Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/02/2025. The Supreme Court (SC), February 24, 2025 has directed all states to file their affidavits addressing concerns raised about antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs …
Order of the High Court of Tripura in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs The Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Others dated 09/01/2025. The HC was informed that National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has granted approval for establishing two new Facility-integrated ART Centres (Fi-ARTC) …
Order of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Court on its Own Motion Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2024. The Dr. S K Sarin Committee of doctors constituted by the Delhi HC submitted its interim report and recommendations, April 1, 2024. The committee of doctors recommended …
Order of the High Court of Kerala regarding exorbitant pricing of life saving patented medicines. The High Court wanted the opinion of the government of India on whether the breast cancer medicines and other such medicines can be made available to the less advantaged sections through alternative methods. Counsel for …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of All India Drug Action Network & Others Vs Union of India Ministry of Health & Others dated 13/09/2023. Additional Solicitor General informed the Supreme Court that the Union government would place an update affidavit on the record setting out …
To enhance health co-benefits across urban policies which tackle air pollution and climate change, WHO, in cooperation with various international, national, and local partners, implemented the Urban Health Initiative (UHI) pilot project in Accra, Ghana. The Initiative prompted the health sector to use its influential position to demonstrate to decision-makers …
Judgment of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Baharul Islam & Others Vs The Indian Medical Association & Others dated 24/01/2023. The Supreme Court said the Assam Act of 2015 (Assam Community Professionals (Registration and Competency) Act, 2015) is valid. The 2015 Act is not in conflict …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Gift of Love Adventure Foundation Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/12/2022. The petitioner (Gift of Love Adventure Foundation) has sought relief in the context of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994. The grievance of the petitioner …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS & Others Vs Union of India & Others. The petitioners have submitted that: (i) There are shortages in the procurement of antiretroviral drugs (ART) drugs in India (ii) The tender for 2021-22, which …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Parthsarthi Bajaj Vs Health Secretary & Others dated 09/09/2022. A minor boy (Parthsarthi Bajaj) has sought the Supreme Court's permission to donate his liver to his critically ill father. The SC noted that "in terms of the statute governing …
Brain health is a rapidly expanding field. WHO’s position paper on optimizing brain health across the life course is a technical complement to the recently-adopted Intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders 2022–2031. Many determinants are known to affect brain health at different stages of life. The …
The Ministry of Health has launched the national reproductive health policy (2022-2032) as it moves to consolidate gains made in the health sector. The policy seeks to address age specific needs of the entire life spectrum of the Kenyan population & contains bold steps meant to achieve universal quality reproductive …
The rationale behind the report was the following: Data on Health Facility Electrification (HFE) is sparse, outdated, and/or stored in multiple locations There is limited coordination between energy and health sector actors (e.g. on medical appliances or HFE investments) There is a lot of duplication happening across multiple interventions (e.g. …
Order of the High Court of Tripura dated 25/06/2021 regarding management of Covid-19 situation in Tripura. The HC directed the state to cover as many as possible under vaccination programme as per the availability of vaccine doses with the state administration which would ensure maximum coverage of vaccination within the …
Order of the High Court of Meghalaya dated 23/06/2021 on making Covid-19 vaccination mandatory in the state, before he or she resumes their businesses. The High Court directed that all shops/establishments/local taxis/auto-rickshaws/maxi cabs and buses should display prominently at a conspicuous place, a sign "vaccinated' in the event all employees …
Order of the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad in the matter of Suo Motu Vs State of Gujarat dated 15/06/2021 regarding vaccination to combat Covid-19 in Gujarat. The High Court directed the state of Gujarat to take all necessary actions to improve the health infrastructure in the state considering …
Order of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amravati dated 07/06/2021. The matter related to drugs for treating black fungus cases in Andhra Pradesh. The court said that the drug (Liposomal Amphotericin B) allocated by the Union of India to Andhra Pradesh is not sufficient to treat the patients of …
Order of the Madras High Court dated 31/05/2021 in the matter of D. I. Nathan Vs Government of Tamil Nadu & Others. The matter related to the charges for treating Covid patients in private nursing homes. During the course of the hearing of the case, it was mentioned that the …
Order of the Madras High Court in the matter of Suo Motu writ petition Vs Union Government of India & Others dated 20/05/2021. The matter related to steps taken by Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to combat COVID-19 pandemic. The bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy of …
Order of the Uttarakhand High Court on steps taken by the state of Uttarakhand to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The HC said that a letter was received from an advocate (Aditya Pratap Singh), wherein he mentioned that oxygen concentrators were not classified as an essential commodity. He also pointed out …
