Cabinet Apprised on the progress made under NHM Medical Dialogues Bureau7 Jan 2019 10:00 AM ISTIn respect of Malaria, the Annual Parasite Incidence (API) declined to 0.84 in 2016 from 1.10 in 2011. In 2017 malaria incidence went down by 30% and...
Chief Custom Commissioners to follow Health Ministry advisory on e cigarettes ban Medical Dialogues Bureau5 Jan 2019 10:05 AM ISTThe Union health ministry had issued an advisory to all states last year to ensure ENDS are not sold, manufactured, distributed, traded,...
Union Health ministry asks states to penalise violation of tobacco rules Medical Dialogues Bureau29 Oct 2018 9:20 AM ISTUnder section 4 of COPTA smoking is prohibited in public places, and section 6 prohibits sale to /by minors. Sec 6 (A) prohibits sale of tobacco...
Supreme Court refuses to stay Health Ministry rules on health warning for tobacco products Medical Dialogues Bureau18 July 2018 5:57 PM ISTNew Delhi:Â The Supreme Court today refused to stay the operation of new amended rules of the Union Health Ministry directing the manufacturers to...
Cabinet approves accession to Protocol under WHO Framework Convention on tobacco control Medical Dialogues Bureau6 May 2018 9:30 AM ISTÂ New Delhi: The Union Cabinet Chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given approval to accede to the Protocol under World Health...
Quit line on tobacco packs: Doctors and former smokers hail move Medical Dialogues Bureau30 April 2018 9:44 AM ISTThiruvananthapuram: The Centre's decision to include the quit line number -- 1800-11-2356 on all tobacco packs from September 1, 2018, would be a boon...
Haryana to set up committee to monitor tobacco control activities savita thakur thakur16 Sept 2017 1:25 PM ISTChandigarh:Â Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij approved the formulation of a State Level Coordinating Committee (SLCC), which would be the nodal...
Tobacco may cause irreversible blindness: AIIMS Doctors savita thakur thakur2 Sept 2017 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Tobacco not only causes cancer, its prolonged consumption also may also lead to blindness, and often such cases are irreversible, doctors...
Health Ministry launches report on tobacco free film and television policy savita thakur thakur13 Feb 2017 9:41 AM ISTThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India revealed the findings of a study to evaluate the implementation of the Film Rule, under...
Medical college Survey on tobacco use calls for focus on preventing initiation savita thakur thakur25 Dec 2016 11:17 AM ISTThough the legal age of selling tobacco products in the country is 18 years, over 70 per cent of higher secondary school students surveyed in this...
Kerala: Private hospitals declared tobacco smoke free savita thakur thakur10 Nov 2016 9:20 AM ISTKochi: Kerala's private healthcare sector today declared all its institutions tobacco smoke-free as part of its patient-welfare and public health...
Dial 1800112356 to quit smoking savita thakur thakur31 May 2016 3:44 PM ISTNew Delhi: Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda launched the country's first Tobacco Cessation Quitline which aims to guide tobacco addicts 'kick the...
