This week Human Rights Watch released "Unbearable Pain," an extensive report on palliative care in India. The organization believes that denying pain relief to terminally ill patients violates a basic health care right, and that the Indian government should require hospitals to provide morphine. Watch the multimedia feature and read our Q&A with the report's lead researcher.
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Web Exclusive
October 30, 2009
Rights group says terminally ill suffer needlessly in India
Blogwatch / Interview
August 13, 2009
World governments try to fast-track H1N1 flu vaccine
According to the World Health Organization, the H1N1 flu virus has killed just under 1,500 people worldwide. Right now, it is spreading through India's sizeable population. Dr. Martin Blaser of New York University's School of Medicine discusses the risks of the flu pandemic from a global perspective.
Peter Eisner (blog)
June 26, 2009
Cuba provides free health care without the worry
Apropos of the current health care debate in the United States: What happens when a government you happen not to approve of does some good things? The case in point is Cuba, writes Worldfocus blogger Peter Eisner, where the level of health care is startling.
Signature Video
January 29, 2009
Canada’s free health care comes with long lines
Though Canada's universal health care model has effectively cut administrative costs, the system comes with flaws -- long lines have sent some Canadians to private clinics.
Signature Video
January 28, 2009
Canada’s hospitals cut the paperwork, emphasize care
Canada has worked to cut administrative costs attached to medical care. Now, basic health care is universal and, in most parts of the country, free -- and remarkably little paperwork is involved.
Investigative Report
December 17, 2008
FDA failures contribute to spread of contaminated drugs
Since the 1930s, heparin has helped save the lives of millions of dialysis and surgery patients. Then, in 2006, Chinese suppliers of the drug’s basic material contaminated it with a mysterious ingredient. Patients began to die.
Blogwatch / Map
December 5, 2008
Cholera claims more than 560 lives in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe declared a national emergency due to a cholera outbreak. Since August, at least 12,546 cases have been reported, according to the U.N.
Signature Story
December 1, 2008
Coffee producers lead fight against cancer in Nicaragua
Cervical cancer is the number one killer of women in Latin America, but Nicaraguan women are finding hope with the help of the country's top export -- coffee.
Blogwatch
November 12, 2008
India to open medical facility in Mexico
An Indian hospital group announced plans to set up facilities in Mexico that will treat patients from the U.S.
