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Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/06/27/tb-patients-activists-protest-shortage-of-medicines-2/
June 27, 2013, 9:00 AM
TB Patients, Activists Protest Drug Shortage
By Shreya Shah and Krishna Pokharel
Tuberculosis patients and activists protested outside the federal health ministry in New Delhi Wednesday, angered at a shortage of life-saving medicines in government clinics.
?We are here today to demand answers,? 42-year-old Cassius Singh, one of the TB patients at the protest, said.
There was ample warning that a shortage of TB drugs was looming.
A five-year grant from the British government to provide TB drugs through the Stop TB Partnership?s global drug-procurement facility expired in 2011.
The Indian government didn?t immediately solicit bids from companies to replace the supply of drugs, which is a lengthy process, an official close to the Central TB Division told The Wall Street Journal earlier this month. The Central TB Division manages the distribution of the medicines throughout India.
More than 1.5 million people currently receive free drugs at 13,000 Indian government centers nationwide...
June 27, 2013, 9:00 AM
TB Patients, Activists Protest Drug Shortage
By Shreya Shah and Krishna Pokharel
Tuberculosis patients and activists protested outside the federal health ministry in New Delhi Wednesday, angered at a shortage of life-saving medicines in government clinics.
?We are here today to demand answers,? 42-year-old Cassius Singh, one of the TB patients at the protest, said.
There was ample warning that a shortage of TB drugs was looming.
A five-year grant from the British government to provide TB drugs through the Stop TB Partnership?s global drug-procurement facility expired in 2011.
The Indian government didn?t immediately solicit bids from companies to replace the supply of drugs, which is a lengthy process, an official close to the Central TB Division told The Wall Street Journal earlier this month. The Central TB Division manages the distribution of the medicines throughout India.
More than 1.5 million people currently receive free drugs at 13,000 Indian government centers nationwide...