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. …
Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has claimed that there is "no conclusive information" available with Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) regarding high prevalence of respiratory or other diseases caused by air pollution. Azad was replying to a question in Parliament on February 18. However, a large-scale study sponsored by …
Giving priority to drinking water projects, housing projects and efficient waste management schemes, the Paravoor Municipality presented its annual budget 2014-15 on Monday. Vice-chairman and chairman of the standing committee of finance, K S Shahul Hameed presented the budget in which Rs.79.61 crore has been projected as income, the expenditure …
Concerned over several posts lying vacant in medical services in scheduled areas, the Group of Governors recommended that ministries of health and tribal affairs should declare all tribal sub-plan (TSP) districts as 'high priority districts' under National Rural Health Mission. This would provide medical staff working there a lump-sum incentive. …
President calls for creating a polio-free world As India celebrates its victory over polio — completing three years without any case of the debilitating infection — the nation becomes entitled to polio-free certification by the World Health Organisation in March. On Tuesday, President Pranab Mukherjee received Rotary International’s highest award …
42 Babies Out Of 1,000 Die Before Reaching Age Of One Year In Country It is well known that quality of life varies greatly amongst different states within India. Some states have greater industrial or agricultural output, higher income levels, better education and health indicators, while others are still struggling …
ALLAHABAD: With an aim to set up a quality assurance system in state health facilities, NRHM authorities will organize a two-day workshop on January 27 and 28 in Lucknow for district women hospitals and 121 rural health units. District programme officer, National Rural Health Mission (DPM-NRHM) VK Singh told TOI, …
The Government of India has been implementing many social sector programmes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MGNREGA), National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)/ Swarnajanyanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA), Mid-Day Meal (MDM) Scheme, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) etc. to address …
Resist Taboo, Fight Graft To Get Better Treatment Pune: Reshma (name changed) was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) during a free health check-up camp held in Satara, about 109 km from Pune. Government doctors asked her husband to start treatment immediately. The man first refused to accept that his wife has …
Despite the implementation of a national prevention programme and state-of-the-art infrastructure for treatment, Maharashtra has witnessed an alarming rise in cases of cancer among women in the last four years. In fact, after Uttar Pradesh, the largest number of cases have been detected in the state A week ago, during …
Meet to review physical, financial status of schemes Stressing on the need to focus on reducing the neonatal mortality in state, state health minister, Shabir Ahmad Khan, said that there was need to improve facility-based and home-based newborn care in state. He was addressing the chief medical officers and block …
Jammu and Kashmir is all set to begin screening of over 50 lakh children for nearly three dozen diseases, including birth defects, under the Centrally sponsored Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) scheme. The RBSK scheme is likely to be implemented in December in all districts of the state. Jammu and …
Minister of State for Health Shabir Ahmad Khan today said the Centre had sanctioned 2,400 sub-health units under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) for the state. He said this while chairing a review meeting of officials of the Health Department. The officials informed the minister that the health institutions …
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been bringing out a regular publication titled `Rural Health Statistics in India’ providing detailed statistics on rural health infrastructure and manpower in order to cater to the needs of health planners, policy makers, other government and non-government organizations and research institutions working …
Repeated Infections Reported The city’s dengue figure crossed 2,100 on Monday, with the municipal corporations reporting 400 cases in the last four days. The number of dengue deaths has also gone up to 10 – three patients confirmed positive through Elisa test and the rest through NS1 rapid kit test. …
Despite being the number one state on several parameters, Haryana lags behind several other states when it comes to the infant mortality rate (IMR) and the maternal mortality rate (MMR). Out of every 1,000 children born in Haryana, 42 die within a year of their birth while 162 out of …
Only 18% Have All 3 Facilities; Fall In Agriculture’s GDP Share: Report One in five rural households has none of three basic facilities — drinking water, electricity and sanitation — while only about 18% have access to all three. The India Rural Development Report 2012-13 released by Jairam Ramesh on …
Wants More Beds, Platelets In Hospitals Terming the spread of dengue in the capital as alarming, union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday ordered the state to take immediate actions like increasing beds for dengue patients and ensuring availability of platelets in hospitals. The health minister held an emergency …
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has asked the health departments of all states to discontinue the use of a particular batch of Hepatitis B vaccine supplied to government hospitals across the country. The ministry has written to all states that the Central Drug Laboratory, Kasauli, has found …
This could be the UPA’s worst cut to its beloved aam admi. Healthcare has virtually been handed over to privateers. India is taking firm steps to a certain health disaster. All of 80 per cent of healthcare is now privatised and caters to a minuscule, privileged section. The metros are …
The infant mortality rate (IMR) in the state has fallen for the second consecutive year, as per the recently released Sample Registration Survey (SRS), 2012. The survey conducted by the Registrar General of India recorded that the IMR has fallen by three points from 52 to 49 per 1000 births. …
