India putting curbs on foreign health consultants
About 100 people will be dismissed under the new rules
New Delhi
EXPRESSING concern about foreign influence on its policies, India is turning away from a decades-old practice of filling gaps within its health system with consultants hired by foreign aid agencies and non-governmental organisations.
Under the new rules, consultants who have worked within India's health system for foreign aid agencies for more than three years, a total of around 100 people, will be dismissed, said Manoj Jhalani, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health. The roughly 100 who remain will need to be approved by a new screening committee.
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