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Cabinet okays Bill on alternative medicines
Our Bureau
New Delhi
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June 23
THE Cabinet on Thursday approved the introduction of the Indian Medicine and Homeopathy Pharmacy Bill, 2005 that proposes to regulate education and practice of pharmacy in Indian medicine and homeopathy.
The legislation seeks to set up a Central Pharmacy Council to regulate education and practice of pharmacists in ayurveda, siddha, unani and homeopathy. It also seeks to bring uniformity in the standards of pharmacy education in these disciplines. These systems would ensure that quality medicines are delivered.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the continuance of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme for effective prevention and control of malaria, dengue and Japanese encephalitis and elimination of lymphatic filariasis and Kala-azar in India as envisaged in the National Health Policy (2002).
The CCEA also approved and cleared the implementation of the Intensified Malaria Control Project with grant funds from the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva. The project strategies include access to appropriate anti-malaria drugs, use of rapid diagnostic kits to facilitate early diagnosis and public-private partnership, including the involvement of armed and Paramilitary forces.
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