Fwd: [Say No to UID] UID is not designed to meet the public health...

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From: Kamayani Bali Mahabal <notification+kr4marbae4mn@facebookmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 12:21 PM
Subject: [Say No to UID] UID is not designed to meet the public health...
To: Palash Biswas <palashbiswaskl@gmail.com>

Kamayani Bali Mahabal posted in Say No to UID. Kamayani Bali Mahabal 12:21pm Apr 17 UID is not designed to meet the public health challenges in the country and should not pretend to do so. On the contrary, given that many diseases continue to bear a stigma in this country, the UID scheme has the unique potential of increasing stigma by breaching the anonymity of health data collected. It thus violates the heart of the medical encounter, namely confidentiality. By making this information potentially available to employers and insurance companies, the scheme bodes further gross violations of health rights. http://www.facebook.com/l/3d26bRDnmh-Sdh78GnLlcvmhwRA/newsduniyaonline.com/content/uid-and-public-health-specious-claims-%E2%80%93-dr-mohan-rao-newsclick UID And Public Health: Specious Claims – Dr. Mohan Rao, Newsclick | newsduniyaonline.com newsduniyaonline.com Among the many reasons cited for India to proceed ahead with the Unique Identification (UID) project -that it will facilitate delivery of basic services, that it will plug leakages in public expenditure and that it will speed up achievement of targets in social sector schemes - the most specious i View Post on Facebook · Edit Email Settings · Reply to this email to add a comment.

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