Tag: India
Govt to conduct on the ground review of Hepatitis B immunization...
Ten years since the Hepatitis B vaccine was introduced in the Universal Immunisation Programme, the Indian Council of Medical Research aims to identify the barriers leading to low coverage and study the impact of the immunization..........
Hospital hazards: BD initiates a campaign on safety-engineered medtech devices
A campaign has been launched by the Becton Dickinson to encourage usage of safety engineered devices to ensure healthcare worker safety............
ICRISAT celebrates decade of genomic advances in agriculture
The Centre of Excellence in Genomics (CEG) at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) that was set up in partnership with the Department of Biotechnology on 2007 recently celebrated its 10th anniversary............
India & Colombia to partner on agriculture & fisheries
The union cabinet has approved the partnership between India and Columbia in the field of agriculture and fisheries...........
Health stakeholders celebrate 10th Anniversary of The George Institute for Global Health...
The event witnessed a high-level panel discussion involving experts from various health sectors besides an oration delivered by Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, President, PHFI on chronic diseases in India.........
mHealth expected to be crucial in making healthcare accessible in India:...
The knowledge paper highlights that there are a number of features in mobile that can be leveraged to capture and transfer data...........
The George Institute for Global Health to celebrate its 10th Anniversary...
During the celebrations to be held on 15th December at New Delhi, the 10th-anniversary booklet will be released besides the panel discussions on important health-related subjects by renowned experts..........
India to contribute to Nigerian govt’s priorities in the field of...
While India had announced in 2015 concessional loans of US $10 billion to African countries, it has increased training slots under Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) to Nigeria..........
15.6 million abortions occur annually in India, finds first ever study
The Lancet has come out with a first of its kind paper on the Incidence of Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in India................
Govt says it is working to achieve complete ‘Universal Health Coverage’
The focus of the government programmes in this direction has been to reduce the out of pocket spendings by ensuring the strong national immunization system and transformation of primary sub-health centres across India...........