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. …
This working paper by the planning commission seeks to evaluate quantity and quality of service delivery in rural public health facilities under NRHM. Is based on findings from studies in Andhra Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh,Bihar & Rajasthan. This paper seeks to evaluate quantity and quality of service delivery in rural public health …
Zubeda Hamid Chennai It can lead to perineal injuries, haemorrhage, pain and infection WHEN G Maria (name changed) was giving birth, she did not even know the doctor was performing an episiotomy.
Congress candidate from East Delhi constituency Sandeep Diskhit on Tuesday said the Congress is committed to ensure food security as it has promised to enact a Right to Food law. Interacting with citizens in Vishwas Nagar area in his constituency, he said the Congress has pledged that every family living …
Chandigarh: Chandigarh has been adjudged among the top five performing states and union territories in the country by TB India-2008 RNTCP (Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme) status report, brought out by the Union Health Ministry. The treatment success rate of tuberculosis for the year in Chandigarh was 86 per cent. …
HAILAKANDI, April 20: Under NRHM scheme, the health infrastructure in the district is going to be improved in all aspects. Pharmacies in all health centres in Block level in this district have been opened by deputing Pharmacists. Lala, Katlicherra, Algapur and Hailakandi Pharmacies are supplying medicines free of cost. District …
Mainstreaming the ayurveda, yoga, unani, siddha, homeopathy systems should imply deep changes in maternity care. Big changes there are, but in the wrong direction. Aiming to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality, the National Rural Health Mission
The present government and the ones before it have neglected the health sector, as the National Family Health Surveys show. WHAT is the state of the nation
The National Rural Health Mission, a scheme under the Union government to provide effective healthcare to the rural populace, is likely to get extended up to 2017, as certain programmes under the scheme were very well responded to in some parts of the country. The scheme was launched in the …
The United Progressive Alliance government has lost a valuable opportunity to expand and improve healthcare access across the land and across all social sections during its five-year term. The Common Minimum Programme promised a public expenditure on health of between two and three per cent of the GDP. The actual …
The National Rural Health Mission provides a large canvas and platform for health action, but Shyam Ashtekar (EPW, 13 September 2008) misses many issues and does not make his critique from the right perspective. During the short period of its existence there is ample evidence to show that the mission …
The experience gained by the integration of the leprosy eradication programme with the general health services has many lessons to offer in the context of the National Rural Health Mission
The District Health and Family Welfare Department has assured that the possibility of recurrence of Chikungunya this year is nil, and hence, the public need not worry. Speaking at an information workshop organised for media persons at the office of the Assistant Director of Information here on Monday, District Health …
Immunisation programmes make little headway in last five years Despite over 8% GDP growth for past four years, infant mortality rate dropped marginally from 58 in 2004 to 54 in 2008 Bhanu Pande NEW DELHI ELECTIONS COME & GO, GOVERNMENTS change, but it seems that India is just frittering away …
Compulsory rural posting for doctors is welcome India has made tremendous advancement in the area of healthcare for the past few years. However, it is equally true that the benefits of medical advancement have not reached rural India. Thus, the Health Ministry
