Health schemes to suffer as govt sacks consultants

ndia is firing dozens of foreign-funded health experts working inside the government, seen as part of a broader clampdown to reduce the influence of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on policy.
The loss of these professionals, most of whom are Indian nationals, has raised concerns that signature programmes to combat HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis might suffer just as they face funding shortages due to a slow bureaucracy.
A shortage of technical experts has for years forced India to turn to the World Health Organization (WHO) and aid groups like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to manage large-scale public health schemes.
Of the nearly 140 people who run India's HIV/AIDS programme, 112 are consultants seconded from foreign organisations. Some are engaged in planning and monitoring of prevention activities in high-risk Indian states
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