This article is part of the edited volume titled Ethics in Public Health Practice in India, edited by Arima Mishra and Kalyani Subbiah, and published by Springer Singapore in 2018. The chapter seeks to contextualize Sama’s work on assisted reproductive technologies and commercial surrogacy from a bioethical framework. Continue reading
Sama, as a part of its ongoing work on access to medicines, developed a policy brief which examines the cycle of drug development and the impact on accessibility and affordability of drugs when product patents are granted on the drugs; the conflicts between… Continue reading
The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 is listed for the session of Parliament which begins in July 2018. Sama has prepared a Policy Brief addressing the issues and concerns around the bill in its current form. Download PDF Continue reading
This article is part of the edited volume titled Cross-Cultural Comparisons on Surrogacy and Egg Donation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives From India, Germany and Israel, edited by Sayani Mitra, Silke Schicktanz and Tulsi Patel, and published by Springer Verlag, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham in 2018. This chapter is part of Sama’s attempt to advance more clarity and nuance on the vexed question of commercial surrogacy in India. Continue reading
This article by Sarojini Nadimpally and Vrinda Marwah is part of the edited volume titled Equity and Access: Healthcare Studies in India. The volume is edited by Purendra Prasad, Amar Jesani and Sujata Patel, and published by the Oxford University Press in 2018. Continue reading
This is the first national assessment on sexual and reproductive health undertaken on behalf of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) by SAMA Resource Group for Women and Health and Partners for Law in Development (PLD) in April 2018. It… Continue reading
