Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent an indispensable force with which to combat inequities in access to health services and progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while …
PATNA: Only 227 posts under the National Health Mission in Bihar have roster clearance even though 393 employees are working under the mission in the state. The fact came to light at a videoconferencing organised for state health minister Mangal Pandey on Tuesday evening to review the progress of the …
KOCHI: The health policy introduced by the state government envisages several instrumental changes in the health sector in Kerala. The policy, which underlines the need for vitalizing public sector, prepares a roadmap of both short-term and long-term projects and programmes to be carried out in the health sector in the …
KOLKATA: Kolkata Municipal Corporation mayor Sovan Chatterjee and several other KMC MMIC members and councillors took up a dengue awareness campaign in their respective wards by themselves on Sunday morning by spreading bleaching powder and spraying larvaecide. Mayor Sovan Chatterjee was seen spreading bleaching powder at Behala. "Comparing statistics of …
The awareness van of the Health and Welfare Department on tuberculosis was flagged off from the office of the Civil Surgeon Dr Raghubir Singh Bains and Dr Shamsher Singh Mann, Assistant Civil Surgeon. Dr Gumreet Kaur Duggal, District Family Welfare Officer, Dr Kamalpal Sidhu, Assistant Health Officer and Dr Ragu …
Stillbirth, which is defined as a baby born without life at or after 28 weeks gestation, is one of the major problems facing the health sector across the world. It is estimated that about 26 lakh stillbirths occurred globally every year and India accounted for the largest proportion with 5.9 …
Kochi: An analytical study conducted by State Health Systems Resource Centre Kerala, which comes under the health department, found that the healthcare system was not ready to respond to a mass scale emergency and this was illustrated by the Puttingal temple fireworks accident on April 10, 2016. The study stated …
The dengue virus reduces a patients' count of platelets -- tiny blood cells that help the body form clots to stop bleeding. Apollo Hospitals, in association with with Godrej's Hit spray, on Tuesday launched India's first online "platelet donor community" for patients suffering from dengue. The dengue virus reduces a …
Campaign implemented in 22 districts to diagnose breast, cervix cancer The Punjab government on Sunday said it had started a special screening in 22 districts of the State to diagnose breast, cervix and mouth cancer. The campaign is being implemented in 192 sub-divisional hospitals and community health centres, Health and …
THRISSUR: A community radio focusing on health-related issues will be launched here on Thursday, by the Kidney Federation of India (KFI). Hello Radio 90.8 would be probably the first community radio in the state striving to create awareness on various health issues as well as to network patients, doctors, hospitals, …
To celebrate World Health Day, BCM School organised various activities on Friday, which highlighted the need and importance of good health and exhorted them to shoulder the responsibility to create awareness among society members. The morning assembly was marked by the PPT, thoughts, shlokas, poem and speech on the theme …
Ganga Das, 19 and pregnant for the first time, was determined enough to get her immunisation done at a Public Heath Centre (PHC) at Juri village of this block in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district. Married at the age of 17, Ganga's determination was a result of an equally determined effort …
World Diabetes Day was observed by the Kochi branch of the Indian Medical Association, Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association and State chapter of the Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI) at the General Hospital here on Monday with an awareness programme. Deputy Police Commissioner Arul R.B. …
Chennai: After wielding fogging machines, hand sprinklers and fists full of bleaching powder, the Tamil Nadu government, in a fresh attempt to kill the dengue buzz, has now launched an app. The move comes in the wake of a spike in dengue cases in the state ahead of the onset …
CHANDIGARH: With 7,388 cases of malaria and 1,401 cases of dengue during this season in Haryana, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has stressed the need to introduce measures on how to control water borne diseases and sanitation in the syllabus of students of schools. He was presiding over a meeting …
The advent of the Sustainable Development Goal era, in the context of new threats and instabilities to peoples worldwide, offers an ambitious agenda for revitalizing political commitments to human well-being—for future generations as well as our own. The High-level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth provides a special opportunity …
The health sector is a key economic sector and a job generator. The aggregate size of the world’s health sector is over US$ 5.8 trillion per year. Across the OECD countries, employment in health and social work grew by 48% between 2000 and 2014, while jobs in industry and agriculture …
With dengue cases on the rise in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Monday launched an awareness campaign in the city being carried out by the state police as he joined in a clean-up drive clearing choked drains with the help of spades and shovels. Rawat caught eyeballs as he …
Kolkata: With two city students having succumbed to dengue and at least two more testing positive, schools are on high alert. The latest victim is a Class-VII girl from a Salt Lake school, who was reportedly admitted to hospital with high fever that has been detected to be dengue. LMG …
In a major step towards revamping regulations in medical education and services, the government has proposed the National Medical Commission Bill. The bill proposes setting up of several autonomous boards that will be bestowed with wide powers to maintain high ethical standards in medical education and professional services. The proposed …
The popular notion that dengue-causing mosquito Aedes aegypti strikes only during morning hours is a myth. "Research has now proved that these mosquitoes bite during the night too, in areas where there is light. It's high time we waged a war against dengue," said Dr KK Aggarwal, general secretary, Indian …
