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. …
According to Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, four out of 10 Indian children don’t receive full immunization during infancy thus making them vulnerable to immunodeficiency. Hence, experts warn that asthma –like symptoms in kids should not be ignored. They even suggest going for immediate tests for an immunodeficiency. …
JAIPUR: The Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (or eVIN) rolled out by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in October 2015 across all districts of Rajasthan, is helping the state health officials in maintaining the temperature of vaccine stores and keeping a tab on their availability. The health department is …
4-Point Decline In Deaths Per 1,000 Live Births India is set to achieve its millennium development goal (MDG) for under-five mortality by next year. In what comes as a significant indicator of improvement in child healthcare, India recorded a fourpoint decline in under-five mortality rate from 49 deaths per 1000 …
The WHO on Thursday called for strengthening India’s disease surveillance network by engaging private healthcare sector more for reliable counts of cases of dengue and chikungunya, which have claimed over 80 lives and affected more than 50,000 people across the country. Terming engagement with private healthcare sector as “critical”, WHO …
The five recent deaths+ that were attributed to chikungunya+ can't have been caused by the vector-borne viral disease, Union Health Minister J P Nadda was quoted as saying on Wednesday by ANI. ""There is no doubt that chikungunya+ can't be cause of death," Nadda said at a press conference. The …
There have been 60 Dengue deaths with 27,879 dengue cases reported from different states and union territories in the country so far this year. West Bengal has reported the highest number of dengue deaths in the country so far this year with the figure till August end standing at 22, …
In Odisha, a man slung his wife's body over his shoulder and carried it 10 km after being denied an ambulance on August 24, 2016. In Kanpur, a man's sick son died on his shoulder after being denied admission to a hospital on August 29, 2016. Such cases become visible …
Guwahati: The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4 (2015-16) states only 10.4% of households in Assam have a family member covered by a health scheme or health insurance. NFHS-4 was carried out under the aegis of the ministry of health and family welfare with the Mumbai-based International Institute of Population …
The health protection scheme, modelled after Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), has already obtained the Expenditure Finance Committee's approval. PM Narendra Modi’s reiteration in his Independence Day address about the Centre’s commitment to providing a health cover of Rs 1 lakh to the poor may give National Health Protection Scheme …
Why India’s health insurance models frustrate and exclude a large part of the population. Three quarters of India’s population has no health insurance. Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda said in May 2016 that only about 24 per cent of the population has some form of medical insurance. That includes …
Government is conducting a study to ascertain whether the use of plastics for food packaging has any harmful impact on human health, Health Minister J P Nadda said today. He, however, said there is no harm if plastics are used as per the standards laid down by the regulator Food …
The Mental Health Care Bill 2013, which provides for protection and promotion of rights of persons with mental illness during the delivery of health care in institutions and in the community, was passed unanimously by a voice vote. The Rajya Sabha passed a bill seeking to provide better healthcare for …
The expenditure on healthcare in last fiscal by the Centre and state governments was 1.3 per cent of the GDP, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. As per the Economic Survey 2015-2016, the expenditure by government (Central and state governments combined) on health as percentage of GDP was 1.3 …
BHUBANESWAR: The shocking spate of deaths among Juang infants in mineral-rich Jajpur’s Nagada has exposed the slow progress achieved by the State in ensuring appropriate nutrition for its tribal populace which is reflected in the level of stunting, wasting and weight among children. Over the last 10 years, there has …
The per capita expenditure on health in India in 2012 was 58 US dollars as against 88 and $ 108 in other developing countries like Sri Lanka and Indonesia respectively. "As per World Health Statistics 2015 brought out by World Health Organisation (WHO), the per capita total expenditure on health …
The paper was presented by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune. Meteorologists from various institutions across the country have been asked to maintain ‘restrain’ while sharing their findings with the media after the ministry of environment, forests and climate change recently ‘rejected’ a research paper on mortality due …
Already 10 deaths have been resported. Monsoon may have only set in recently for large parts of the country but the disease people associate with it the most, seems to have had an early start. According to the National Vector Borne Control Programme, as of June 28, cases of dengue …
The Crusade Against Tobacco orgnaization also said that the current policy has failed to stop foreign tobacco firms from promoting brands using indirect channels The government needs to urgently plug all loopholes in the FDI policy on tobacco and have a comprehensive ban on it, ensuring that no steps are …
To do away with any concerns about the rating method, data reported by the facilities themselves on the management information system (MIS) every month will be used to give the ratings. Star-ratings will no longer be the benchmark of luxury alone. Public health institutions in the country will soon be …
CHENNAI: Six months after the union health ministry ushered in injectable polio vaccine, Tamil Nadu has introduced it in its routine immunization. Since Monday, close to 20,000 infants across the state have been administered an injection with inactivated polio vaccine (IPV). The injection, which produces antibodies in the blood to …
