Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare 
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How might India’s public health systems be strengthened? Lessons from Tamil Nadu
The central government’s policies have inadvertently de-emphasised environmental health and other preventive public health services in India since the 1950s. Diseases resulting from insanitary conditions impose high costs even among the more affluent, and rapid urbanisation increases the potential for disease spread.
- Date:
- Mar 2010
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- Economic and Political Weekly Vol: 45 Issue: 10 pp: 46-60
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Influenza vaccine in a month
Azad asks young doctors to opt for postings in rural areas
The vaccine has reached the human clinical trial stage
68 students receive degrees at NIMHANS convocation
Bangalore:An indigenously developed vaccine against influenza could be a month away, according to Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad.
- Date:
- 04/03/2010
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Rajashree Birla announces additional 5 crore support for Polio eradication to Rotary
In the capital to honour Health Minister Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad with Rotary's Polio Champion Award and to participate in the national polio immunization launch, Ms. Rajashree Birla of Aditya Birla Group announced to donate additional Rs 5 crore to Rotary International for polio eradication campaign.
- Date:
- 09/02/2010
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- Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Bivalent polio vaccine introduced in Delhi, U.P.
NEW DELHI: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday launched the bivalent oral vaccine against polio in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to mark the national immunisation day.
The vaccine was launched in Bihar last month and offers protection from the P1 and P3 types of polio strains.
Azad honoured
- Date:
- 08/02/2010
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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MoU signed for developing health care facilities along railway network
Aarti Dhar
NEW DELHI: With a view to providing access to good health care facilities to the common man, particularly railway passengers, the Ministries of Health and Family Welfare and Railways on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for developing health care infrastructure along the railway network across the country.
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- 06/02/2010
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Rural population to be screened for lifestyle diseases
The health ministry is planning to screen all people aged 30-40 in rural areas for lifestyle diseases like diabetes, Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Friday.
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- 16/01/2010
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- Asian Age (New Delhi)
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Tobacco products to bear tougher warnings
With the pictorial warnings on tobacco products not making the desirable impact, the Union Health Ministry is considering replacing them with new hard-hitting images, which it expects to send the message home.
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- 07/01/2010
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- Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Govt plans drug tests to check race effect
The Union health ministry is for the first time undertaking a `pharmacological genetic study' to find out the effects of medicinal drugs on different races in India
NEW DELHI The Union health Dec. 1: The Union health ministry is for the first time undertaking a "pharmacological genetic study" to find out the effects of medicinal drugs on different races in India.
- Date:
- 02/12/2009
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- Asian Age (New Delhi)
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Immunity Too Dear
Should a state where the healthcare budget is perpetually in strain spend Rs 33,000 on every girl for a vaccine that’s not guaranteed to protect against cervical cancer?
- Date:
- 23/11/2009
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- Outlook (New Delhi)
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Prevention of Food Adulteration (8th Amendment) Rules, 2009
These rules may be called the Prevention of Food Adulteration (8th Amendment) Rules, 2009. They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
- Date:
- Nov 2009
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- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
