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A Review On Drug Regulation Policy In The Netherlands And India: The History Of Current Policy Development, And Policy Analysis, Tapashi Adhikary, Pratik Kumar Bal, Kumar Sumit

Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences

Background

Drug use and illicit trafficking of drugs have been a common problem in both the Netherlands and India since historical times. The Dutch Drug Policy (DDP) model is a combination of both leniency and strict laws whereas the Indian Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) went from being a stringent policy in the past to a more flexible lenient policy in recent years. The objective of the current review was to explore the history of the development of the Netherlands and India's drug regulating policies, followed by the analysis of the policies using the Walt & Gilson …

Suicides In Aborigines; An Analysis Of The Suicide Prevention Policies Of Australia And New Zealand, Adeeba Khan

Manipal Journal of Medical Sciences

The mounting suicide rates among the youths, specifically targeting the Aborigines have been a major health concern all over the world. Despite of having their suicide prevention policies in place, Australia and New Zealand face the same alarming problem of increasing suicide rates among indigenous people. This paper serves the primary purpose of comparing the suicide prevention policies for the Aborigines in New Zealand and Australia. Additionally, it also explains the reason behind this disproportionality/inclination of the suicidal deaths towards the indigenous people in these two countries which is less established in the existing research literature. Walt and Gibson’s Health …

Comparative Health Policy Analysis: National Blood Policy Of India, 2007 And National Blood Policy Of Bhutan,2007, Parul Malik

Manipal Journal of Medical Sciences

In 2001, blood safety was identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of its key priority areas. In the same year, member countries of the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) formulated a Global blood safety strategy at a regional consultation. India and Bhutan, two developing nations in the SEAR formulated their National Blood Policies in the coming years to promote blood safety by improving the availability and quality of blood. This article uses the health policy triangle given by Walt and Gibson and the question four of the ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ approach given by Carol Bacchi …