax and Wicks
The shortage of power in Africa means that, when the sun goes down, there is no relief from the darkness. But now the World Bank has plans to brighten up the gloom When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb he vowed that electricity would be so cheap that only the rich would keep burning candles. Try telling that to today’s residents of Africa, still making do with wax and wicks some 130 years later. The Dark Continent nickname may have been coined by Edison’s contemporary exp...
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