Vacancies in Novartis as Pharmacovigilance scientist

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Novartis is a world leader in the research and development of products to protect and improve health and well-being. The company has core businesses in pharmaceuticals, vaccines, consumer health, generics, eye care and animal health. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Novartis employs nearly 1,15,000 people in over 140 countries worldwide to help save lives and improve the quality of life.

Eligibility: Life sciences degree /Nursing background Good knowledge/fluency in English. Knowledge of other languages desirable. Experience in drug safety / Development or closely related areas of responsibility Experience of safety document writing Good negotiation and oral communication skills will be an added qualification.

Job description: 

1. Evaluation and QC of Serious Adverse Event / Post Marketing Adverse Event to ensure accurate and consistent data entry and processing from source documents, with emphasis on timeliness and quality.
2. Ensure accurate and consistent coding of medical history, drugs and adverse event terms.
3. Assess adverse event reports for seriousness, causality and expectedness as per the Investigator Brochure/Basic Prescribing Information/US package insert, consulting the Medical Safety Expert whenever needed.
4. Determine the necessity for follow-up and prepare follow-up request as needed.

Other responsibilities:

1. Evaluation and QC of Serious Adverse Event / Post Marketing Adverse Event to ensure accurate and consistent data entry and processing from source documents, with emphasis on timeliness and quality.
2. Ensure accurate and consistent coding of medical history, drugs and adverse event terms.
3. Assess adverse event reports for seriousness, causality and expectedness as per the Investigator Brochure/Basic Prescribing Information/US package insert, consulting the Medical Safety Expert whenever needed.
4. Determine the necessity for follow-up and prepare follow-up request as needed.
5. Work in conjunction with Clinical Safety Associates, Clinical Safety Scientists from other processing sites and Medical Safety Physician (Pharmacovigilance Leader and Brand Safety Leader) to ensure that reports are accurately evaluated and databased.
6. Triage literature cases for databasing or pass them on to the Team Leader for approval of rejection.
7. Co-author, together with the Medical Safety Physicians, all required regulatory periodic reports, collecting, organizing and presenting the available data.
8. Work with external partner groups, e.g. co-licensing partners and Clinical Research Organisations to meet joint accountabilities
9. Represent DS&E at internal and external meetings
10. Assist the Medical Safety Physicians with project activities in specific therapeutic areas, compatible with the timely processing/production of individual case reports and regulatory periodic reports.
11. Assist the Medical Safety Physicians in monitoring the safety profile of product
12. Be involved in development and testing of safety systems/IT applications and in the preparation of relevant manuals.
13. Participate in cross-functional teams on safety matters/DS&E special projects relating to investigational and marketed drugs Impact on the organization.
14. Ensure that Serious Adverse Event / Post Marketing Adverse Event are evaluated accurately and within the required timeframes to meet regulatory requirements.
15. Alert the Medical Safety Physicians to potential safety issues.

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Vacancies in Parexel as Associate

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PAREXEL is one of the leading Pharmaceutical industries helping the development of new drugs and treatments on a global basis with branches in more than 50 countries around the world. As a leading global biopharmaceutical service provider, they supply knowledge-based contract research, medical communications and consulting services across a broad range of therapeutic areas to the worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. 

Eligibility: Recognized Postgraduate or PhD degree in Pharmacy/ life sciences with 0-2 years of experience with Good verbal and written English Communication skills. Freshers may apply

Job description:

1. Review scientific evidence emerging from clinical efficacy and safety studies
2. Develop, run and validate literature searches for efficacy and adverse event data
3. Analyze evidence based on standard network meta-analysis techniques
4. Development of evidence based reports on clinical efficacy and safety to support reimbursement and regulatory requirements
5. Independently work on a range of scientific deliverables ranging from abstracts, to detailed reports following a clear, concise and scientific style with attention to detail on the depth of the scientific content.
6. Ensure deliverables meet Parexel quality or best practice standards in medical writing of accuracy, clarity and neatness
7. Communicate project outcomes clearly and concisely both internally and externally to the clients with support from project managers

Required Skills :

1. Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
2. Client focused approach to work
3. A flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and new learning
4. Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload with attention to detail
5. Willingness to work in a matrix environment and to value the importance of teamwork.
6. Strong writing skills in terms of clear, accurate and concise scientific content writing; demonstrated track record of quality publications, presentations, and research or prior experience in medical content writing.
7. Prior experience in client interaction will be preferred.
8. Hands on knowledge of computers especially Microsoft Excel & Microsoft Word.

