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. …
Expressing concern over the scarcity of research in the routine health-information system, in reports and published papers, which is crucial to track the response of the health system to the health needs of the population, a paper on
LICENCES of public-sector, vaccine-manufacturing units were restored more than a year ago. But the units are yet to resume supply of vaccines to the Centre’s Universal Immunisation Programme, and it will not happen any time soon if one were to believe activists. The Central Research Institute (CRI) at Kasauli in …
THE Supreme Court has directed the food regulatory body to reconstitute its scientific panels. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had inducted members from the food industry, defeating its purpose of regulating that very industry. The Authority has eight scientific panels, of which seven have 18 members …
BHUBANESWAR: The government has sanctioned Rs 6 crore in the current financial year for Rairakhol NAC for a drinking water supply project estimated to cost Rs 30 crore. The project will meet the drinking water requirement of about 10,000 people of the NAC, considered to be one of the backward …
The National Rural Health Mission was introduced as a flagship scheme of the United Progressive Alliance government in 2005-06 to address the needs of the rural population through an architectural correction of the health system. With the completion period drawing to a close in 2012, this paper critically evaluates the …
The three-member committee, set up to probe the alleged irregularities in conducting studies using human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine by PATH in India, has identified several deficiencies in the planning and implementation of the project leading
THE Union health ministry is again considering introducing injectable contraceptives in the family planning programme. The ministry has asked its Drug Technical Advisory Body (DTAB) to allow use of Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA) in the programme. An earlier attempt to introduce it was withdrawn in 1995 after Supreme Court’s intervention. …
INDIA’S food regulatory authority is all set to notify a comprehensive food safety regulation by January 2011. The Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Regulation will integrate all previous food safety acts like the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. But the draft regulations put up on the website of the …
It is now final: Health Ministry would lord over the proposed Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) only in regard to clinical trials of pharmaceutical drugs but would have no control over genetically modified foods. Sources said the Cabinet has approved Ministry of Science & Technology
The union health ministry is finalising the national antibiotics policy to check indiscriminate use of drugs. The move comes close on the heels of the detection of multi-drug resistant bacteria, dubbed superbug, in foreign patients who underwent treatment in India and Pakistan; it was reported in The Lancet Infectious Diseases …
Nov. 28: Andhra Pradesh has the lowest life expectancy at birth among all the four southern states, though its figures are slightly better than the national average. A child born in Andhra Pradesh is expected to live 10 years shorter than a child born in Kerala, if the official statistics …
New Delhi: Blood sugar testing strips could soon cost as less as Rs 5 each. Each strip now costs around Rs 35, which makes it quite expensive for diabetics who need to test their blood sugar levels at regular intervals. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is working on developing …
