India’s health system is one of the most privatised ones in the world. The health sector in India is largely unregulated. Health care services especially the private for profit sector suffers from the absence of ethical considerations. Pharmaceutical industry in India also plays a major role in this as it induces doctors and hospitals to prescribe irrational and unnecessary drugs. The recent policies are directed towards making health a commodity that will worsen the situation in the future.
Cost is an important deterrent to access to medicines. CMAI is concerned about the impact of recent changes in Indian patent system from process patent to product patent.
CMAI’s campaign with Members of Parliaments on issues and solutions related to 3rd patent amendment bill. Likely price scenario of prices of medicines in India under new product patent system.
Rational drug use news letter
The Policy Advocacy group would like to focus on these issues to ensure that Christian healthcare work remain as the ethical torchbearers of Indian health system.
