The workshop for the Protection Officers (POs) in Delhi raised critical issues about the status of implementation of the Protection of Women against Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA) as well as challenges that the POs faced in its operationalisation. A meeting with the… Continue reading
Sama along with other petitioners filed a PIL in the Supreme Court that raises the issue of unethical conduct of HPV clinical trials conducted in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat between 2009‐2010 by PATH in collaboration with ICMR. The PIL highlights… Continue reading
Sama was invited to participate in the National Consultation on Reviewing the Strategies to Improve the Provisions of the PC and PNDT Act organised by the National Commission for Women (NCW) on 20th December 2012 in New Delhi. The review… Continue reading
Mala Ramanathan, P. Sankara Sarma, Udaya S. Mishra | Indian Journal of Medical Ethics | Vol 9, No 4 (2012) Introduction India’s regulatory framework for research ethics is two pronged. Schedule Y of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, of the… Continue reading
Sama organized a two day national consultation in November 2012 in Delhi to- Strengthen perspective and action vis-à-vis violence as a public health issue and role of health professionals (with specific focus on domestic violence and sexual assault); and Examine… Continue reading
G. S. Mudur | The Telegraph | 26 November 2012 Three hospitals in India violated clinical guidelines while testing a drug on patients with heart disease in a trial that a medical expert said also illustrates how India’s lax regulatory… Continue reading
