Contemporary changes in India indicate a shift in the consumption of traditional beverages such as buttermilk, fresh lemonade, and coconut water to carbonated and sweetened beverages, reports FnB News. The World Health Organization reports that while the sales of sugar-sweetened beverages have been relatively static or declining in many high-income...
First WHO Collaborating Center for S.E. Asia Inaugurated in Delhi
The National Health Systems Resource Center (NHSRC) under India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, has been appointed as the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Center for Priority Medical Devices and Health Technology, the first such center in South East Asia, says a news item from GroundReport. On...
India Initiates Medical Device Field Monitoring
India is a $3.1 billion market for medical devices and the government will soon institute a Materio Vigilance Program of India (MvPI) to enable a systematic collection of data on the use of these devices. This data will form the basis for regulatory decisions and recommendations on their safe usage....