Posts Tagged: "health care"

Medical Tourism in India Criticized for Draining Resources

by Ethical Traveler » 9 December 2005 at 12:16 am

Stakeholders in the Indian healthcare system contend that the government has been drawing foreign tourists to India for medical procedures at the expense of adequately funding the public health system. In an article published in the British Medical Journal in November, a doctor and an activist wrote that India is among the top 20 countries […]

UN Sanctions Short-Term Use of DDT to Fight Malaria

by Ethical Traveler » 3 June 2005 at 12:06 am

The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) will allow developing countries whose populations suffer heavily from malaria to continue spraying the controversial insecticide DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) until an effective vaccine is found. UNEP’s decision, which was announced in early May, is seen as acknowledging a need among developing countries to use DDT to fight malaria, while urging […]