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 Tamil Nadu government has proposed a budget of Rs 4,761 crore for the health sector. Two major schemes, the National Rural Health Mission (NHRM) and Tamil Nadu Health System Project are under implementation to achieve the goal of universal health care in the State. During 2011-12, the Government proposes …
SRINAGAR : Reviewing the progress on various projects under implementation in the State under Prime Minister's Reconstruction Programme (PMRP), Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday asked the implementing agencies to expedite the work for completion within the earmarked timeline. The Chief Minister said that mega projects in the sectors of …
Recognising the threat of non-communicable diseases and lifestyle diseases tipping the balance of the State's health parameters, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) - Kerala would be rolling out lifestyle clinics across the State to provide easy access to medical treatment. With these clinics based at the sub-centre level of …
GUWAHATI: The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today held a protest programme in front of the Directorate of Health Services at Hengerabari in the city over alleged failure of the authorities to curb the menace of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the State. KMSS activists from all over the State took …
The Health Department will issue ‘Red Card' and ‘Blue Card' to the tribal people of Attappady Hills affected by sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder. Persons tested positive for the disease will be issued ‘Red Card,' while carriers will the issued ‘Blue Card.' The Health Department authorities said this …
Vaccines against deadly diseases like polio, tuberculosis and hepatitis B have to be stored, transported and administered with abundant caution or else the results can be disastrous, as was demonstrated to a group of journalists this past week during a field trip to villages around Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. The …
The Uttar Pradesh government has served chargesheet to three senior officials of Department of Family Welfare for alleged irregularities in awarding contracts to Uttar Pradesh Small Industries Corporation Limited (UPSICL) under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Former Director General (Family Welfare) Dr S P Ram, former Director (Family Welfare) …
Irregularities surfacing in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in Uttar Pradesh seems to have come as a wake up call for Himachal Pradesh. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, who presided over a meeting of NRHM on Thursday, directed the health officials to ensure that the services provided under the …
Lucknow:The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court hearing the National Rural Health Mission scam in the state on Tuesday posted the case for July 28. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Kant and Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, heard the petition on Tuesday and posted the matter for another hearing …
It’s a village of 250-odd houses, mostly farming families. The population is around 1,000. People here may be born healthy but, chances are, many will die crippled. Most adults have deformed limbs, making it very difficult to walk, sit on the ground or work in the fields. They are all …
What happens when villagers are allowed to monitor their local public health facilities? India’s National Rural Health Mission is making such accountability a reality through its community-based monitoring initiative. This article presents the first three rounds of data collected by village health committee members in Maharashtra’s 225 pilot villages. The …
Chandigarh Haryana has witnessed a sharp decline of 17.74% in maternal mortality ratio (MMR) as a result of various healthcare facilities being provided free of cost to the pregnant women by the state government to promote institutional deliveries. As per data released by the Registrar General of India, the MMR …
In Uttar Pradesh, over Rs 3,700 crore of central health funds may have been systematically looted over the past six years. Many people, including Rahul Gandhi, had spoken of the NRHM bungle, but the size of the scam indicates that not only were officials at the level of CMO and …
Health is currently a privilege in India. Not a right. Maternal and child health remains neglected even after countless plans, programmes and political proclamations. Every year, nearly 60,000 women die in pregnancy and childbirth, while approximately 1.7 million children less than five years of age also die. In absolute numbers, …
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today lamented that most of the current government programmes lacked a proper evaluation mechanism. "We need to assess the impact of government programmes in a more accurate manner and cannot just say that over a period of time the programme has changed lives, …
Focusing on population stabilisation and meeting the unmet demands of contraceptives, the mission steering group (MSG) of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has decided to utilise Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) for delivery of contraceptives at the homes of beneficiaries. For this, ASHAs can charge one rupee for a …
Focus will be on diagnosis and treatment of cancer, diabetes The State health department will initiate preventive and treatment measures for cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and stroke in Shimoga and Kolar districts from July, under a Centrally-sponsored pilot project. Funded by the Union Health Ministry under the National Rural Health …
