Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The Uttar Pradesh government has served chargesheet to three senior officials of Department of Family Welfare for alleged irregularities in awarding contracts to Uttar Pradesh Small Industries Corporation Limited (UPSICL) under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Former Director General (Family Welfare) Dr S P Ram, former Director (Family Welfare) …
ITANAGAR: Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin has urged the Centre to give environmental clearances to various projects including numerous hydro power projects and the ambitious Trans Arunachal Highway project for speeding up their execution without any hurdles. Calling on Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan at …
Doctors and non-government organisations working in the area of child welfare have welcomed the Union Health Ministry's initiative to ban fast food in institutional areas.
The health department has decided to propose a mass adult vaccination drive in Sivasagar district for everyone above 15 years to curb the spread of encephalitis. The move comes in view of rising number of encephalitis cases in the district. Vaccination below 15 years is already being done across the …
Admitting before a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court that carbonated drinks and junks foods were harmful to health, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Monday informed the Bench that it had initiated steps to ban sale of these two consumables in and around educational institutions across …
4 deaths in the State this year; low figure seen as increase in immunity Deaths reported in the State due to H1N1 have declined steadily over the last three years. From registering 94 deaths in 2009 and 42 in 2010 in Bangalore urban district (including BBMP area) alone, the numbers …
Affidavit filed in the Delhi High Court by Food and Safety Standards Authority of India (Union Health Ministry) regarding petition of Uday Foundation to ban junk food in schools dated July 2011. Original Source: http://udayfoundationindia.org/Affidavit_filed_in_the_Delhi_High_Court_by_Food_and_Safety_Standards_Authority_of_India.pdf
Of the 28.5 crore diabetics in the world, 5.1 crore are in India India is faced with the triple burden of persistent communicable diseases, new and emerging infections, and increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Tuesday at the Delhi Secretariat …
Delhi's affluent indulge in greater numbers of sex selective abortions than those less well-off Why should one of the largest genocide in history remain unchecked ? Experts who had gathered in the capital last week to look at our skewed sex ratios express surprise that the death of eight million …
Recast of existing public health schemes to get attention The approach paper to the 12th five-year Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17) will focus on restructuring public health schemes to make these more effective, even as stakeholders today asked the Planning Commission to address the issue of shortage of manpower in this …
The Delhi Government has banned the use of calcium carbide in the Capital for ripening of fruits. Health Minister Dr. A. K. Walia held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the issue and alternative techniques for ripening of fruits. It was attended by Principal Secretary (Health) Anshu Prakash and other …
Focus will be on diagnosis and treatment of cancer, diabetes The State health department will initiate preventive and treatment measures for cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and stroke in Shimoga and Kolar districts from July, under a Centrally-sponsored pilot project. Funded by the Union Health Ministry under the National Rural Health …
Health ministry wants allocation to be doubled; Planning panel expected to meet on June 22 India will need Rs 15,000-17,000 crore in four to five years for implementing the Food Safety & Standards Rules, 2011, according to estimates by the health ministry. The Planning Commission is expected to take a …
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has reconstituted its scientific panel and brought independent scientists and experts in its fold. The reconstitution was done after the Supreme Court reprimanded FSSAI, in February this year, for inducting members from the food industry in the panel, defeating it's very …
The Human Papillomavirus vaccine “demonstration projects” conducted by a United States non-governmental organisation in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research were suspended by the central government in 2010, following the deaths of seven tribal girls and pressure from civil society groups. An enquiry committee constituted to look into …
They blame each other for failure of a Centrally sponsored programme The Department of Health and the Bruhut Bangalore Mahangara Palike (BBMP) are embroiled in a blame game over poor response to a Centrally-sponsored free health camp. While the department has accused the Palike of failing to create adequate awareness …
Kashmir has seen the sharpest decline in the female population Blaming the latest technology and unscrupulous doctors for the declining sex ratio, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said the situation was