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Pharm.D and the Expected Outcomes

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Many a times when I say Pharm.D, the most common questions people asked me - "Is it Diploma??" What do you guys do in hospital?? Do you only review the case sheets?? What's your future career?? 

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Before I answer the lay people let me first address the well educated. So that it can reach everyone with better understanding. Let me concise all these into few:

1. What is Pharm.D??
2. What are the expected outcomes of Pharm.D??

What is Pharm.D??

Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) is a professional doctoral degree adopted from the West and introduced in India by the Pharmacy council of India and Government of India in 2008 to provide high quality pharmaceutical care that has the patient as its focus and optimal drug therapy and health. To be clear, this clinical course majorly focuses on population based and individual based pharmaceutical care. Pharm.D is a 6 year course (5 years of academics +1 year internship) for those who opts after Intermediate or Higher secondary Grade and it is a 3 year Post-baccalaureate (2 years academics +1 year internship) for those who opt after a graduation in pharmacy (B.Pharm).

What are the expected outcomes of Pharm.D??

Pharmacists are the important health care providers - drug experts; whose primary job is to interact with the health care team, interview and assess patients, make specific therapeutic recommendations, monitor patient response to drug therapy and provide an evidence based drug information for better pharmaceutical care. In Pharm.D program, the pharmacists are expected to gain expertise knowledge on drugs, disease conditions, patient factors, health outcomes and more importantly they are trained to deal with the health sufferings and intervene with Evidence based practice for better patient care. 

All the students who have completed this doctoral course is expected to be an expertise in the following areas to excel in this competitive global world. 

1. Drug factors: Able to apply knowledge of pharmacology and therapeutics to in various disease states for better patient care. Differentiate among the major therapeutic drug classes based on mechanisms of action, clinical use and adverse effects, contraindications, drug interactions, dosage forms, and dosing regimens.
2. Patient factors: Collect, integrate and apply knowledge of a patient’s disease states and develop an individualized patient care plan to improve therapeutic outcomes, minimize drug reactions, reduce adverse events, and increase adherence.
3. Information processing: Retrieve, analyze, and interpret the scientific literatures and provide drug and health information (evidence-based information) to healthcare professionals and the public.
4. Drug kinetics: Design best dosage regimens using patient-specific or population pharmacokinetic data, plasma concentration-time profile of drugs, and factors that alter them.
5. Public Health: Identify and address public health problems and promote health. Design individual and population-specific, evidence-based disease prevention and disease management programs (such as medication therapy management) and protocols based on epidemiologic and pharmacoeconomic data, medication use criteria, medication use review, and risk reduction strategies. 
6. Professional awareness: Identify emerging health-related issues, and analyze their implications for disease prevention and/or treatment services, management of medical information, involved in providing patient care; and patient-specific and population-based therapeutic outcomes.
7. Communication: Communicate effectively with patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and others. Demonstrate empathy, listening skills, and altruism in interactions
8. Management principles: Use management principles to analyze and evaluate and optimize physical and technological resources, to assure safe, efficient and effective management of medication distribution, control, and use systems.
9. Practice evaluation: Apply patient and population-specific data, quality assurance strategies, and evaluation to develop and implement practice-based drug use strategies and public health policies to assure that medication use systems minimize drug misadventuring, optimize patient outcomes, and address public health problems.
10. Professional standards: Apply relevant legal, ethical, social, historical, economical, and professional principles to perform all professional activities.

