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Assessment Portal developed by ISCR in collaboration with MRCT Harvard . The portal aims to develop a comprehensive framework for clinical trials case causality assessment that will be relevant globally and within the Indian regulatory context for compensation . This becomes particularly significant in light of the recent Indian regulations that directly link trial participant compensation for injury or death to causality assessment . The portal will serve as a tool that provides guidance documents and training materials to enable clinicians and ethics committee members to follow best practice procedures in determining causality for adverse events in a clinical trial .
Delivering the Prof Ranjit Roy Chaudhury Oration on TB : Challenges and Solutions for the 21st century , Dr Soumya Swaminathan , Director General , Indian Council for Medical Research , said , “ It gives me great pleasure to note the many positive changes in the clinical research environment these past few years in India . ISCR has been working relentlessly in this direction . We must continue to invest in capacity building of subject experts , sensitize leadership at the political level , work with ethics committees who are increasingly responsible for patient safety , and encourage patient representation at various fora .”
India deworms 32 crore children from intestinal infections
In order to combat the public health threat of intestinal worm infections in children aged 1-19 , the Government of India is observed the third annual National Deworming Day on 10 February 2017 . A mop-up day will be held on 15 February , to deworm any child who could not be dewormed on National Deworming Day .
Mr C K Mishra , Secretary ( Health ), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said , “ Currently the largest single day , public health program in the world , the National Deworming Day this year is set to reach approximately 34 crore children in 34 states and union territories in government and government-aided schools , anganwadis , and private schools .”
70 BioVoiceNews | March 2017