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. …
The 15th issue of annual publication - National Health Profile 2020 - provides comprehensive information related to health sector and ensures that all data pertaining to public-funded surveys related to health are available user-friendly formats at one place and in public domain. The updated information from this publication shall provide …
Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding 'In Re: Distribution of essential supplies and services during pandemic' dated 30/04/2021. The bench comprising Justices Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat directed the Union of India to ensure that the deficit in the supply of oxygen to …
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the workplace dangers faced by key workers who need far greater protection to do their jobs safely, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said. A new report by the ILO, released to mark World Day for Safety and Health at Work, found that 7,000 health workers …
Order of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Balaji Medical and Research Center & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 27/04/2021. The matter related to shortage of oxygen cylinders in Delhi. The Chief Secretary, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) has informed the …
Order of the Supreme Court of India 'In Re: Distribution essential supplies and services during pandemic' dated 27/04/2021. The SC directed the Chief Secretaries of the State Governments and Union Territories to file their responses clarifying the infrastructural facilities which are available in the States/Union Territories to tackle the COVID-19 …
Order of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh dated 26/04/2021. The matters related to scarcity of oxygen, shortage of beds in the hospitals and manipulation with the data of deaths and positive patients of COVID-19 in Madhya Pradesh. An application filed by Manoj Sharma, President of the High Court Advocates …
Order of the Chhattisgarh High Court in the matter of Suo Moto WP (PIL) Vs State of Chhattisgarh & Others dated 22/04/2021. The petitioner has requested that as there is paucity of beds in almost all the government and private hospitals, interference is necessary and direction must be given to …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of 'In Re: Distribution of essential supplies and services during pandemic' dated 22/04/2021. The SC noted that drugs, oxygen and vaccination availability and distribution to address the COVID-19 pandemic is being carried out by governments including the central government according …
Order of the Patna High Court in the matter of Shivani Kaushik Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/04/2021. The matter related to management of COVID-19 situation in Bihar. The court had directed inspection of Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH), Patna by the Director, AIIMS, Patna and the …
Order of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Rakesh Malhotra Vs Government of National Capital Territory of India & Others dated 20/04/2021. The matter relates to steps take to tackle COVID-19 in Delhi. The Central government in its affidavit informed the HC that it had asked all …
Order of the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs State of Jharkhand & Others dated 17/04/2021. The matter related to non-availability of CT-Scan machine - a machine to detect the infection in the lungs of a person suffering from COVID-19 …
Healthcare systems are at the frontline of delivering critical care during emergencies. Yet, already before the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries were struggling to meet even routine demands for health care. Climate change, disasters, pandemics, and demographic changes will increase pressures on already strained health systems. To strengthen the resilience of …
Climate change is increasingly affecting health care facilities in many settings around the world. To reduce climate change risks, health care facilities need to be resilient. Climate-resilient health care facilities are those that are able to anticipate, respond to, cope with, recover from and adapt to climate-related shocks and stress, …
Order of the Allahabad High Court in the matter of In-Re inhuman condition at quarantine centres and for providing better treatment to corona positive Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 06/04/2021. The matter related to steps taken by the state of Uttar Pradesh to tackle the threat of the second …
Nairobi is the top city in Africa for innovation and ranks among the top 100 globally, the Knight Frank’s 'Africa Horizons Report 2021/22' indicates. The Kenya's capital ranked ahead of Cape Town which was second, Kampala third with Cairo and Johannesburg at fourth and fifth place respectively. Dar es Salaam …
NITI Aayog released a report outlining the range of investment opportunities in various segments of India’s healthcare sector, including hospitals, medical devices and equipment, health insurance, telemedicine, home healthcare and medical value travel. India’s healthcare industry has been growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of around 22% since 2016. …
India's healthcare system is dominated by a fragmented and highly diverse private healthcare sector ranging from large multi-specialty and corporate hospitals, diagnostic centres, not-for-profit hospitals, charitable trust hospitals and nursing homes, to individual practitioner led clinics (qualified and unqualified), chemist shops and traditional healers. This paper contributes to the developing …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Dr. Ashwani Kumar Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/03/2021. The matter related to admission of elderly people on a priority basis in private hospitals besides government hospitals amid the COVID-19 scenario. The bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subash Mohapatra Vs State of Odisha dated 03/03/2021. Grievance in the application was against the construction of a hospital building on forest land by the Rural Health Centre of ‘Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan’ (SOA) group of institutions in Jamujhari Mouza of …
The 2019-20 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), the fifth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India and each state and union territory. This report presents the key findings of the NFHS-5 survey in Assam, followed by detailed tables and an appendix on sampling errors.