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 …
A spike in the number of dengue cases reported in the capital over the past one month prompted Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to hold a review meeting with senior officials from the Delhi government and municipal bodies on Thursday. According to data presented at the meeting, 889 cases …
If all women in India had completed secondary education, the under-five mortality rate would be 61 per cent lower, UNESCO has said. India and Nigeria account for more than a third of child deaths worldwide. If all women in both countries had completed secondary education, the under-five mortality rate would …
Taking seriously to the rising cases of dengue, the health department of the Delhi Government, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Directorate of Nation Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (DNVBDCP), and National Institute of Malaria Research held a joint meeting today and decided that there was an urgent need to …
To Observe Dry Day A Week At School & Home Kochi: School students in Kochi will take an anti-dengue pledge and observe ‘dry day’ once a week at their schools and home to prevent and control the outbreak of epidemics. “Students have been asked to take the anti-dengue pledge. School …
Officials of District Aids Programme Control Unit (DAPCU) swung into action following the report filed by National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) terming around 132 villages as sensitive to HIV transmission. The UP State Aids Control Society (UPSACS) has now launched an extensive educational and awareness campaign with special attention on …
Expressing concern over the growing problem of vitamin-D deficiency across the globe, the second international conference on “Vitamin-D deficiency and its health consequences”, held recently in Abu Dhabi, has stressed on creating awareness and education among the masses, especially women, to control this global pandemic. The prime objective of the …
Ailment Reported For The First Time In State, Claims Life Of 50-Year-Old The health department is fighting the first outbreak of Lyme disease in the state in human settlements inside the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. The disease has claimed the life of a 50-yearold woman while four others have been affected …
“Insensitive attempt to create awareness about cervical cancer” Is the Delhi Government promoting moral policing in the name of health education? That is the question to which women activists and students have demanded an answer, pointing to the Delhi Government roadside banners that blame “immoral sex” for cervical cancer. Stating …
JAIPUR: The state government is taking measures to make Jaipur smoke-free city by the end of this financial year through effective implementation of Cigarette and Other Tobacco Product Act (COTPA) 2003. Under a special campaign, the medical and health department, in collaboration with city police, have issued challans to over …
MUMBAI: A sanitation programme for urban slums and schools in Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal has been announced by a child rights NGO in association with a health and hygiene products company. The programme will include converting existing toilet complexes to start functioning as community managed toilets, and repair …
In a major setback to the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry, a Parliamentary Committee has rejected a Bill which seeks to provide a mechanism to regulate standards of medical education in the country citing “serious apprehensions” raised by various stakeholders, including State governments. In its report, the Parliamentary Standing …
This report contains the results of performance audit of the Bureau of Indian Standards and the Dental Council of India as well as the academic activities of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata.
Pamphlets with details on anti-larval operations distributed To create awareness on chikungunya, health officials on Monday carried out door-to-door campaign, conducted fogging operations and distributed pamphlets at Achankuttapatti in Ayothiyapattinam block, near Salem. Of the total 350 families with 1,540 persons in Adi Dravidar Colony, over 300 were suffering from …
The third edition of HIV-awareness train, best known as the Red Ribbon Express, completed its journey in the State on Friday with a record high 5,97,788 people visiting the train in all the districts that it had touched. The train, on a mission to create awareness among the people on …
New Delhi: Health education may soon be part of school curriculum. The government of India, in an attempt to increase awareness about diseases and preventive measures, is mulling over introducing health education as a subject from Class VIII onwards, Dr Jagdish Prasad, the director general of health services, ministry of …
We are writing this letter in the context of the apology recently demanded by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) from actor Aamir Khan, regarding the episode on 27 May 2012 of his show Satyamev Jayate (SJ) dealing with certain practices of the medical profession. We very much appreciate that the …
Such advertisements are everywhere, argues Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Responding to a letter issued by an anti-tobacco advocacy group on depiction of indirect tobacco advertisements at various metro stations, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has said such advertisements are everywhere and “the rules cannot be different for the metro”.“We do …
For making immense progress with the State's anti-tobacco campaign, the World Health Organisation has awarded Himachal Pradesh the WHO South East Asia Regional Office Award 2012. Disclosing this, an official spokesman said the State has achieved the target of making all district headquarters in the State smoke-free. The State is …
District Collector P.I. Sheikh Pareed has said that sale of no kind of tobacco products will be allowed near educational institutions. The district administration has taken a strong stand against tobacco in its recommendations for educational institutions ahead of the new academic year. The committees against tobacco in schools should …
Donate an organ, give someone a new life – Preeti” She joined AIIMS as a young data entry operator, and around the age of 26, she became one of the first and youngest recipient of a donated heart in 2001 — from a 14-year-old boy. Today, over a decade later, …
