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More PHCs, Sub Centres for State on cards J&K;, UP JAMMU: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad said today that his Ministry would undertake an extensive review of Central Government’s flagship programme, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) all over the country including Jammu and Kashmir very …
The Jammu and Kashmir government has utilised 84 per cent of the Rs 592.61 crore received from the Centre under the flagship National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scheme. The state had received Rs 592.61 crore from the Centre under the NRHM scheme since its inception till January 2012, while another …
Alarmed over the fact that there are more than 8,000 HIV positive people in the state, expecting mothers, particularly in rural pockets, will soon be offered an HIV test as part of the pre-natal care by the authorities in order to safeguard the next generation. This initiative has been taken …
The government proposes to convert the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) into a National Health Mission to provide health care to the urban poor also, in the course of the 12th Plan. Universal access to free generic essential medicines in public health institutions in a phased and time-bound manner will …
This study of the operation of the Accredited Social Health Activist programme of the National Rural Health Mission in one of the tribal blocks of Thane district in Maharashtra fi nds that incentives given to ASHAs generate a bias in their work activities and shift the attention of these community …
Show-cause for whistle-blower, Naga Mothers Association Unhappy with the implementation of the National Rural Health Mission, the Naga Mothers Association (NMA) — an apex body of women of different tribes in Nagaland — has called for a full-fledged inquiry into the scheme to eliminate shortcomings and ensure transparent and effective …
Difficult terrain and lack of essential supplies including water, electricity, and communication have virtually derailed the National Rural Health Mission in most parts of Nagaland. Despite this, the infant and maternal mortality rates are low, thanks to the strong community bonding. Though the State government has made serious efforts to …
New Delhi: Even as questions are being raised about the timing of Babu Singh Kushwaha’s arrest on the last day of the seventh phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh, highly placed sources said two more prominent arrests are likely in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam before the votes …
A meeting at the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday decided to increase the total expenditure on health to 2.5 per cent of the GDP from the current 1.4 per cent by the end of the coming 12th Plan period. Chaired by Pulok Chatterji, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, the …
Nutritious diet expert of Department for International Development (DFID), Steves Collin called on Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here on Thursday. He held talks with the Chief Minister on the efforts for early solution to the problem of serious malnutrition. It may be mentioned that DFID is extending technical and …
The 1993 World Development Report (WDR) was subtitled ‘Investing in Health’ and advanced the argument that better health outcomes facilitate economic development. Even if one contests the direction of causation, correlation between better health outcomes and higher levels of economic development is not in doubt. In achieving better health outcomes, …
THE 1993 World Development Report (WDR) was subtitled ‘Investing in Health’ and advanced the argument that better health outcomes facilitate economic development.1 Even if one contests the direction of causation, correlation between better health outcomes and higher levels of economic development is not in doubt.
After registering a zero-polio period in the last one year, India will now be aiming at eradicating measles, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here on Sunday. "India still accounts for two-thirds of measles deaths across the world. We have to address all concerns associated with the measles now," Azad …
The Union Health Ministry has mooted a proposal for monitoring construction activity and service delivery in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) by independent accredited agencies. The proposal, which comes seven years after the scheme kicked off in 2005, was discussed in a recent Empowered Programme Committee — the highest …
Two prestigious projects started with much fanfare by the Punjab government under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) have failed to take off. A community hotline started to report instances of female foeticide and give feedback regarding health services has been lying defunct for over two years now. The service, …
Chief minister Arjun Munda on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a Rs 6-crore rural drinking water project at Manpur village, Baharagora block in East Singhbhum, about 100 kilometres from Jamshedpur, signalling his government’s commitment to the hinterland. Accompanied by deputy chief minister Hemant Soren and Bahragora MLA Vidyut Barun …
As many as 73,839 children below the age of five years have been administered with polio vaccine as part of the Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme in Pathanamthitta district on Sunday, according to official sources. Of the 73,839 children who have been administered with the polio vaccine, 191 belonged to parents …
Singh Sheds Mildness To Deliver Sharp Jab At CM In First UP Outing. Kanpur: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shed his aloofness here on Friday and threw sharp punches at the Mayawati government, charging it directly with misusing National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) funds and neglecting her state’s development. Mincing no …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday minced no words in accusing Mayawati government of misusing funds meant for the National Rural Health Mission. KANPUR: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday minced no words in accusing Mayawati government of misusing funds meant for the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Promising that …
The National Rural Health Scheme scam in Uttar Pradesh has turned murkier with another health official being found murdered at his home — the fifth victim in the past one year after the alleged bungling of over Rs.10,000 crore of Central funds surfaced. The U.P. Police found the body of …
