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. …
Stress, among other things, triggers the frequency of epileptic fits a disorder of the central nervous system characterised by loss of consciousness and convulsions. There is evidence that shows stress results in sudden and unexplained deaths in epileptic patients. A study conducted at the National Institute of Mental Health and …
1,06,421 women have been extended benefit of Janani Suraksha Yojana launched in the state for promoting institutional delivery. Under the scheme a pregnant woman of rural area is given Rs 1,400 for institutional delivery and her urban counterpart gets Rs one thousand. Under the project, 25 thousand 739 women have …
The US system of immunisation during childhood is a complex mix of private sector and public sector roles and responsibilities. This system has introduced new vaccines into a schedule that protects children and adolescents from 16 infectious diseases. A universal recommendation establishes a medical standard that should be available to …
“When I tell my colleagues I have not urinated for more than three years, they think I am making excuses to shirk work. They do not understand how painful dialysis is. It leaves me terribly weak. But then I cannot afford to miss work. My monthly expense on medication and …
plague cases are on the rise and are afflicting countries more frequently than before. A who report says there were around 1,900 cases worldwide in 2002, which increased to 2,100 cases in 2003. In India, 16 cases of pneumonic plague were identified in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, in 2002
civil society groups have asked the union government to table the long pending hiv-aids bill at the next session of parliament. The ngo, Indian Network of People Living with hiv - aids says that the failure to pass the bill will derail efforts to check the spread of the disease …
In an effort to curb illegal organ trade and also overcome the massive shortage of organs for transplant, the health ministry is mulling a proposal to introduce the concept of
On the lines of National Rural Health Mission, the National Urban Health Mission will be launched in 429 towns, having over one lakh population, within four months, Union Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss has said. Inaugurating Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital here today, he said the new project would improve all …
Many governments have implemented conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes with the goal of improving options for poor families through interventions in health, nutrition, and education. Families enrolled in CCT programmes receive cash in exchange for complying with certain conditions: preventive health requirements and nutrition supplementation, education, and monitoring designed to …
Launches pilot project in Maharashtra M. Somasekhar Hyderabad, March 5 The successful e-Choupal model of ITC has provided impetus to an experiment in healthcare
A few women protestors, who were demonstrating against the methodology used by the Government for identifying Below Poverty Line (BPL) families, barged into the Planning Commission building here on Tuesday. The protestors, who belong to All India Democratic Women's Association, managed to enter the premises of Yojna Bhawan and shout …
Markets and partnerships can be effective only when there are strong and enforceable regulations, meaningful competition, and an informed consumer base. These are rare in rural India. With less than one per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) invested in public healthcare provision, India is currently one of the …
2.5 crore people likely to be affected by heart ailments due to diabetes Nearly 40,000 people lose their limbs every year due to the disease NEW DELHI: "Just the way the interests of 4 crore poor and marginal farmers have been protected by the Union Budget, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram …
The immunization service delivery support (ISDS) model was initiated in Andhra Pradesh, India, in November 2003 with the aim of strengthening immunization services through supportive supervision. The ISDS model involves a well-established supervision system built upon the existing health infrastructure. March 2008
The rapid growth of India's exports of commercial services during the period 2000-2006, from US $ 16 billion to US $ 72.8 billion, and of India's share in world exports from 1.1 per cent to 2.7 per cent provides ample evidence of India's international competitiveness in the services sector as …
The masked official in white protective gear and bright blue gloves grabbed a squawking hen by its legs, held it upside down and twisted its neck in one swift motion. The bird expelled a mass of possibly contaminated faeces that sprayed the man's mask and faces of unprotected village boys …
R&D; is a fast evolving segment of Indian pharmaceutical industry. Innovation, international partnerships, collaborations, inflow of funds, clinical trials partnerships and co-development deals are changing the landscape of R&D.; However, the potential is far greater and to aid the harnessing of this potential, the Times Group organised the ET Bio-Pharma …
The healthcare and medical facilities provided under the Central Government Health Scheme suffer from several anomalies. While the right to healthcare and medical facilities should be seen as an integral part of the right to life, bureaucrats have ensured that hassle-free and quality healthcare at good private nursing homes and …
