Over 60 percent of women anaemic in West Bengal: NFHS savita29 Jan 2016 8:07 AM ISTOver 60 per cent women in the age group of 15 to 49 years in West Bengal are anaemic, says the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4). In...
Health minister urged to reinstate terminated AIIMS faculty Pooja28 Jan 2016 1:13 PM ISTThe Faculty Association of AIIMS (FAAIIMS) has urged Health Minister J.P. Nadda to reinstate two faculty members of the institution, who were removed...
Telangana to appoint doctors for child healthcare Pooja28 Jan 2016 11:14 AM ISTThe Telangana stats govt has announced its plans to recruit 600 doctors to address the issue of prevailing inadequate child healthcare service...
Govt to expand coverage of Jan Aushadhi scheme Pooja28 Jan 2016 8:57 AM ISTThe government is all set to provide relief to patients by expanding the coverage of its Jan Aushadhi scheme. As a result, there will be a discount...
Family planning a key strategy to reduce MMR and IMR: Nadda savita27 Jan 2016 8:28 AM ISTShri J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare while addressing the ‘India marches towards FP 2020: A meeting of the India Caucus’ at...
Madurai: Government Rajaji Hospital granted Rs 1.5 cr for renovation Pooja26 Jan 2016 10:19 AM ISTMinister for Health C. Vijaya Baskar has announced a grant of Rs 1.5 crore to the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai for renovation work at the...
74 percent doctors in urban areas catering to only 31 percent of population savita25 Jan 2016 12:02 PM ISTIndia urgently needs to resolve issues pertaining to its healthcare sector in the light of the gross neglect the sector has witnessed over the years,...
India needs extensive universal health coverage policy: Experts Meghna A Singhania24 Jan 2016 12:31 PM ISTIndia's universal health coverage policy needs to be extensive, considering the role of the states and Centre and lower than expected performance of...
JP Nadda named to high-level UN advisory group on women,children savita23 Jan 2016 1:01 PM ISTUNITED NATIONS: Union Health Minister J P Nadda was named by UN chief as a member of the first high-level UN advisory group of a global movement, that...
Shri J P Nadda felicitates 43 scientists for their contribution in Biomedical Research savita21 Jan 2016 1:16 PM IST“Our PM has a vision that the fruits of science should reach the poorest, the vulnerable and to the remotest areas of the country and we must ensure...
Delhi, Chennai to get National Centres of Ageing Meghna A Singhania20 Jan 2016 12:08 PM ISTTo cater to the needs of the elderly population in the country, the government has approved setting up of two specialised national centres...
Haryana: Govt orders probe into grant of permission to MPHW colleges Meghna A Singhania20 Jan 2016 11:58 AM ISTHaryana government has ordered a vigilance inquiry into the approval given for openning 15 Multi-Purpose Health Worker (MPHW) colleges during the...