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Government Jobs for Pharmacists : West Bengal Staff Selection Commission

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Combined Technical Level Recruitment 2015 

(Exam Code : CTL 15)

Online Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens for recruitment Pharmacists Grade III posts, selection of which will be made by the West Bengal Staff Selection Commission in terms of section 6 (1) of the West Bengal Staff Selection Commission Act, 2011.
Pharmacist Grade III : 35 posts (UR-18, LV-01, SC-08, ST-02, BC: A-03, BC:B-03)

* UR : Unreserved; * LV - Low Vision

Eligibility Criteria: 

Passed Higher Secondary Examination of the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics / Biology and a two year Diploma Course in Pharmacy recognized by the Government of West Bengal and registered as ‘A’ category Pharmacist under West Bengal Pharmacy Council.

Post code: 490

Department : Directorate of ESI (MB) Scheme,

Labour Department, Govt. of West Bengal

Pay Scale: Pay Band- III (Rs. 7,100/- - 37,600/-) Grade Pay - Rs. 3,600/-

Age Relaxations:

For all posts upper age limit is relaxable -

- by 5 years for SC and ST candidates of West Bengal,

- by 3 years for BC - A and BC - B candidates of West Bengal,

- by 5 years for Persons with Disabilities (having physical disability of at least 40% and above), 

- by 2 years for candidates who have been in Government service continuously for at least two years. 

- Age relaxation for the Ex-Servicemen candidates will be given as per existing Govt. rules and regulations. 

- Date of birth as recorded in Madhyamik or Equivalent Admit Card/Certificate will only be accepted as a valid proof for verification of Age.

Period of Application:

Applications may be submitted only through Online with effect from the date of Advertisement in Newspaper & Commission’s Website up to 8th June, 2015 (4.00 P.M.). No application shall be received after the last date and time for Submission of Applications. 

For online application form visit this link: Online Application Form

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Regulatory Affairs : A Career option for Pharm.D

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Regulatory Affairs:

Pharma regulatory affairs professionals play an essential role in ensuring all pharmaceutical products comply with regulations governing the industry. The regulatory function in health care industries is vital in making safe and effective health care products available worldwide. Individuals who ensure regulatory compliance and prepare submissions, as well as those whose main job function is clinical affairs or quality assurance are all considered regulatory professionals.

Regulatory professionals are employed in industry, government and academia and are involved with a wide range of products, including:

1. Pharmaceuticals
2. Medical devices
3. In vitro diagnostics
4. Biologics and biotechnology
5. Nutritional products
6. Cosmetics
7. Veterinary products

The regulatory professional’s roles and responsibilities often begin in the research and development phases, moving into clinical trials and extending through premarket approvals, manufacturing, labeling and advertising and post market surveillance. As PharmD graduates have full fledged on clinical trials, research and development phases they can be considered to apply various positions in regulatory affairs, though it is just an option to consider.

Here are the various positions in Regulatory affairs in Pharmaceutical industry 

Duties and responsibilities of personnel:

1. The Regulatory affairs personnel ensures all company products meet worldwide regulatory requirements by supporting all assigned regulatory aspects of product approval and post-marketing compliance. 
2. Responsible for the coordination and preparation of document packages for regulatory submissions ensuring compliance with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and international regulations/ interpretations. 
3. This may include the review, evaluation, and compilation of files and reports for submissions. 
4. Provides project team representation and direction in managing information from/to other departments (including R&D, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Medical Affairs, Marketing, and Clinical Affairs) regarding Regulatory submissions.
5. This may include the preparation of outlines, summaries, status reports, graphs, charts, tables and slides for distribution and communication to other departments.
6. Reviews technical and clinical documentation and recommends changes for labeling, manufacturing, marketing, and clinical protocol for regulatory compliance.
7. Researches and analyzes regulatory information and determines acceptability of data, procedures, and other product-related documentation presented in support of product registration.
8. Is responsible for the timely completion of regulatory projects and submission of documentation to regulatory agencies. Develops and maintains current regulatory knowledge and keeps abreast of regulatory procedures and changes.
9. Also provides regulatory guidance to project teams and junior staff.

