Tag: Health
Corporates join the call to action for TB free India
The dialogue served as a platform to introduce interventions planned by the big corporate firms with the State Government....
India to host 7th session of global conference on tobacco control
The Conference of Parties (COP) to be held at New Delhi between 7th to 12th November is expected to witness the participation.....
FSSAI to shell out Rs 482 crore on upgrading food testing...
Post the directive of Mumbai High Court on strengthening of food testing laboratories in the country....
Research partnerships key to accelerating affordable healthcare!
The collaborative model of health research, open source knowledge sharing besides right medical skills to human resources....
Low public health risk from Avian Influenza A H5N8: health ministry
While the union health ministry has declared the current Avian Influenza scenario as non serious threat, it has equally asked the state governments to ensure.....
TB not a poor man’s disease, can affect anyone: Amitabh Bachchan
The veteran actor of Indian cinema, Mr Amitabh Bachchan while opening the International Conference on Lung Health, stressed the importance of ending....
Urgent need for action plan to reduce deadly salt consumption in...
Indians are eating more than double the recommended amount of salt, putting themselves at increased risk of cardiovascular disease and early death....
Precision medicine can offer hope to rare disease patients
The rare diseases have not received the attention they deserved within the health policy initiatives in India, feels Prasanna Kumar B Shirol.....
Fortified rice to counter anaemia in Indian children
Food fortification is the easiest way to deliver micronutrients to large populations and the Department of Biotechnology intends to utilize similar route.......
Healthcare IT VC funding reaches $1.25 Billion in Q3 2016: Report
$4.2 billion of digital health funding year-to-date is ahead of 2015’s pace, mentions the quarterly analysis report by Mercom Capital Group....