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. …
Lucknow In what comes as a shot in the arm for the Mayawati government in UP, battling allegations of widespread misappropriation of NRHM funds and unsolved murders of two CMOs and a deputy CMO, the World Bank has approved a $152-million loan to help the poll-bound state to build infrastructure …
The hunt for blood will no longer be as frantic as it usually is, if a Web-enabled system set up in Orissa serves the purpose for which it has been designed. The e-blood bank service, which the government calls the first of its kind in the country, is built around …
LUCKNOW: The draft report submitted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) team after the National Rural Health Mission performance audit in the state reveals that about 27% of the total fund released by the Centre during the past four years did not reflect in the accounts of the state …
The fourth phase of medical camps to enrol endosulfan victims will be held in select localities in the district from December 17 to 21. Thirty-eight doctors from 11 departments of five medical colleges will examine patients. As many as 70 experts drawn under the National Rural Health Mission will be …
Needs of all local bodies taken into account The draft document of the Comprehensive Health Plan for the district for the next five years, an initiative spearheaded by the Health Department and the National Rural Health Mission, in coordination with various other government departments, local self governments and agencies, was …
DIBRUGARH: National Rural Health Mission, Tinsukia observed World AIDS Day with a day-long programme on Dec 1. The day’s program started with a rally, originating from the Dakbunglow, where health workers and health officials of NRHM, members of different NGOs and other dignitaries participated. It was followed by a district …
120,000 new HIV infections were reported in 2009. The 12th five-year plan will strive for a 60 per cent reduction in new Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections by 2017. The plan document will also incorporate recommendations of a Planning Commission working group constituted to suggest measures to strengthen AIDS control …
This paper presents primary data collected from two districts of Surat and Kutch in Gujarat and examines how and to what extent the decentralised system of governance has contributed to delivery of health services in rural areas of Gujarat. It finds several lacunae and shortcomings in the delivery by panchayati …
In recent years public-private partnerships have been offered as the miracle-cure that would help fix all the challenges to the health sector. Over the last decade, a number of ppps providing maternal health services have come into existence but few have been evaluated. This paper examines whether ppps with the …
Kanpur: After the investigations into the anomalies into the alleged National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), the health authorities have planned a new way to get rid of irregularities in financial transactions under the scheme. The Central authorities have opted for online banking, which will be operated by the Central fund …
With an aim to provide healthcare facilities to rural areas, MediAngels, the country’s first e-super specialty medical consultation platform has mooted a proposal for having the facility connected to the National Rural Health Mission centres. The proposal will be taken up with the Punjab government. Under the proposal, NHRM centres …
Manmohan to take up the issue with Pranab Mukherjee Chief Minister Oommen Chandy met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Monday with a delegation of eight of his Cabinet colleagues and sought over Rs.11,000 crore as a special financial package for the development of the State. Dr. Singh promised to …
In a setback to the UP government, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the utilisation of funds and implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in the state since its inception in 2005-06. The court directed …
KOLKATA, 13 NOV: Chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee may have said that Rs 1,200 crore of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has already been spent for infrastructure development of rural hospitals as well as various projects under NRHM, but according to the data provided by the NRHM authorities only …
Six years after it was launched, the plan to have 24/7 functioning community health centres (CHCs) under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is yet to be realised, largely because of paucity of specialists. The state-wise progress report compiled by the ministry that was circulated internally in September shows that …
Shillong, Nov. 7: Research is under way to ascertain the reasons behind the prevalence of anaemia among women, as Meghalaya’s maternal mortality rate is reported to be higher than the national average. Last year, the maternal mortality rate was 238 per 100,000 deliveries, while the national average was 212 only. …
Criticised for not doing enough to tackle the spread of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, where hundreds of children die or are disabled every year, the Centre has now approved the setting up of dedicated wards in seven hospitals in the …
LUCKNOW: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) started its crackdown in the multi-thousand crore National Rural Health Mission scam by conducting search at ten leading eye hospitals in the city on Saturday. Sleuths faced initial resistance at some of these locations like Sunitra Eye Clinic on Hardoi Road in Thakurganj …
Lucknow In a fresh war of words between the Centre and Uttar Pradesh, state chief minister Mayawati has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accusing his Cabinet colleague Jairam Ramesh of scoring political points by alleging misuse of Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) funds received by the …
Though there have been signs of some improvement in the female sex ratio in Himachal Pradesh, state’s health is exploring possibilities of introducing an innovative scheme called ‘mother tracking’. Gujarat has successfully adopted this model for women and child health care. The scheme, which is expected to be functional next …
