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Construction of toilets in households has increased manifold after PM Narendra Modi launched a campaign for this under his Swachh Bharat mission. And Swachh Bharat is directly related to Swastha Bharat. It is estimated that 52.85% households in the country have toilets. From October 2, 2014 the

‘Jan Aushadhi’ is a campaign launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals in association with Central Pharma Public Sector Undertakings, to provide quality medicines at affordable prices to the masses. Jan Aushadhi stores have been set up to provide generic drugs, which are available at lesser

अंगदान एक सामाजिक आंदोलन बनना चाहिए, अंग दान जीवन का एक उपहार है: जे.पी.नड्डा अंगदान जीवन का एक उपहार है और यह एक परोपकारी, भेदभावहीन और अनिवार्य रूप से नैतिक कार्य है इसके महत्‍व पर बल देते हुए केन्‍द्रीय स्‍वास्‍थ्‍य एवं परिवार कल्‍याण मंत्री श्री जे.पी.नड्डा ने लोगों से जीवन रक्षण के लिए अंगदान

मैं दौलत महतो हूँ। मेरे ऊपर अंचल आरोग्य योजना प्रमुख रामगढ़ अंचल राँची भाग झारखंड का दायित्व है। झारखंड में 2013 में गांव बरियातु से आरोग्य योजना में एनीमिया नियंत्रण कार्यक्रम का प्रारम्भ किया गया। रामगढ़ अंचल का गोला संच प्रगत संच है। इसे हमने एनीमिया नियंत्रण के लिये चुना। सबसे पहले इस संच में 2

Efforts of children and committed villagers have worked and Shikhar block of UP's Mirzapur district is the state's first to be declared open defecation free (ODF). For a state where only 25% people on an average use a toilet, this is an achievemen.

India’s maternal mortality rate is a matter of grave concern. According to World Bank data, India’s maternal mortality rate was 174 per 100,000 live births in 2015. To address the issue Health Ministry has launched a new programme. Read more .....

After the news of fluorosis-hit Jharkhand village, Pratppur in Garhwa district, was highlighted in the Hindustan Times and the Jharkhand High Court taking cognizance of this report, relief and rehabilitation work has been initiated by the state government. Read more ....

Union Health Minister J P Nadda will roll out a screening programme for cancer, hyper-tension and diabetes in 100 districts on Wednesday. This would be done at primary health centres or sub-centres by trained nurses & auxilliary nurse midwives. Read more .....

Students, stressed-out young professionals, CEOs and retirees have embraced yoga in large numbers as gymnasiums across metros have seen a spurt in yoga practitioners willing to attain health and toning benefits of this ancient system of exercise and spiritual development, according to an ASSOCHAM

गुजरात के 4800 गांवों को "बाहर में मलत्याग करने से मुक्त" (ओडीएफ) घोषित किया गया केन्द्रीय पेयजल और स्वच्छता सचिव श्री परमेश्वरन अय्यर ने आज गुजरात का राजकीय दौरा किया जहां उन्होंने मुख्य सचिव और प्रमुख सचिव (सफाई) से मुलाकात कर "बाहर में मलत्याग करने से मुक्त" (ओडीएफ) स्थिति के प्रगति की समीक्षा की

Many villagers of Pratappur in Garhwa district of Jharkhand are suffering from skeletal fluorosis. The situation is so bad that it is reported that 60 persons died because of this dreaded disease last year. Now there is hope for the villagers here as government is expediting work for providing piped

Addressing a press conference at Chandigarh today regarding the preparations for International Day of Yoga, which is to be celebrated at Chandigarh on 21 st June, 2016, Union Minister of State (I/C) Shri Shripad Yesso Naik outlined the events that are to be held in this regards. The details of the