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. …
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a global health and developmental emergency, as they cause premature deaths, exacerbate poverty and threaten national economies. In 2008, they were the top killers in the South-East Asia region, causing 7.9 million deaths; the number of deaths is expected to increase by 21% over the next …
The government is drawing up a five-year health plan with focus on strengthening rural health care and bringing down the death rate of newborns and their mothers. Mamata Banerjee, who holds the health portfolio, went to the health headquarters in Salt Lake today to be briefed by officials about “Plan …
The Tamil Nadu government has proposed a budget of Rs 4,761 crore for the health sector. Two major schemes, the National Rural Health Mission (NHRM) and Tamil Nadu Health System Project are under implementation to achieve the goal of universal health care in the State. During 2011-12, the Government proposes …
High level ministerial meeting 4 August, 2011 - The year 2012 was declared as the year of intensification for routine immunisation in the South East Asia region by the world health organisation, following a high level ministerial meeting in New Delhi on August 2. Health ministers from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri …
KALPETTA: A four-and-a-half-year-old child died and 15 tribesmen of Karimam Paniya Colony at Pulpally in the district were admitted to the primary health centre at Pulpally with symptoms of cholera on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Bijith, son of Thampi of the colony. The child was admitted to the …
It may be split into three instalments CHENNAI: The poll promise of increasing the maternity assistance amount for pregnant women will mean nearly doubling the budget as the State prepares to dole out Rs.12,000. Hitherto, Rs.6000 was being given to pregnant women, split into instalments of Rs.3000, during maternity and …
Recast of existing public health schemes to get attention The approach paper to the 12th five-year Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17) will focus on restructuring public health schemes to make these more effective, even as stakeholders today asked the Planning Commission to address the issue of shortage of manpower in this …
Alipurduar, May 6: At least hundred members of the primitive Toto tribe are down with water-borne diseases at Totopara where water is supplied from a reservoir that has not been cleaned up in the past 15 years. Around 1,000 persons live in Totopara, the only place in the country where …
India's growing economic strength is based on an economic model that has enhanced the very disparities that the call is concerned about. Promotion of medical tourism at the cost of universal primary health care has not been accidental, but the result of a policy that places the market above people's …
In India, despite improvements in access to health care, inequalities are related to socioeconomic status, geography, and gender, and are compounded by high out-of-pocket expenditures, with more than three-quarters of the increasing financial burden of health care being met by households. Health-care expenditures exacerbate poverty, with about 39 million additional …
KOLKATA, 18 OCT: The state health department has decided to provide bicycles under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) to reach remote areas in the blocks. A team of officials from NRHM recently visited various block primary health care centres and primary health care …
Jamshedpur/Ranchi, Sept. 27: The number of dengue cases detected in the state over the last three weeks climbed to 80 today, as the district civil surgeon
Patients visiting public health centres in Nagaur district in central Rajasthan these days rarely buy branded drugs. Doctors direct them to the government- run generic medicine stores (GMS) where quality drugs are available at low cost. The district administration of Nagaur has managed to free the public health system from …
Archna Shukla India has possibly the largest number of active non-government, not-for-profit organizations in the world. A recent study commissioned by the government put the number of such entities, accounted for till 2009, at 3.3 million. That is one NGO for less than 400 Indians, and many times the number …
The regulatory structure must help promote universal access to basic health care P Zachariah / July 03, 2010, 0:59 IST Thanks to the Ketan Desai episode, we are at a point pregnant with possibilities for reform in the practice of, and education in, the health professions. The most fundamental human …
Rather than just a medical issue health status of a population is now considered an important economic indicator of development for any economy. Health services have a major influence on the well-being of individuals and societies, and are an important part of a nation's politics and economy.