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Clinical Trial Data Management : A Career Option for Pharm.D

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Clinical Data Management:

Clinical trial data management and statistical analysis is one such area which is growing rapidly, whose primary responsibility is to ensure the validity of clinical trial data and format them for statistical purposes. It is the collection, integration and validation of clinical trial data. As the review and approval of of new drugs by regulatory agencies is totally dependent on the quality of trial data the companies has to ensure the integrity and confidence in the results of the trial data.

The management of clinical trial data involves various steps as follows: 

1. Data acquisition/collection
2. Data abstraction/extraction
3. Data processing/coding
4. Data analysis
5. Data transmission and storage
6. Data privacy and confidentiality
7. Data Quality Assurance

Here is the schematic representation of various positions in Clinical Trial and Clinical Data Management in various Multinational Companies

Requirements and duties to be a part of Clinical Trial Data Management: 

1. Data managers also designs collection instruments, sets up databases and tracks and manages the flow of data to and from the investigative sites. 
2. They establish protocol-specific data review and entry guidelines to document data validation and formatting procedures and defines batch-ending programs by monitoring timely data entry. 
3. Reviewing of data discrepancies, resolutions provided by the investigative sites and entry corrections in the database has to be carried out in the data management. 
4. The Clinical Trial Management crew assists in reviewing of interim/final data listings prior to transmission to other groups or inclusion in final reports.
5. Has to be familiar with database management systems and the principles, organization and content of standard Case Report Form (CRF) libraries which ensures the tracking of incoming CRFs in a timely manner prior to safety review and upon manual review.
6. Conducts database audits according to established SOPs and is familiar with the implementation of Good Clinical Practices and should be familiar with data coding of Standard Operating Practices (SOP) and coding dictionaries. 

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Career Options in Pharmacovigilance : Gist of Pharm.D

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Today, I would like to discuss about the importance of Pharm.D in Pharmacovigilance and available career options in India.

What is Pharmacovigilance?

Pharmacovigilance is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problems". It is the science of collecting, monitoring, researching, assessing and evaluating information from healthcare providers and patients on the adverse effects of medications, biological products and traditional medicines to identify new information about hazards associated with medicines preventing harm to patients. Simply it's a part of patient care and can be treated as post marketing surveillance.

An international system for monitoring adverse reactions to drugs (ADRs) was established in 1971. WHO Headquarters is responsible for policy issues while the operational responsibility for the programme rests with the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring, Uppsala Monitoring Centre, (UMC), in Sweden. The ADRs database in Uppsala currently contains over three million reports of suspected ADRs.

Career options:

Drug companies from many countries outsource their data to the IT companies in India due to less processing costs and availability of trained personnel. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has made mandatory for IT companies like Accenture, Cognizant, Tata Consultancy Services, Quintiles etc to establish a pharmacovigilance centre and submit the reports on time. Outsourcing of data of major of the pharmaceutical companies will be done through IT companies, where these firms works for both clinical trials and postmarketing surveillance. - Says Akram Ahmad et al; Emerging Job Opportunities for PharmD graduates looking outside the box.

Pharm.D graduates can be hired under the PvPI programme by the Government of India, as they have relatively practical exposure to the patient centered care, Medical conditions, experience in history interview, knowledge of pharmaceutical products, as a part of their curriculum they possess expertise knowledge on pharmacovigilance and clinical research. Pharm.D graduates are practically trained to identify, assess, monitor, report and document adverse events in their clerkship and internship. The reporting is usually done after the causality assessment by Naranjo's or WHO causality assessment scale in a well designed and well structured format proposed by the PvPI under the supervision of a Registered practitioner. As PharmD graduates have expertise knowledge on patient health condition, disease state, therapeutic knowledge and evidence based practice compared to other graduates, active roles in Pharmacovigilance can be lead by PharmD graduates. By considering this the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has passed a vacancy circular for 50 positions as Technical Associates as a part of PvPI programme. (For more details on Vacancy see at the bottom of the page)

Here is the schematic representation of various positions in Multinational Companies in Pharmacovigilance department: 

Drug Safety Associate manage activities relating to the collection, processing, follow-up, analysis, and regulatory reporting of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) for marketed products and investigational products.

