Friend or foe: can doctors trust Jeremy Hunt with the NHS?
How will England’s new health secretary perform in carrying on the government’s reconfiguration of the NHS? Richard Vize considers the evidence.
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Sophie Arie examines the differences in approach to abortion around the world.
View ArticleUnsafe abortion: why restricting abortive drugs only makes a bad situation worse
Most abortions carried out in India are unsafe, and the pace of improvement is slow. So why is access to safe abortive drugs so restricted? Meera Kay reports.
View ArticleReligion and governance: strange bedfellows
In her latest India editor’s choice, Anita Jain looks at international examples of religion interfering with the governance of abortion and family planning services. Jain says that while India may laud...
View ArticleResponding to intimate partner and sexual violence against women
On 20 June the World Health Organization published its first clinical and policy evidence based guidelines on responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women. These landmark...
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