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 Union Ministry of Health is planning to link public health initiatives, such as a separate public health cadre and a public health Act, to the disbursal of funds under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The public health cadre is one of the areas in which the ministry, during …
Recommends several measures to reduce high rate of maternal mortality The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State Government to ensure maternal safety through proper implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The HC order was passed last Saturday by a bench comprising Justices Sanjay Yadav and Ajit …
New Delhi: Free medicines to all patients visiting any government health facility across the country could soon be a reality with the health ministry ready to roll out a nearly Rs 30,000-crore ‘free medicines for all’ scheme with strong backing from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The free medicine initiative, …
The quality of implementation of the National Rural Health Mission in a number of states has transformed the public healthcare system considerably. Learning from these improvements which have focused on the grass roots, local recruitment is the best way to forge a credible public health system that has public accountability.
The shortage of ambulances in the city is likely to end soon as the government has approved the purchase of 70 new vehicles. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by health minister AK Walia on Wednesday. The minister told TOI that the new ambulances are being purchased from …
The International Advisory Panel (IAP) on National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) on Thursday attributed India’s better health indicators to work accomplished under various components of NRHM. In a meeting held on Thursday, Jeffery D. Sachs, head of IAP along with his team of experts with Union health minister Ghulam Nabi …
Scheme under National Rural Health Mission A new project of the Centre to provide free treatment to those affected by lifestyle-related diseases will be rolled out in the district in March. The Centre is expected to sanction Rs 6 crore for the project under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) …
The extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XXDR-TB) strain in 11 patients in the city has inadvertently highlighted the deplorable condition of hospitals treating the disease, giving them a new lease of life. The state government with help from the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has decided to pump in Rs80 lakh …
New Delhi: The CAG of India has decided to audit the spending of all states under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scheme. After unearthing a Rs 5,754-crore NRHM scam in UP, the CAG will conduct independent audits of the scheme in 17 other states to ascertain losses to the …
An engineer accused in the UP National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam was found shot through the head in his Lucknow home this morning. This is the fourth accused in the scam to have died under unusual circumstances. In an apparent “suicide note” left behind on the living room sofa …
Dibrugarh: District Media expert Rituraj Borthakur said that a measles catch-up programme will soon be started in Dibrugarh district by March. Children from 9 months to 10 years of age will be administrated the doses of measles vaccine as a special drive. While addressing at the campaign on Health and …
A key accused in Uttar Pradesh's National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam has allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself dead, the police have said. Accused and project engineer Sunil Verma shot himself with his licenced revolver in his Vikas Nagar home, Lucknow at 8.30 am. He was rushed to a …
The CBI will take into consideration the CAG report on National Rural Health Mission fund implementation in Uttar Pradesh. The CBI will take into consideration the CAG report on National Rural Health Mission fund implementation in Uttar Pradesh, which has pegged the irregularities to be around Rs 5,000 crore, and …
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered three more cases pertaining to alleged irregularities in the implementation of the National Rural Health Mission funds in Uttar Pradesh. Searches were conducted at 44 places in six cities as part of the probe. The first case pertains to purported conspiracy among officials …
The CBI on Thursday registered three cases relating to alleged irregularities in the NRHM funds in Uttar Pradesh to the tune of Rs 250 crore. It booked IAS officer and the then Principal Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department of the State Pradeep Shukla and others and conducted …
The District Planning Committee has given approval in principle to the project District Collector P.I. Sheikh Pareeth has said that a final version of a district level project, to be included in the comprehensive health programme that will be implemented in the State during the 12th five year plan starting …
The CBI, which is probing alleged irregularities in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam, made three more arrests —two bureaucrats and a businessman — and questioned four persons here on Friday. Those arrested are former DG of family welfare S P Ram, Uttar Pradesh Small Industries Corporation Ltd managing …
With the “non-communicable diseases” high on agenda both at international and national level, the theme is widely publicised in 2012 wall calendar of the Union ministry of health and family welfare. Unlike the traditional calendars that adorn photographs related to the ongoing programmes, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Asha workers …
As high out-of-pocket healthcare expenses pose heavy financial burden on the families, Government of India is considering a variety of financing and delivery options to universalize health care services. Hence, an estimate of the cost of delivering universal health care services is needed.
For a country which is home to one-third of the world's poor, it has been the most striking failure of our public health system to reach out to them. It is not that some of the social or religious groups in particular lack access to quality healthcare facilities, but that …
