Tag: NCD
AstraZeneca announces finalists of the Unnati Healthcare Innovation Challenge, joins hands...
AstraZeneca strengthens innovation partnerships with NASSCOM – CoE IoT and Unnati to address Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in India. Leif Johansson, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, AstraZeneca PLC visits India...…………...
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...………..
Govt rolls out prgramme for early detection of NCDs in 150...
Under the initiative, frontline health workers are leveraged to carry out screening and generate awareness about the risk factors of non communicable among the masses...…………..
Taxes on soft drinks, alcohol & tobacco must to tackle rising...
Data analysis by the Lancet presents strong evidence that taxes on unhealthy products have the potential to produce major health gains among the poorest in society who are disproportionately affected by NCDs..............
“NCDs affect rich & poor alike, not the disease of aged...
Mentioned Dr Laxmikant Palo, Regional Director-SE Asia & Country Director-India in a detailed interaction with the BioVoice News. Read the details..........
NCDs account for higher number of deaths among adolescents in India
The analysis conducted by The George Institute for Global Health shows that for both younger and older adolescent boys and for older adolescent girls, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries are responsible for a higher number of deaths..........
Mentoring frontline health workers as the champions of NCD prevention
National consultation highlights the need to optimize the skills of health workforce to tackle non-communicable diseases in India......
Govt to boost strategies to contain diabetes & hypertension
India is the first country to implement the NCD Global Monitoring Framework and has now initiated a series of programs to screen the non-communicable diseases..........
Estimated 17 % of Indian cancer patients report disease at last...
The Government of India is implementing “Tertiary Care Cancer Centre” Scheme to assist in establishing State Cancer Institutes (SCI) and Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCC) in different parts of the country.....
George Institute & Arogya World join hands for first of its...
Multi-stakeholder forum to work on a national salt reduction strategy initiated at the event attended by the health secretary, Mr C K Mishra and many other experts....