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. …
Does special infant food for certain rare medical conditions have to be kept out of the Infant Milk Substitute (IMS) Act — a law to prevent predatory marketing practices by baby food companies — to ensure their availability? This question sparked a tussle between public health activists and the Food …
Of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB), <50% complete treatment. Most treatment failures for patients with MDR TB are due to death during TB treatment. We sought to determine the proportion of deaths during MDR TB treatment attributable to TB itself. We used a structured verbal autopsy tool to interview …
The objective of the study was to review policies on management of latent tuberculosis infection in countries with low and high burdens of tuberculosis. Original Source
“Turmeric powder, flowers of marigold and flame of the forest, raw waste of beetroot and spinach and kattha used in paan are used as ingredients to obtain colour pigments." With the festival of colours approaching, organic colours are flooding the market and a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Thane is boosting …
Jaipur: If you see health department officials at your doorstep in next three days, do not be surprised. Health department will launch a massive door-to-door campaign in the city for preventing spread of swine flu and other seasonal diseases including dengue. From Monday, teams of health department will check health …
With the rise in technology, there is a high demand for quality and affordable healthcare in India. The healthcare market in the country is poised to grow from USD 100 billion in 2016 to USD 280 billion in 2020, therefore creating a huge opportunity for healthcare and health tech companies …
Panaji: After battling to reduce malaria cases for almost a decade, the state government is aiming to achieve zero indigenous malaria transmissions and zero malaria deaths by 2020. In 2007, Goa registered 9,755 malaria cases. Within a 10-year period, it has managed to significantly control the spread of malaria. In …
Chennai: As many as 12 states, including Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Nagaland and Sikkim, have no government-sponsored health insurance, according to latest data with the IRDAI. The Centre’s planned ‘Ayushman Bharat’ could act as repreive for residents in these states, as more states have pulled out of participation in 2016-17 …
Scientists have discovered crucial new processes that allow malaria parasites to escape red blood cells and infect other cells, offering potential new treatment targets. The researchers are working with pharmaceutical companies to use this knowledge to develop new antimalarial drugs - a critical step in the battle against drug-resistant malaria. …
Cabinet approves new health policy Kerala’s new health policy focusses on improving and equipping the public health system to deliver affordable, accessible and quality care to the public at primary, secondary and tertiary levels so as to bring down the huge out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure on health in the State. It …
Cases of medical negligence have increased sharply in the past few years, raising concern about the level of professionalism in the country’s medical sector. According to the Rwanda Medical and Dental Council, cases of medical malpractice doubled from 12 reported in 2014 to 27 in 2015 and 34 in 2016. …
Kenya has formed a task force to develop regulatory framework toward the adoption of alternative medicine in the mainstream medical sector, a government official said on Wednesday. Sicily Kariuki, Cabinet Secretary for Health said the health sector is confronted with emergency and reemerging health challenges that require a solution through …
Dar es Salaam — Tanzanians can now expect to live longer than estimations reported two years ago, a new study has shown. The revised World Population Prospects 2017 report released by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division puts the average life expectancy of a Tanzanian …
Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana emerged among the best three performers in terms of overall performance according to the Niti Aayog’s health index while Uttar Pradesh topped the table on incremental performance despite being at the bottom. NITI Aayog released a comprehensive Health Index report titled, "Healthy States, Progressive India" …
According to the World Health Organisation Global TB report 2016, India accounts for 2.8 million of the 10.3 million new TB cases globally More than half of all cases of TB every year — two-thirds of new cases in people 15-19 years old — can be prevented by ensuring people …
Thiruvananthapuram: The state assembly on Thursday passed the Kerala Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Bill, 2017, envisaged to ensure quality healthcare. Successive governments had tried—albeit in vain—to pass the Bill several times in the past. The Act is aimed at ensuring quality treatment and services, minimum facilities at hospitals, clinics …
AHMEDABAD: Efforts to check air pollution may have proved ineffective in the city but Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (ATIRA) has developed a nano fibre-based virus protective face mask that allows people to breathe fresh air. The mask is made using a special nano web-based technology and helps filter bacteria …
This publication aims to provide policymakers and enforcers with a basis for reflection on the positive impacts that protecting consumers bears in promoting a more inclusive and sustainable development. This approach will help them improve the consumer protection framework while also devising and implementing development strategies. Equally, it underscores the …
Rwanda has become the first low-income country to provide universal eye care for its 12 million population. The government has partnered with the organisation Vision for a Nation (VFAN) to train more than 3,000 eye care nurses based in 502 local health centres, prescribing glasses and referring those with serious …
In 2015, the second cycle of the CONCORD programme established global surveillance of cancer survival as a metric of the effectiveness of health systems and to inform global policy on cancer control. CONCORD-3 updates the worldwide surveillance of cancer survival to 2014. Original Source
