The recent meeting of World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Region nations saw a commitment issued to eliminate measles and rubella by 2023. The 72nd Session of the WHO Regional Office for Southeast Asia (WHO-SEARO), which took place in Delhi, saw member countries pledge to increase immunisation rates in order to boost herd immunity against the …
Goa – home to one of the first medical colleges in Asia – wants to open a second facility in the state more than 170 years after its first college was established. A medical school in Goa was first established in 1842 whilst the state was under Portuguese rule. The facility was upgraded to a …
Ayushman Bharat has helped more than 41 lakh Indians, but a significant proportion of the population in Pune is missing out according to recent reports. The city is home to 1.31 lakh individuals eligible for cover under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), but only forty percent can avail coverage. This is due to …
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The Centre’s flagship health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat is enrolling Indians in droves, but low awareness in parts of the country could be hampering its implementation. The initiative – officially known as the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) – is nearing the first anniversary of its launch this month and has enjoyed significant success …
Every medical college in India will be home to an emergency care department by 2022, it has been announced. The news comes as a boon for emergency medicine, the status of which in India has long been scrutinised as a driver behind the high death toll due to physical trauma in the country. In the …
The Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) will expand to 100 cities by 2022, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has announced. The initiative was launched in 1954 by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to provide a range of health benefits to beneficiaries, including central government employees and retirees drawing pensions, as well …
A partnership between RBL Bank and digital healthcare platform Practo has resulted in a novel yet potentially beneficial creation — a healthcare-focused credit card. Such a concept is reportedly an industry first within India. The hopes of the credit card is to increase access to healthcare by allowing a portion of monthly expenses for matters …
A blood testing device has been developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur that could allow for extremely low cost blood tests using just a simple device connected to a smartphone. The key benefit of the device is the fact that the device can perform a blood test for just …
The Union Health Ministry, in a bid to cut deaths from diarrhoeal disease, will provide the rotavirus vaccine to every child under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP). Acute diarrhoeal disease is the leading cause of infectious disease outbreaks in India and is the second most common cause of death among children under five years worldwide. …
Expanding access to treatment and targeting vulnerable populations will be a core part of a strategy to bring down the number of HIV cases in India, according to recent reports. The Union Health Ministry intends to reduce the number of HIV cases in the country by 20,000 on a yearly basis in 2019 and 2020, …
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