Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent an indispensable force with which to combat inequities in access to health services and progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while …
The WHO and the Union health ministry will launch a pilot project in Cooch Behar and Murshidabad districts of Bengal as part of their nationwide programme to curb the use of tobacco. The plan under the National Tobacco Control Programme involves the setting up of counselling centres at the district …
Institute of Industrial Management of Bhopal is going to conduct a short-term course on Health Safety Environment Management for senior level officers from industries. The programme is organised from 26th to 30th May 2008. This five day programme consist of HSE Management, An overview of New Dimensional Changes in Environment …
Use of soya products can fight malnutrition better in both rural and urban areas as, among protein-rich mushroom, spirulina, soybean and pulses, soybean has 40 per cent protein content and provides cheapest protein, says an expert. ''In Madhya Pradesh, a very large section of population in villages is living below …
Volunteers of Yuvsatta in collaboration with the State AIDS Control Society, and Chemists Association of Manimajra, organised a Magic Show on HIV/AIDS and condom promotion at Shivalik Garden, Manimajra, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. The aim was to motivate people, especially women to be the agents of change. Star of the show …
A series of programmes, based on promotion of good health, concluded recently at Narengi Cantonment in the city. The programmes, launched on the occasion of World Health Day recently, was based on this year's theme
The Delhi Cabinet on Thursday approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) for declaring Delhi a "World Heritage City'. It also cleared a proposal to grant huge concessions on purchase of battery-operated vehicles in the city. Besides, the …
Dental Council of India (DCI), in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), launched two post-graduate certificate programmes in dental care on Wednesday. The courses that are of one year duration are in endodontics and oral implantology.
Ten radio stations in Ghana have been selected to educate people in the country about hiv/aids. The Ghana Aids Commission is funding the project, being implemented by the Centre for Development Communication (cedcom), a development communication consortium. Gariba Ibrahim, cedcom's team leader, said the project would involve the broadcasting of …
Suddenly the Maharashtra Government seems to have woken up to the deadly threat posed by tuberculosis. There seems to be a serious attempt at the "awakening of the masses' to the possibility that they can contract tuberculosis. The publicity blitzkrieg is amazing, a conscious effort is being made to ensure …
Red Ribbon Express (RRE), a seven-coach train, aimed at creating AIDS awareness across the country, is scheduled to arrive at Howrah station on 24 March. A free HIV detection camp will be organised in one of the coaches. Three coaches of the train have been allocated to hold exhibitions to …
create awareness on tuberculosis (TB), the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, with support of various agencies, will organise a rally on World TB Day on March 24. The rally will start at Red Fort around 10 am and proceed to Town Hall.
The Indira Gandhi National Open University is going to launch several courses and formal study programmes on social work and HIV/AIDS, masters in social work (MSW) from July 2008. Besides, a PG diploma in social work may also be launched from January 2009. At the first annual Mother Teresa Memorial …
A two-day workshop for "Prevention and Control of Vector and Water-Borne Diseases' organised by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi opened at India Habitat Centre here on Monday. Inaugurating the workshop, Delhi Mayor Arti Mehra emphasised the need to sensitise children to take preventive measures for control of vector and water-borne …
Doctors in 12 states went on strike in the first week of December protesting mandatory rural posting. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare came up with the proposal in July. A Ramadoss, the health minister, had said then that undergraduate medical students would need to take up rural …
A health camp conducted in Sama, 60 km north of Bageshwar in Uttaranchal in November, revealed that anaemia, chronic infections, gout, tuberculosis and rheumatoid arthritis are the common ailments there. And, 80 per cent of the 250 people who had come for the check up, suffered from these. Most women, …
Short-handed Health education should be sensitive to health care That India is short of doctors and paramedical staff in absolute terms is hardly news. But behind bare statistics is another story. There is a big skew in the distribution of health care personnel
Global patterns of funding clearly show that medical education remains very much a state-dominated sector. In countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
MCI is the body that is supposed to monitor and enforce standards of medical education in both the private and state sector. mci, a statutory body under the mohfw , was established under the provisions of the Indian Medical Council (imc) Act, 1933. Under constitutional provisions, higher technical education was …
