Tag: Health
TB Free India Summit 2019: India’s top political leaders & bollywood...
The two day event focused on advocacy for tuberculosis featured cricket match involving India's top ministers, political leaders, parliamentarians, MLAs and Bollywood actors...............
World Leprosy Day: A multipronged approach towards early detection & rehabilitation...
Although Supreme Court has passed a couple of judgments in favour of patients with leprosy in 2018, several states in our country still deny employment benefits and privileges to these patients, writes Dr Swati Rajagopal...…………….
Navya Care offers online expert opinion services for cancer patients
Navya Care, a Bangalore-based clinical informatics company, founded in collaboration with Tata Memorial Centre and National Cancer Grid, is making cancer expertise accessible and affordable anytime, anywhere for patients who can get their cases...………...
Eliminate leprosy-related discrimination: WHO
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia highlights the fact that an estimated 2 lakh Leprosy cases continue to be reported every year, with India accounting for more than half. She stresses on the need for effective measures to tackle the disease...………...
Dr Poonam K Singh gets 2nd term as Regional Director of...
The World Health Organization's Executive Board has unanimously endorsed Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, who was earlier also unanimously nominated by 11 Member countries of the Region for another five years
PPP is the best way to bridge the urban rural divide...
Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu has stressed on the need for making advanced cancer treatment accessible and affordable to all sections besides the role of awareness and early detection are crucial for winning war on cancer...…………….
Govt says no shortage of polio vaccines, refutes media reports
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has refuted the claims made by certain sections of media over the shortage of Oral Polio Vaccines (OPV) and Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV), terming the reports as factually incorrect...………...
“Mental health requires attention from policymakers”
Mentioned Ms Prakriti Poddar, Founder and CEO of Poddar Wellness who outlined the need for a paradigm shift in the way in which mental health issues are looked at by the society in general and the policymakers in particular...………..
HIV positive patient undergoes successful bilateral total knee replacement surgery
A 61 year old, HIV positive patient that visited Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta road with a complaint of severe pain in both the knees successfully underwent a bilateral total knee replacement surgery..............
Inclusion of MedTech industry in DTAB subcommittee a step in right...
Association has welcomed the setting up of a sub-committee by the Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) to assess the issues to proposal for amendment of MDR 2017. It has expressed its commitment to work with DTAB sub-panel to frame a suitable provision...……………..