1. The DSA ensures timely submission of reports regulatory agencies in accordance with applicable regulations and that all inquiries from the FDA and other drug regulatory agencies are responded to in a timely manner.
2. The DSA will respond to inquiries from healthcare professionals, consumers, and company personnel regarding safety issues with marketed products. 
3. Prepares periodic comprehensive written reviews of all assigned AEs; identify potential sources of product litigation, extract AE data from various clinical trial cases and spontaneous sources.
4. Manages case-related information including interpretation of medical conditions, lab results, and procedures as well as compile complete narrative summaries
5. Ensures proper coding (MedDRA) into the global AE database.

Foot prints of Pharmacovigilance in patient safety:

Pharmacovigilance is an approach in reshaping the patient safety ensuring safety and efficacy of drugs. In 2012, over 53,000 adverse reactions to health products were reported, with almost 60% related to drugs among 79% were serious such as requiring/prolonging hospitalization or causing congenital malformation, disability or death. About one-third of reports were submitted by unspecified health care professionals and about one-quarter were submitted by physicians. Pharmacists submitted only 10% of reports, interestingly, 20% less than consumers or non–healthcare professionals. 

Source of this image: Arden R.Barry et al.; Importance of maintaining Pharmacovigilance - Canadian Pharmacists Journal 

For best details on Pharmacovigilance Visit the following websites:

1. http://www.who.int/medicines/areas/quality_safety/safety_efficacy/pharmvigi/en/
2. http://who-umc.org/
3. http://www.ich.org/products/guidelines.html
4. http://www.ema.europa.eu/

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Career Options for Pharm.D in Medical Writing : An Indian perspective

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Today, I would like to discuss about the importance of Medical writing and career options in Medical writing.

* Any graduate in Pharmacy is eligible to apply, mostly preference will be given for MBBS, MD, BDS graduates and now even for PharmD.

Medical writing is the activity of producing scientific documentation by a specialized writer with special skills to produce well-structured documents that present information clearly and concisely.

1. Creates documents that effectively and clearly describe research results, product use and other medical information.
2. The medical writer also makes sure the documents comply with regulatory, journal, or other guidelines in terms of content, format and structure.
3. The drive for complex process of clinical trials leads to a demand for well written, standards-compliant documents that science professionals can read and understand easily and quickly.
4. Responsible for the timely preparation, production and quality control of regulatory documents, including coordinating with regulatory project teams, creating editorial timelines and workflow specifications, scheduling and tracking documents.
5. Assess documentation staffing needs, participates in “round-table” review of documents, establishing project-specific style guidelines, editing at various levels, writing and proofreading.
6. Develops and updates specifications for the design, format production elements, tracking of regulatory documents and artwork used in regulatory documents.
7. Hires, trains and supervises editorial temporaries and coordinates their work. Develops and updates departmental editorial style standards by preparing and revising a style guide.
8. Provides guidance on writing to authors of regulatory submissions, and develops and updates general writing guidelines by preparing and revising an author’s guide.

Types of Medical writing

Medical Journalism:

Newspaper & magazine articles. These are mostly for general public and lay people and need to be written in simple, non-technical language.

