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. …
As part of the child health nutrient month (CHNM), the health department has decided to offer Vitamin A dose to 6.9 lakh children living in rural pockets of the district from December 2. State-wide, around 2.3 crore children are targeted by the programme which is aimed at checking cases of …
Says it will provide healing touch to the needy Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal launched the Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojna amid much fanfare at a state-level function here today. Balbir Singh of Katehra, the native village of Health Minister Surjit Kumar Jyani, was the first to be given …
Nutritional support during treatmentof pulmonary TB recommended Severely undernourished tuberculosis (TB) patients in rural India have twice a higher risk of death, a scientific research study has concluded. The study conducted at Jan Swasthya Sahyog (JSS or Peoples’ Health Support Group), a non-profit voluntary organisation, suggests the need for nutritional …
The state has shown a decline in the infant mortality in rural are a sover the past three years, but it has remained the same in the urban areas. The number of infants dying before completing one year has considerably reducedin the rural areas, thus, bringing down the overall infant …
As you may be aware, in India, thousands of mothers and hundreds of accident victims die every year due to unavailability of timely blood transfusion. India has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world and thirty percent of these maternal deaths, mainly in rural areas, are due …
Union Minister launches seven healthcare schemes Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said that Assam has emerged as role model in the health sector of the country by implementing the highest number of schemes under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Launching the 102 National Ambulance Service and …
Taking seriously to the rising cases of dengue, the health department of the Delhi Government, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Directorate of Nation Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (DNVBDCP), and National Institute of Malaria Research held a joint meeting today and decided that there was an urgent need to …
After successful implementation of a scheme for free supply of medicines in hospitals, the Rajasthan Government started the free diagnostic test facility at all primary health centres situated across the State to mark the Independence Day on Thursday. The scheme for free tests for all patients was introduced at all …
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - Islamabad—District Health Department, Islamabad has planned extensive campaign against dengue in the rural areas of Islamabad from the first week of September and completed all necessary arrangements in this regard. According to details, the district health officials planned extensive drive against dengue in the rural …
ISLAMABAD: District Health Department has planned an extensive campaign against dengue in the rural areas of Islamabad from the first week of September and completed all necessary arrangements in this regard. According to details, the district health officials planned an extensive drive against dengue in the rural areas soon after …
Younger daughters-in-law in rural families have shorter children on average, says research There is new evidence that the unequal social status of women could play a significant — and as yet ignored — role in explaining India’s “inexplicably” high under-nutrition levels. For its per capita income, India has stubbornly higher …
The provision of healthcare services in India is skewed toward urban centres and the private sector. Urban residents, who make up 28 per cent of India’s population, have access to 66 per cent of the country’s available hospital beds, while the remaining 72 per cent who live in rural areas …
India accounts for 19% of global maternal deaths, three-quarters of which come from nine states. In 2005, India launched a conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme, Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), to reduce maternal mortality ratio (MMR) through promotion of institutional births. JSY is the largest CCT in the world. In the …
Monday, June 10, 2013 - Islamabad—After Sindh and Punjab, Islamabad and its rural areas are under the threat of measles epidemic. According to hospitals sources, around 40 measles patients, almost all of them children, are daily brought to two hospitals, Federal Government Polyclinic Hospital and Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences …
Sankara Eye Foundation has 11 eye hospitals, 125 doctors & 600 paramedical professionals An Indian eye care institution is celebrating its one millionth free eye surgery with a special ceremony on Thursday at the Churchill Dining room in the House of Commons. NRI Punjabi MP Virendra Sharma, who represents the …
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken a definitive step towards introduction of the proposed undergraduate course in rural healthcare by deciding to approach the Union Cabinet for its consideration and approval. An affidavit filed on May 27 by the Ministry in the Delhi High Court, as the …
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been bringing out a regular publication titled `Rural Health Statistics in India’ providing detailed statistics on rural health infrastructure and manpower in order to cater to the needs of health planners, policy makers, other government and non-government organizations and research institutions working …
The editorial “Doctors for Rural Areas” (13 April 2013) is highly practical and convincing. In view of the dearth of capacity of preparing an MBBS doctor, our country lacks the number of doctors required for serving the rural areas. The MBBS doctors coming out from private medical colleges have to …
The incidence of cancer in the rural areas in the country is much lower when compared to towns and cities, triggering an interest among experts to study the causes for the phenomenon. While the incidence is 45 per one lakh a year in the rural areas, it is as high …
Private hospitals refuse treatment under government insurance schemes The Chhattisgarh government has had to accept yet another setback while trying desperately to rope in private players to strengthen public health care services. At least 20 major private hospitals have refused to provide treatment under the Chief Minister’s health insurance scheme …
