Under the MoU, information and eligibility validation services will be provided to beneficiaries, especially in remote area
National Health Agency (NHA), the apex body for the implementation of Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) has signed an MoU to provide...
New report reveals misconceptions that prevent breastfeeeding
An estimated 78 million babies – or three in five – are not breastfed within the first hour of life. This puts them at higher risk of death and disease, making them less...
No cases under the PC&PNDT Act have been filed in several northeastern states, despite falling sex ratio in many of them
India's sex ratio at birth for children born in the last five years is 919 girls per 1000 boys...
Nadda letter to Kejriwal may not go down well with the Delhi administration
Union health minister J P Nadda has written to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on the need to check dengue and other vector-borne diseases.
"It has been observed...
Test and treat for Hepatitis is the need of the hour, says WHO regional director
On the eve of World Hepatitis Day, World Health Organisation has emphasised the urgent need to test and treat for liver infections.
In a statement WHO...
Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment finds GM food products in survey in Delhi, Punjab, GujaratIn a first study of its kind for India, New Delhi-based research and advocacy body Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has exposed largescale...
Hepatitis virus is responsible for a large proportion of liver cancer and cirrhosis cases
Health minister J P Nadda will launch the ambitious National Viral Hepatitis Control Program from Vigyan Bhawan on July 28. July 28 is observed as Hepatitis Day.
Hepatitis...
Monsoons are when these mosquito borne diseases have a field day; government figures show that the numbers are already rising
It is that time of the year again when dengue, chikungunya and malaria have reared their ugly heads. A healthy...
Australian study shows quality of treatment women receive is not the same as that of men
Women with heart conditions are under-treated, a new study has revealed.
Published in today's Medical Journal of Australia, the study of 2898 patients (2183 men, 715...
The state ruled by Trinamool Congress had not initially been keen on NHPM
After much tough talk, West Bengal on Friday became the 26th state to sign a memorandum of understanding with the National Health Agency for the implementation of...
