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5th Global forum on TB vaccines: Experts call for global funding...
Globally, there are 12 Tuberculosis vaccines in various stages of clinical trials, with many more candidates and concepts in earlier stages of development.....................
Govt launches fresh initiatives to boost technology incubators
The new initiatives spelt out in the budget are designed to help translate new technologies developed by biotech and other companies into products of use to society................
NITI Aayog releases “Healthy States, Progressive India” Report
Kerala, Punjab and Tamil Nadu ranked on top in terms of overall performance Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, and Uttar Pradesh ranked top three States in terms of annual incremental performance...........
Promoting community participation in effective delivery of public health services
The 'National Consultation on Community Action for Health' held at Delhi included representatives of the MoHFW, State National Health Mission (NHM) Mission Directors, State Nodal Officers, representatives from civil society organizations, and public health experts...........
Working on standardization of electronic health records: Health ministry
As per the union health ministry, it would ensure the advent of the envisaged system of electronic health records of citizens in an inter-operable manner pan-nation as well as its online availability and accessibility
Govt allocated INR 75 lakh for mental health awareness campaign during...
The government is supporting implementation of the National Mental Health Programme in 517 districts of the country for detection, management and treatment of mental disorders..................
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..........
100 million ‘Soil Health Cards’ distributed to farmers in the first...
The union agriculture ministry aims to provide soil health cards to all 120 million farm holdings by December 2017. The second phase began on May 1, 2017, and will continue for the year 2017 to 2019.........
Govt to set up National Nutrition Mission, allocates Rs 9,046 crore
As an apex body, the National Nutrition Mission will monitor, supervise, fix targets and guide the nutrition-related interventions across the ministries...........
ICMR, Health Ministry & partners launch hypertension management initiative
The India Hypertension Management Initiative (IHMI) aims to reduce disability and death related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) by improving the control of high blood pressure, reducing salt consumption and eliminating artificial trans-fats............