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 …
In a new set of instructions for private diagnostic labs and hospitals, the Health Department has asked them to inform its officials about the arrival of any new dengue and malaria patient at their centres. Health officials said information about dengue and malaria patients from private medical establishments would help …
KOZHIKODE: A cold war is on between Kerala and the Union Government over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship e-Hospital platform under the Digital India Initiative, with the state giving impetus to its own e-Health facility offering online services to patients. Though state officers couldn’t give the exact reason for not …
In an effort to curb antibiotic resistance, the World Health Organization (WHO) has divided the drugs into three categories — access, watch and reserve — specifying which are to be used for common ailments and which are to be kept for complicated diseases. Commonly used antibiotics will be available under …
Blantyre — The World Health Organization (WHO) of the Africa Region Office has called upon its member states to include tobacco control in their national policies, plans and SDG implementation frameworks as one way of reducing tobacco-related diseases. According to a press statement issued by WHO ahead of the World …
A rare disease is a health condition of particularly low prevalence that affects a small number of people compared with other prevalent diseases in the general population. India, like many other developing countries, currently has no standard definition of rare diseases and since there is no epidemmiological data, there are …
Voice Concerns Over Quality, Qualification Of Chemists Soon after the Prime Minister's push for a law mandating doctors to prescribe medicines with their generic names instead of brands, 73% doctors surveyed across the country have opposed the decision, citing concerns on quality of drugs available. The survey , shared exclusively …
Deadly infectious pandemics will mark humanity's future, as they have shaped its past. Neither individual governments nor the global community can entirely prevent the emergence of infectious threats. But we can be much better prepared. This report by the International Working Group on Financing Preparedness (IWG) proposes ways in which …
he 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by countries at the United Nations in 2015 sets forth a comprehensive vision of development with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets across all aspects of society [1]. The 2030 Agenda document is ambitious and explicit about the need for integrated …
This first World Report on Health Policy and Systems Research reflects the importance of monitoring and measuring developments in the field. It provides evidence that allows national policy-makers and funders to see how their investments contribute to the generation and use of policy-relevant knowledge. Its chapters describe the evolution of …
Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) meant to improve health and raise revenue are being adopted, yet evaluation is scarce. This study examines the association of the first penny per ounce SSB excise tax in the United States, in Berkeley, California, with beverage prices, sales, store revenue/consumer spending, and usual beverage …
An Act to provide for mental healthcare and services for persons with mental illness and to protect, promote and fulfil the rights of such persons during delivery of mental healthcare and services and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The Union Health Minister said NHP aims at an assured and affordable healthcare for all, besides free diagnostics and emergency care services. UNION HEALTH Minister J P Nadda on Sunday hinted at restructuring of the Medical Council of India (MCI) to clear bottlenecks in its functioning and streamlining facilities at …
The National Health Policy, 2017 approved by Union Cabinet focus on preventive and promotive health care and universal access to good quality health care services. The policy seeks to reach everyone in a comprehensive integrated way to move towards wellness. It aims at achieving universal health coverage and delivering quality …
Canada’s universal health care system does not include universal coverage of prescription drugs. We sought to estimate the effects of adding universal public coverage of an essential medicines list to existing public drug plans in Canada. Original Source
Among Canadian youth, 18% have tried cigarettes, with the range increasing from 3% among children in grade 6 to 36% among youth in grade 12. A person who starts smoking as a child or youth is less likely to quit later in life than someone who starts later. Factors such …
The move will give states the flexibility and freedom to choose their own path and progress at their own trajectory, WHO Representative said. The WHO has stressed on the need for a national framework defining roles of the Centre and the states to address health issues and ensure convergence and …
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has prepared a draft Public Health (Prevention, Control and Management of epidemics, bio-terrorism and disasters) Bill, 2017 and has invited comments on the same. A Bill to provide for the prevention, control and management of epidemics, public health consequences of disasters, acts …
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has notified Medical Devices Rules, 2017 on 31.01.2017. The new Rules have been framed in conformity with Global Harmonisation Task Force (GHTF) framework and conform to best international practices. Only 15 categories of medical devices are, at present, regulated as drugs and to …
This report aims to raise awareness about the role that the reform of public health laws can play in advancing the right to health and in creating the conditions for people to live healthy lives. By encouraging a better understanding of how public health law can be used to improve …
