Tag: Population
30 crore Ayushman Cards created under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan...
6.2 crore free hospital admissions under scheme have saved out-of-pocket-expenditure of more than 1.25 lakh crore of poor and vulnerable population
India requires an additional 2 billion sq. ft. of healthcare real...
The country's existing bed to population ratio is 1.3/1000 population, an estimated deficit of 1.7/1000 population
Experts recommend a comprehensive care model for tackling Sickle cell disease
India is estimated to have the second-highest burden of SCD after Nigeria- it is being estimated that there may be 18 million SCT and 1.4 million SCD patients among the tribal population
New study to help develop salt-tolerant plants
In the new study, a joint team of researchers have sequenced the genome and analyzed the salinity tolerance genes of Avicennia marina, an extremely salt-tolerant mangrove specie...........................
Study could help beat multi-drug resistance
A new study at the Population Biology Laboratory at Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) - Pune promises to help decipher this and several other similar mysteries........................
21% of India’s adult population had COVID-19 by mid-December: Serological Survey
Blood samples of 7,171 healthcare workers were also collected during the same period and the seroprevalence among them was found to be 25.7 percent.......................
Focus on management of adverse events in COVID-19 vaccination
Programme managers have been advised to be extra careful since the process involved vaccination of a large population within a short period....................
Encouraged by PM’s call on family planning: Population Foundation of India
The organization said it is highly encouraged by the Prime Minister’s call to improve awareness and showcase positive behaviors for motivating people to adopt family planning....................
Sahaj e-Village partners with Oxxy to bring affordable medical services to...
The new service called Oxxy Network LLP will be offered through the Sahaj portal, and will help secure the customer against the financial impact of medical bills during illness through specially designed medical services plans...…………..
Free hospital care not enough to ensure equal access by women,...
A new study has found that despite comparable proportions of women and men in the population, women had a lower share of hospitalizations (42%), bed-days (45%) and hospital costs (39%) for sex-neutral conditions than men...……...