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Health authorities reduce dose of the drug to children falling sick A day after over 800 schoolchildren were taken ill due to intake of iron and folic acid (IFA) tablets across the state, nearly 100 children fell ill in Sirsa and an equal number of children were taken ill in …
Nearly 880 students, 150 of them girls, suffered from nausea and complained of stomach ache after consuming iron tablets in government schools in several districts of Haryana, officials said on Tuesday. The folic acid (iron) tablets were given to them as part of Haryana Health Department’s supplementation programme to combat …
‘The tablet given under the WIFS programme is safe and efficacious’. The Centre on Monday claimed that adverse effects reported by children after consuming iron folic tablets under the Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) programme were ‘expected’ and, rather ‘less than expected’. However, “it is safe and efficacious,” it …
About 15 lakh children were administered iron and folic acid tablets in schools of 20 districts today . The Health Department today launched its weekly iron and folic acid supplementation (WIFS) campaign to combat anaemia.A spokesman of the National Rural Health Mission, Haryana, said today the campaign would be launched …
55,300 School Students In Karnataka To Get Tablets In Pilot Project Bangalore: Every Monday, children in all 55,300 government and aided schools in the state will be given iron and folic acid tablets. The Union health and family welfare ministry on Wednesday launched its pilot project in Karnataka to beat …
Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation begins tomorrow In a major initiative to address adolescent anaemia, the government is launching a Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) Programme from Karnataka from Wednesday. Speaking to reporters here on Monday, Anuradha Gupta, Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission, said supervised Iron-Folic Acid (IFA) …
Campaign For Well-Being Of Newborns And Mothers Launching a campaign for maternal and child health here on Monday, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav blamed the previous government for not doing enough to improve health scenario in the state. Titled ‘Hausla’ (courage), the campaign aims to curb maternal, neonatal, infant and child …
All the State governments in the northeast are likely to face a deduction of at least 7.5 per cent in Central funding under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), if New Delhi goes by its decision of reducing funding pattern. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is contemplating to …
Three out of every four estimated maternal deaths are not being reported in Madhya Pradesh, says a national rural health mission (NRHM) report presented at a regional workshop on maternal health, here on Tuesday. Poor reporting of medical termination of pregnancy (MPT) by the private practitioners is also an issue …
Were given iron and folic acid tablets at Fatehabad school Fourteen schoolchildren fell ill reportedly after consuming iron and folic acid tablets at the government school at Hukmanwali village in Fatehabad today. Sapna, Satbir Kaur, Luvpreet Kaur, Khushpreet Kaur, Jagdeep Singh, Nirmal Kaur, Padam Singh, Karamjit, Amritpal Kaur and Khushpreet …
The government today said no outbreak of any water, food or air-borne disease has been reported from the flood-affected areas of Uttarakhand. A three-member high-level committee from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is in Dehradun to review the public health situations with state health authorities. The team had …
Amid fears of disease outbreak after widespread devastation in flood-affected Uttarakhand, the Union health ministry has deputed a high-level team which will review the public health measures in the state tomorrow. The ministry said it was monitoring the situation and has initiated a few steps for relief operations that include …
The infant mortality rate (IMR) and maternal mortality rate (MMR) in 11 Maoist-hit districts including the Kalahandi-Balangir-Koraput (KBK) region were alarming, Union health secretary Keshav Desiraju said. Balangir tops IMR, among the 11 districts, with 98 per 1,000 live births followed by Kandhamal at 86 against the state average of …
INDORE: Under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), the state going to conduct health screening of kids up to the age of 18 years from July 1. The programme will be known National Child Health Programme in which health problems such as birth defect, deficiency, development delay and disability will be …
Diabetes has become one of the leading public health issues in the country. The Government of India has a strong commitment to tackle this challenge through the National Program on Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) programme. A strong need was being felt to understand …
LUCKNOW: The Government of India has earmarked a sum of Rs 3,043.88 crores to the Uttar Pradesh government for implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in financial year 2013-14. The amount is about 12% more than what was allocated last year. Officials in the state health department informed …
Haryana will suspend its Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) Programme for the summer vacation following reports of schoolchildren becoming ill after the administering of iron and folic acid tablets over the past few weeks. Even as a Government of India team led by the programme manager of the …
Despite not ranking high in health indicators, Orissa was the star at the recently held first ever workshop of state health secretaries on National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) with spotlight on the state's public-private partnership in health sector. Keeping political differences aside, the UPA government felt the model was worth …
New buildings will be constructed for the 139 health sub-centres in Tamil Nadu under the National Rural Health Mission. The project would provide buildings for sub-centres in remote areas where the existing structures were found to be unsuitable for use. A sum of Rs 20.91 crores was sanctioned by the …
Fatehabad/Sirsa, May 23 The weekly iron and folic acid supplementation programme of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is facing roadblocks in Ratia block of Fatehabad due to recent incidents of schoolchildren falling ill after consuming iron and folic acid pills though the scheme is running well in rest of …
