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CM’s pharmacy stores’ on the anvil to make generic medicines available to people: Stalin
M K Stalin,Chief Minister,Tamil Nadu In his Independence Day...
WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency for second time in two years
An emergency committee met earlier on Wednesday to advise WHO...
NHA organises 3-day orientation workshop on Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission scheme
Besides the NHA team, various health industry experts and academicians would also be sharing their knowledge on IT project management, design thinking for ABDM, Health Management information System, data privacy, and healthcare systems engineering and thinking, it...
IRDAI wants commission costs to be displayed on policy papers, to streamline Expense of Management structure for insurers
Rakesh Joshi, member (Finance and Investment), IRDAI Rakesh Joshi, member (Finance and Investment),IRDAI, had met chief financial officers (CFOs) of insurance companies and outlined IRDA's agenda of laying out a clear cut road map on expenses of management so that...
Crop insurance for pomegranate, other horticulture crops too: CM Bommai
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said 100 Primary Health Centres are being upgraded, and Rs 500 crore has been set aside for health care of senior citizens which includes free eye surgeries, distribution of cochlear hearing aids Chitradurga (Karnataka):...
Test makers target Monkeypox market as cases rise globally
More than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported by about 30 countries since early May. The majority were in Europe and not linked to travel to Africa, where the virus is endemic. Public health authorities suspect some degree of community transmission. No...
Almost 90 per cent of the state’s population has health insurance: Rajasthan CM
Ashok Gehlot,Chief Minister,Rajasthan "It is a matter of great happiness that almost 90% of the population of Rajasthan has health insurance. On an average, 4 out of every 10 people in the country have health insurance, but in Rajasthan, 9 out of every 10 people have...
World Environment Day: New solutions to cut pollution
Akshit Bansal, CEO of Statiq, noted, "In 2019, India led the global score in pollution-led deaths with 2.4 million people dying due to outdoor air pollution; hence it's a key environmental issue for the nation. In this scenario, electric vehicles (EV) causing...
71% Indians not able to afford healthy diet: CSE Report
The diet of an average Indian lacks in fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts and whole grains. A healthy diet is considered unaffordable when its cost exceeds 63 percent of a person's income, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation Seventy-one per cent Indians...
UP reports first suspected case of monkeypox, samples testing at NIV Pune
"Samples of a five-year-old girl have been collected for testing for monkeypox, as a precautionary measure, as she had complaints of itching and rashes on her body. She has no other health issues and neither she nor any of her close contacts travelled abroad in the...
Foot-and-mouth disease reaches Australian shores as Indonesia outbreak spreads
Foot-and-mouth is a highly contagious disease that affects cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. It is characterized by fever and blister-like sores on the tongue and lips, in the mouth, on the teats and between the hooves. The virus has not been detected in Australia for...
Centre writes to 5 states over rise in Covid cases, weekly positivity rates
Rajesh Bhushan,Union Health Secretary States have been asked to refer to the directions issued in a letter by the ministry dated April 8, 2022 for strategic areas of intervention like relaxation in various activities, testing and surveillance, clinical management,...