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. …
Bareilly: The state government has directed the chief medical officers of 25 “high risk” districts to conduct a door-to-door survey to for early detection, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Officials said that these surveys will be started from December 26. In a recent letter to CMOs, Padmakar Singh, director general, …
If what the central government spends on providing healthcare for its own employees is a measure of what decent healthcare costs, what governments (central and states put together) spend for the ordinary citizen is a paltry sixth of that amount. The recently released National Health Accounts (NHA) 2014-15 shows that …
Hospital says it did not overcharge The Haryana government on Tuesday ordered a probe into an allegation that Fortis Hospital in Gurgaon had overcharged the family of a seven-year-old girl, who died of dengue, hours after the Centre asked it to initiate an urgent inquiry. The private hospital denied the …
NEW DELHI: Fortis Memorial Research Institute (Gurgaon) charged the family of a seven-year-old dengue patient almost Rs 16 lakh for 15 days in the ICU, but the girl died while being shifted from Fortis to Rockland Hospital. Union health minister J P Nadda on Monday assured the bereaved family of …
India is a major manufacturer of anti-TB drugs for the world, having almost an 80 per cent global market share. New Delhi: Over 30 million tuberculosis patients residing in remote areas have been screened as part of special campaigns, Union minister J P Nadda said today as he underlined India's …
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Thursday said that under the government's initiative, over 15,000 more tuberculosis (TB) cases have been detected. "We have already completed two campaigns covering 257 districts and screened over 30 million vulnerable persons and detected over 15,000 fresh TB cases. We are planning the next …
India has been toying with the idea of UHC since 2011 when a high-level expert committee, formed by the erstwhile Planning Commission, submitted its report but nothing much came of it. The World Health Organisation is keen that India should have universal health coverage (UHC), newly elected director-general Dr Tedros …
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has signed a MoU with National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) to focus on collaborative efforts to address the issues of doping substances and other adulterants in food supplements and nutritional products used by sports professionals. Under this agreement, the two government agencies …
The Union Health Ministry has released an ambitious National Health Policy to deal with problems that hinder affordable healthcare for citizens. DNA does a 'full-body check-up'. Given India's need for good affordable healthcare, the Modi government has so far not been able to achieve the lofty reforms it has promised. …
Nearly 8,000 positive dengue cases reported in State so far With nearly 8,000 positive dengue cases reported in the State from January till date, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has deputed a Central team of experts to Karnataka to review the outbreak and to provide technical assistance …
517 people have died of swine flu in Delhi As many as 166 fresh cases of swine flu have been reported from Delhi taking the total number of confirmed cases of the virus to 517. The figures are till July 30. The deadly virus has claimed a total of four …
As the country, especially the southern parts, witnesses an outbreak of various vector-borne infections, the ministry of health and family welfare has created an online repository of campaign materials and programmes rolled out by individual states in their respective languages. The repository is available on the website of the Directorate …
According to official estimates, until July 9, 12,460 people had been infected, and 600 had succumbed to swine flu in the country. Gujarat recorded 75 deaths from 289 infections; Kerala reported 63 deaths from 1,127 infections, Rajasthan saw 59 deaths from 407 reported cases; and Karnataka had 15 deaths from …
The death toll in Maharashtra so far this year is higher than the number of deaths from H1N1 in the whole country in 2016 — 265 Replying to an unstarred question, Health Minister J P Nadda informed Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that 600 people had died of H1N1 infections until …
The minister said the man had earlier tested negative for fevers like dengue and malaria The Tamil Nadu government today sought to allay fears over discovery of the first Zika case, saying the victim has already been cured and the village from which it was reported is under close watch. …
‘Inadequate’ on parameters that reviewed policies and practices The latest global report on tuberculosis has criticised India’s control plans, even as the Union Health Minister JP Nadda has said that TB will be eliminated from the country by 2025. The Out of Step 2017 report published by Stop TB Partnership …
Over 18,700 cases of dengue have been reported in the country this year, with the Union health ministry attributing early onset of monsoon as one of the factors for spurt in cases ahead of the vector-borne disease season. The maximum number of cases have been reported in Kerala. This is …
Delhi infant with the condition tests negative, the first case for which blood work up was done Although it detected 260 cases of microcephaly in India since February 2016, during an investigation to study the link between the condition and the Zika virus, the Health Ministry did not test the …
The statement came almost a week after the WHO said that three Zika cases had been detected in Ahmedabad. Sources said the statement was issued after reports about “secrecy” around the issue. The Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that Parliament had been informed about Zika cases in India in …
The WHO award is given to governments or individuals who show exceptional zeal in tobacco control. UNION HEALTH Minister J P Nadda is set to get the World Health Organization’s (WHO) award for outstanding global leadership in tobacco control. One of the proposers for the award is Dr K S …
