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. …
Rajesh Ahuja CHANDIGARH: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday that though the country had made substantial progress in health determinants over the past decades and the critical indicators of health had shown consistent improvement, the progress was
KOCHI: There are many instances of hospitals turning out to be hatcheries of disease. But Kochiites can heave a sigh of relief as some hospitals in the city and suburbs will soon be infectionfree zones. Twenty hospitals, which include 12 private hospitals and eight government hospitals, have been certified as
On the occasion of the observation of Cleanliness Week from October 1 to 7, the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) was launched in Hailakandi district. On this occasion a district-level function was organised at Rabindra Bhawan in Hailakandi town on October 1 under the auspices of District Water & Sanitation Committee …
The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna and National Rural Health Mission have the potential to transform the health and financial security of poor households. The experience of VimoSEWA indicates that health insurance must be firmly linked to an effective public health system. A high percentage of claims for preventable illness, unnecessary …
This is one hospital with a difference: Patients don't go to it; it floats to them. The many inaccessible islands in the Brahmaputra river now have a common connecting link-hospital boats from the award-winning project, Ships of Hope-that brings them quality medical care right at their doorstep. Former journalist Sanjoy …
The Union Cabinet, on Thursday, approved the launching of an annual health survey in the Empowered Action Group (EAG) States identified under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to get a feedback on the impact of schemes being implemented under the Mission. The field work for the survey would commence …
Even as delayed monsoons and subsequent floods hit Assam, over 2 lakh flood vulnerable people living in the saporis or river islands of the Brahmaputra have been covered with sustained health care for the first time in their lives by the
THE government plans to centralise the purchase of medicines for its dispensaries and healthcare centres across the country, a health ministry official said. The step is being taken after social activists have alleged that a decentralise procurement system is breeding corruption, the official, who did not want to be named, …
Significant milestones have been achieved by the National Rural Health Mission in Assam, but arduous hurdles have to be crossed before improved healthcare becomes accessible to all. The NRHM that was launched in 2005 started its initiatives a few months late and till date has spent substantial funds for the …
The community health centre (CHC) in the small town of Chomu, near Jaipur, is cited as a model unit of the government healthcare system, which has seen a structural shift through the Rs 14,127-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). As the eye wanders from the rats trotting along the walls …
: Gangtok, Aug 9: Comptroller and Auditor General of India has criticised Sikkim government for poor management of National Rural Health Mission (NHRM) with Rs 44.43 crore as unspent balance. The retention of huge unspent balance ranging from Rs 1.60 crore in 2005-06 to Rs 44.43 crore in 2007-08 indicated …
The Madhya Pradesh Government has decided to spend Rs 962 crores on health services in rural areas this year. Out of the amount Rs 406.10 crore would be spent on maternity and child health, Rs 264.40 crore on National Rural Health Mission programmes, and Rs 55.20 crore on pulse polio …
India is reeling from a debilitating shortage of vaccines, which has severely affected the universal immunization programme reveals the latest report in Down To Earth (DTE). Is based on response to an RTI application filed by DTE that revealed how a plan to promote private vaccine makers boomeranged. See Also …
Down To Earth filed an RTI application to find out the reason of vaccine shortage in India. The response revealed how a plan to promote private vaccine makers boomeranged. The health ministry was forced to get vaccines illegally from the very public sector manufacturers it suspended last year Shuvam Kumar …
Official admission In December 2008, a team of health ministry officials toured 13 states to review the National Rural Health Mission. They found, among other things, hospitals in Bihar did not have vaccines for diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus. The review also reported shortages in Assam, where measles vaccine was …
