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At 1,600 million doses, India emerges as biggest buyer of COVID-19 vaccine

December 4, 2020, 3:19 PM

Karan Pareek | Mumbai

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According to a study by the US? Duke University, India – the world’s second most populated country – has emerged as the biggest buyer of COVID-19 vaccine as it has secured 1,600 million doses of the vaccine.

While the European Union is at the second position with nearly 1,600 million doses, the United States, which continues to be the worst affected nation, has managed to purchase 1,000 million vaccine doses.

On November 30, the study, Launch and Scale Speedometer, analysed the vaccine procurement data and showed that the world would need more than five billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to stop the spread of the virus.

Countries like India and Brazil, having manufacturing capacity and infrastructure have been successful in negotiating the terms and conditions with the producers and distributors of the vaccine, the study noted.

The study further read that countries with less population like Japan, Canada and the UK had purchased less than 400 million doses of the vaccine; the world might not have enough doses to vaccinate the entire global population until 2023-24.

Countries having high-income hold 3.8 billion confirmed doses while countries with low income hold close to 1.7 billion doses, the study further added. Countries with a high income had been able to negotiate the purchase from the buyers due to availability of public funds; they had their own teams, labs and research centres to develop a cure of the virus, which had killed more than 1.5 million people globally.

At 9.57 million cases and 139k deaths, India is one of the most affected countries by the virus.

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Union Minister Dr Bhagwat Karad unveils Dr Kavita Chandak’s book ‘Healing women with Homeopathy’

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3 years ago

May 19, 2022

Nation Next Newsroom | Aurangabad

Dr Kavita Chandak at National Conference of Homeopathy held in Aurangabad

Minister of State for Finance Dr Bhagwat Karad recently unveiled Dr Kavita Chandak’s book ‘Healing women with Homeopathy’ at the recently held National Conference of Homeopathy (HAMI 2022) in Aurangabad. Prominently present during the conference were renowned homeopath Dr Arun Bhasme and 3,000 other doctors.

In her book, Dr Chandak, who hails from Nagpur, has covered the most important and widespread gynecological disorders such as menarche, over dysmenorrhea to menopause; reflects issues from which women suffer frequently like sterility, polycystic ovarian syndrome, breast issues, pregnancy-related conditions like constipation, morning sickness, heartburn, uterine prolapse, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and urinary problems, to mention a few.

Dr Chandak has also given a thorough explanation on topics like cancer of the breast, uterus and cervix, which are the most prevalent types of cancers in women. Her book contains a study of several homeopathic remedies with special emphasis on gynecology through the chapters like the core of a few important female remedies and the homeopathic gynecological kit. The book also gives a glimpse of rare and lesser-known remedies.

It is worth noting that Dr Chandak holds two golden book world records for treating kidney disorders and a case of mucormycosis. She is also the recipient of ‘The Excellence in Homeopathy award 2022’ given by Hpathy.com to 66 renowned homeopaths throughout the world. Over the years, Dr Chandak has organized more than 800 free medicine distribution camps. She provides her services through her web clinic in 20+ countries. Her area of specialization is behavioral psychiatric disorders like autism and ADHD.