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. …
India had the largest number of malnourished children in the world. Our figures were worse than sub Saharan Africa. For me as for many others, India's high growth rate loses its sheen when, despite all the resources allocated to it, malnutrition could not be handled and brought down in any …
Touching the border of Birbhum in West Bengal , in this abjectly poor district of Sahebgunj in Jharkhand the story of despair is stark. In the black stone mines of Pakur and beyond, run the dark narratives of Kala Azar, silicosis, malaria, tuberculosis and rampant malnourishment. Poverty stares brazenly but …
A huge six-year effort to provide basic public health care services in rural India has run half its course with much remaining to be done, but a few significant successes offer hope for the future. A mid-term evaluation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) shows that there aren
Female health workers in India face an increasing workload that affects their performance. The authors did a study in 2 districts of West Bengal, India, to quantify their workload and identify determinants of good performance.
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Cabinet on Monday gave its nod for introduction of Public Health Standards for Primary Urban Health Centres (PUHC) in the Capital. As per the plan, for every 50,000 population, one such health care unit would be identified, strengthened and upgraded to a PUHC. After the meeting, …
Dumka, March 2: The polio spectre seems to be looming large on Santhal Pargana with doctors suspecting four new cases in Rajmahal and Uduwa blocks under Rajmahal sub-division of Sahebganj district. According to sources, the medical officer of Rajmahal sub-divisional hospital, Dr Alimuddin, and a doctor at Uduwa primary health …
The aim of the present study was to analyze factors associated with TB control at Mutale health sub-district in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Using a cross-sectional descriptive study design health care providers (n=72 professional nurses), DOT supporters (n=78) and TB patient
Main Focus Will Be On Revamping 215 Primary Health Centres Delhi will soon have its own urban health mission after the model of the National Rural Health Mission. The mission
Karthik Madhavan The nurse who was visiting the PHC at Devarmalai a few months ago has stopped coming Locked: The Primary Health Sub-Centre at Devarmalai in Bargur Hills has not been functioning properly for the past few months forcing villagers to go down plains to the Government Hospital in Anthiyur.
Change is inevitable; it is truly the only constant. Often change is hard to detect, particularly in amorphous domains such as governance and development. Be assured though that India is changing, even if at a glacial pace. The Seventh India Today State of the States Report reveals that the gravity …
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 …
With initial cost of Rs 300 million, the Punjab government is going to introduce mobile health unit system in three tehsils of the province to extend quality health services to the people of those areas. The mobile health unit system will comprise collapsible and non-collapsible diagnostic, invasive and non-invasive electro …
Two shots of measles vaccine given during childhood protect a person for life. Four shots of polio vaccine do the same. But flu shots must be taken every year. And even so, they provide less than complete protection. Old Ways A hurdle to faster flu vaccine production is that current …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Rural Health Mission (Arogya Keralam) has sanctioned Rs 5 crore for the Ayurarogyam project which envisages comprehensive geriatric care focussing on one block of Primary Health Centres. The NRHM assistance comes following the success story of the project which was implemented on a pilot basis in Velinallor …
