Health

The anemia control programme review indicated challenges in IFA supply chain management, demand generation and monitoring. Considering, the slow progress i.e. less than 1% per annum in reduction of anaemia from 2005 to 2015, the Government of India has launched the Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) strategy

India continued to build on its recent success in controlling malaria, with the number of annual deaths going below 10,000 for the first time ever in 2018, a 41% reduction over 2017, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Malaria Report 2019 released on Wednesday. Malaria cases in

With birthing balls, suspension straps, grass mats and other tools and props that help manage labour pain, the Union health ministry is seeking to revamp delivery rooms in government hospitals to make natural childbirth a stress-free and calm experience for women. Earlier this month, the health

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, approved the establishment of the National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa in Leh as an autonomous organization under the Ministry of AYUSH and to create the post of Director in Level -14 (Rs.1,44,200-2,18,200/-)(Pre-revised Rs.37,000

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Trauma Centre in New Delhi is in the final stages of getting a rooftop helipad — after a decade-long wait — which will make it the country’s first government hospital to possess a facility to receive accident victims and critically ill patients

Minister of State (Ind Charge) for Labour& Employment, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, informed that ESIC has recently taken initiative viz. partnership of ESIC with PMJAY – Ayushman Bharat to provide medical care to ESIC beneficiaries in 102 designated newly implemented districts. He further said that ESIC

“Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) of India has declined by 8 points in one year as per the latest Special Bulletin on MMR released by the Registrar General of India. This decline is important as it translates to nearly 2000 additional pregnant women saved annually”. This was stated by Dr. Harsh

The robotic surgery facility in the Safdarjung Hospital (SJH) New Delhi was dedicated to the nation by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan, on Saturday. Safdarjang Hospital is one of the biggest tertiary care referral centre of India, under Ministry of Health and Family

Thirty young cadets began the journey of BSc (H) in Nursing with the Lamp Lighting Ceremony in Army Hospital (Research & Referral), here today. The cadets adorned army nursing uniformas they entered this noble profession. Deputy Commandant, Army Hospital (R&R) Major General Prashant Bharadwajwas the

Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, inaugurated the 100 bedded ESIC hospital at Rudrapur (Uttarakhand) on Wednesday. Addressing the gathering, he said that the hospital has been constructed in a plot area of 5 acres along with 32 staff quarters with an approx

India may eliminate its shortage of doctors in less than seven years, as per estimates drawn up by the Union Health Ministry. As the country rolls out Ayushman Bharat and includes 50 crore people in the medical net, it is imperative that the shortage — of approximately four lakh doctors — is reduced

The 4 th Ayurveda day is to be organized on 25 th October, 2019 at National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, Rajasthan. Dhanwantari Pujan and “National Dhanwantari Ayurveda Awards -2019” ceremony will be held at NIA in the presence of Om Birla, Speaker, Lok Sabha as Chief Guest. MoS (IC) for Ministry