Keeping the 100-year-old promise: making insulin access universal

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World Health Organization 2021 In 1921, researchers at the University of Toronto discovered insulin, which changed the diabetes narrative forever. In keeping with a promise that insulin “belongs to the world”, the patent was sold for just one Canadian dollar. Subsequently, the private sector was engaged to improve manufacturing processes, technical know-how of insulin purification was […]

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GIRNAR Gujarat’s Interim Review of Noteworthy Actions in Response to COVID-19: An Intra-Action Review

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World Health Organization Ever since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as a public health emergency, the Government of India and the Government of Gujarat have collectively undertaken and implemented several pandemic responses that include measures on preparedness, prevention, mitigation, control and recovery. Gujarat, in particular, has developed […]

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