State of the world's nursing 2025
<p>Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent
Health Care
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Shortage in the procurement of antiretroviral drugs (ART) drugs: SC issues notice
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS & Others Vs Union of India & Others.</p> <p>The petitioners have submitted that:</p> <p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/ART-drugs-shortage-SC_Order_12-Sep-2022.pdf"
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Human Development Report 2021/2022
Continuing the thread of the 2019 and 2020 HDRs, 2021/22 HDR carries forward a conversation centered on inequalities while integrating other important themes related to uncertainties in the Anthropocene:
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The workforce we need: social outlook for Asia and the Pacific
Decent work entails equality of opportunity and treatment at work, dignity and safety in the workplace, a fair income and the freedom for workers to organize and participate in decisions related to their
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Progress on WASH in health care facilities 2000-2021: special focus on WASH and infection prevention and control (IPC)
In May 2022, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution calling for WHO to draft a global strategy on infection prevention and control. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding healthcare facilities available for the Endosulfan affected areas of Kasargod, Kerala, 18/08/2022
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Baiju K G & Others Vs Dr. V P Joy dated 18/08/2022.</p> <p>The matter related to medical and healthcare facilities available for the Endosulfan
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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on performance audit of procurement and supply of drugs in CGHS
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, in its audit report tabled on 8th August, 2022, highlighted several lapses in the procurement and supply chain of drugs under the Central Government Health
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The gender pay gap in the health and care sector: a global analysis in the time of COVID-19
<p>Women in the health and care sector face a larger gender pay gap than in other economic sectors, earning on average of 24 percent less than peers who are men, according to this new joint report by the ILO and the WHO.</p>
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Draft of New Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2022
The Union Health ministry has released the new draft ‘Drug, Medical Devices, and Cosmetics Bill-2022’ that separately defines medical devices, makes provision for constitution of a separate expert group
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Mitigation and management of COVID-19: compendium of ayush-based practices from Indian states and union territories
NITI Aayog released a compendium of Ayush-based practices from States and Union territories detailing information about various Ayush-based initiatives and practices adopted by the States and Union territories
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Committee report on Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 25/06/2022
<p>Report of the Committee formed by the government of Uttar Pradesh in Original Application No. 116 of 2014 in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs MC, Gorakhpur & Others.</p> <p>In compliance with the