Tag: Health
PM Modi officially launches Ayushman Bharat –Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana
With Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan AarogyaYojana, the government is taking healthcare protection to a new aspirational level. This is the “world’s largest government funded healthcare program” targeting more than 50 crore beneficiaries...………….
Health Ministry partners with Dell & Tata Trusts to provide technology...
While the technology platform has been developed by the Dell, the Tata Trusts is taking care of the implementation part to support the NCD programme. This software application is expected to help in plugging gaps at the field level...………..
WHO congratulates India for significantly reducing child deaths
India’s remarkable achievement was made possible via a series of initiatives that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken in recent years, including to vaccinate each and every child with life-saving vaccines under Mission Indradhanush……………...
India registers 80% decline in HIV cases but it still affects...
As per the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), around 87.58 thousand new HIV infections and 69.11 thousand AIDS related deaths happened in 2017 while around 22,675 mothers needed Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) for prevention of...………………...
WHO’s ‘Delhi Declaration’ calls for higher investments into health
To overcome challenges, the Delhi Declaration calls for allocation of sufficient financial resources by countries, as part of overall health financing strategies, to reduce out-of-pocket payments of families on essential medicines...............
NMMTA organizes symposium to discuss biomedical education & opportunities
The symposium held at New Delhi by National M.Sc Medical Teachers’ Association (NMMTA) was in the backdrop of MCI’s proposal to reduce and eliminate the appointment of biomedical scientists as 'non-medical’ teachers...………..
Publicly funded dialysis programs need improvements, reveals new study
As per a new study by the George Institute for Global Health, India, the public funded dialysis programs represent a good beginning but need to address poor survival and high drop-out rates
Health for all resonates at WHO Regional Committee session
Representatives of a number of partner organizations and civil society are participating in the meeting that is expected to adopt resolutions on key health issues......………….
‘The Alternatives’ calls health ministry’s ban on e-cigarettes as regressive
The body that supports the use of e-cigarettes as an alternative has stated that the health ministry's decision will deprive millions from using what it claims as safer alternatives and a tool for quitting smoking...……………...
Skill India to support Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY by training 1 lakh Arogya...
Under a joint initiative of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, a MoU was signed between National Skill Development Corporation and National Health Agency to strengthen the workforce for supporting the government's flagship healthcare scheme...………..