Medical Education:

1. For Physicians – textbooks, Continued Medical Education (CME) programs, slide decks, e-learning modules
2. For Patients – patient education material

Medical marketing of healthcare products:

1. Promotional literature targeted at healthcare professionals, product monographs, brochures, handouts
2. Sales force training manuals, e-learning modules
3. Internet content for physicians and patients (consumers)

Publication/Presentation:

1. Journal articles / manuscripts (research articles, case reports, review articles)
2. Abstracts
3. Posters & presentations for scientific meetings and conferences

Research Documents:

1. Clinical trial protocols
2. Investigator's′ Brochure
3. Informed Consent Documents
4. Study reports
5. Research proposals

Regulatory Documents:

1. Package Inserts (prescribing information)
2. Patient Information Leaflets
3. Clinical study reports, web synopses
4. Subject narratives
5. Regulatory submission documents – Common Technical Document (CTD) modules such as nonclinical and clinical overviews and summaries
6. Expert reports
7. Safety and efficacy summaries.
8. Aggregate safety reports such as Periodic Safety Update Reports ( PSURs), bridging reports.
9. Periodic Adverse Drug Experience Reports (PADER)
10. Annual safety reports (ASR)s and policy papers.

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68th World Health Assembly : A Debut free access for all

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India assumes Presidency again, after 19 years - Pride for India if  the assumption comes true...

Today, I would like to discuss about World Health Assembly, its objectives, its impact on member states and its influence on developing countries. 

What is World Health Assembly??

World Health Organization (WHO) is the only International Organization with universal political legitimacy on global health issues. World Health Assembly is the supreme decision-making body that determines the policies of WHO with delegations from 194 Member States and with an Executive board of 34 technically qualified professionals of highest level of health to approve the proposed budget. The 1st Assembly was held in 1948 and the 68th session of the World Health Assembly takes place in Geneva, Switzerland from 18th May - 26th May 2015. Currently there are over 700 WHO collaborating centres in over 80 Member States working with WHO in different areas like nursing, occupational health, communicable diseases, nutrition, mental health, chronic diseases and health technologies.

Objectives of World Health Assembly??

Reforms will be made in every assembly for effective health promotion to achieve these common objectives: (Mentioned in simple and precise  manner for easy understanding to students)

1. To establish an effective collaboration with the United Nations, specialized agencies, governmental health administrations and professional groups.
2. Strengthens health services all over the world by assisting respective Governments.
3. Furnishes technical assistance and, in emergencies, necessary aid upon the request or acceptance of Governments.
4. Establishes and maintains administrative and technical services like epidemiological and statistical data.
5. Promotes maternal and child health and welfare and to foster the ability to live harmoniously in a changing total environment.
6. Promotes the prevention of accidental injuries.
7. Stimulates advance work to eradicate epidemic, endemic and other diseases.
8. Promotes the improvement of nutrition, housing, sanitation, recreation, economic or working conditions and other aspects of environmental hygiene.
9. Promotes co-operation among scientific and professional groups which contribute to the advancement of health.
10. Provides information, counsel and assistance in the field of health.
11. Assists in developing an informed public opinion among all peoples on matters of health.
12. Establishes and revise international nomenclatures of diseases, of causes of death and of public health practices.
13. Standardized diagnostic procedures as necessary.
14. Develops, establishes and promote international standards with respect to food, biological, pharmaceutical and similar products.

Benefit to India:

According to the reports of WHO, India shows a 100% collaboration with the World Health Organization and 68th World Health Assembly lead by India at Geneva from May 18-27, 2015. India assumes the Presidency in 68th World Health Assembly after 19 years. This event is expected to deliberate on the plan of action on innovation and intellectual property and other key issues of global interest including antimicrobial resistance, air pollution and health, global health emergency. This collaboration will set up working relations and standards in areas like:

1. Food safety
2. Nutrition
3. Nursing and Midwifery
4. Communicable diseases
5. Traditional medicine
6. International Classification 
7. Tobacco control
8. Radiation
9. Health promotion
10. Occupational Health
11. Deafness prevention

The Minister of Health & Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda will preside over the 68th Session of the World Health Assembly. The Union Minister is leading a high level Indian delegation to the WHA, to be held in Geneva during 18-27 May, 2015 - Says the Political sources.

Debut Live Webcast:

For the first time, WHO provides the ability to remotely follow the work of the sixty-eighth session of the World Health Assembly live. The live webcast will begin on 18th May at 2pm IST to 26th May. For webcasting go through this link at the mentioned time.

Link for Webcasting : A free access to World Health Assembly

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