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1 week ago

The challenge of universal health coverage

The ongoing national conversation on what India needs to do for universal health coverage often misses the complexity of multiple health systems and the unique challenges they bring. Not the solution Government health expenditure in West Bengal, which was ₹1,346 per capita in 2019-20, is only about 61% of the estimated ₹2,205 required to offer UHC. The story is no …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Deep Tech offers effective solution to healthcare challenges, says Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Satya Kumar

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh Minister of Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education Satya Kumar Yadav has said adoption of Deep Tech will go a long way in effectively tackling both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Mr. Satya Kumar was speaking at the Deep Tech Conclave on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning organised in Visakhapatnam on December 6, 2024. Citing official statistics, the Health …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

India’s cities, their non-communicable disease burden

The Hindu

The recent case where a Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus driver passed away after cardiac arrest while on duty, has set off discussions on rising poor health outcomes in our cities. The health burden in urban India Poor urban communities face a triple health burden: hazardous work environments, limited health-care access, and financial vulnerability during health crises, that are exacerbated …

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1 month ago

Lessons in health, hygiene for Adilabad kids

New Indian Express

ADILABAD: With an eye on India’s future, District Collector Rajarshi Shah has taken the initiative to launch a programme called Arogya Patashala in the district. Speaking to TNIE, Dr Metpellywar Sridhar, programme officer for non-communicable diseases, says the weekly structure ensures continuity and consistent awareness among students. Before launching the initiative, the district collector convened a meeting with officials from …

District Programme Officer

1 month, 1 week ago

OMG! JAW-DROPPING TEETHING TROUBLE

Deccan Chronicle

Half of the people in the world suffer from one of the other forms of oral disease. Dr Nilesh S. Kadam MDS, Endodontist from Mumbai says, “In India, other habits like chewing tobacco, smoking as well as eating sticky sweets too, usually tend to contribute to such problems.” Dr Kadam opines that the lack of awareness about the role of …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Kerala spends highest out-of-pocket expenditure on health in India

New Indian Express

KOCHI: Increased incidence of lifestyle diseases and high cost of diagnostic tests, coupled with the disappearance of not-for-profit hospitals and people’s reluctance to opt for government medical institutions have pushed Kerala’s out-of-pocket expenses in healthcare to the highest among states, a recent survey has revealed. As per the Comprehensive Annual Modular Survey 2022-23 by the National Sample Survey Office under …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Penny-wise & pound-foolish: Skilled staff paid less than unskilled by GCC

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: Despite the Labour and Welfare Skill Development Department issuing a government order in June 2023 mandating wage revision for employees across local authorities, only unskilled workers under Greater Chennai Corporation received a pay hike while the revision is still pending for skilled workers. Temporary skilled workers in GCC, including NCD staff nurses, ANM nurses, lab technicians, pharmacists, and data …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tackling India's Salt Habit: A Path to Longer Lives

Hindustan Times

The article highlights the importance of controlling salt intake in India to prevent cardiovascular diseases and kidney diseases. A modeling study by the UN health body suggests that an estimated 300,000 deaths from CVD and CKD could be averted in 10 years if India were to comply with the World Health Organization's sodium benchmarks. The study recommends lowering the population's …

Government Law Food Safety Health Talk New Delhi

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hidden Costs of Water: A Silent Threat to Public Health

Hindustan Times

The article highlights the hidden costs of water on public health, focusing on the impact of contaminated water on health and disease prevention. It emphasizes the importance of addressing water, sanitation, and hygiene to improve health outcomes. The article provides examples of India's Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and its success in reducing waterborne diseases, but stresses the need for a …

Environment Law Health Water

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Wastewater, infectious diseases and bird flu: what awaits the new Centre for Disease Control

ABC

Amid growing warnings of more pandemics, the Australian government will create a permanent centre to monitor and respond to public health risks like COVID-19. Australians unlikely to accept lockdowns again, independent COVID review says Photo shows People queue while wearing masks Australia's COVID-19 response frayed after early successes, damaging the public's trust, a federal government review has found. Health Minister …

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3 months ago

The disturbing (and extremely sobering) story behind the anti-alcohol movement

The Independent

I am scared about the future of wine. Maybe, but the sweeping statement put out last year by the World Health Organisation that “no level of alcohol consumption is safe when it comes to human health” isn’t good for its future. Movendi regularly tries to label the alcohol industry “Big Alcohol” – a nonsense term that wine lovers should be …

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3 months ago

ICMR gets U.N. award for successes in control of non-communicable diseases

The Hindu

The Indian Council of Medical Research has received the prestigious 2024 @UN Inter-Agency Task Force Award for achievements in advancing multi-sectoral action on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and mental health and the broader NCD-related Sustainable Development Goals, Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda announced on Wednesday. Delighted to share that ICMR has been honored with the prestigious …

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3 months, 1 week ago

'Shameful. Scandalous. Sick': J.D. Vance accused of 'terrorizing schoolchildren' in Ohio

Raw Story

Vance faced severe criticism Friday for spreading anti-immigrant rhetoric on social media minutes before flocks of children in his state were rushed out of their classrooms over an undisclosed threat. Vance, running mate to former President Donald Trump, doubled down on his attack on Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio in an X post published about 9:25 a.m. — about 10 …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Health dept conducts review meeting after spike in vector-borne disease cases

Hindustan Times

Following a surge in water-borne and vector-borne disease cases, the public health department on Wednesday conducted a review meeting to discuss the prevention and control of vector-borne, water-borne and zoonotic diseases as well as coordination between various departments, officials said. Till August this year, the state reported 2,198 cases of Chikungunya as compared to 497 till August last year. Chaired …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Make prevention the focus of health policy

Hindustan Times

The government’s move to expand the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana to cover those above 70 years of age recognises a key need of the health care architecture in India — ensuring access to health care for the elderly by making it affordable for them to That said, there will be pressures on the fiscal side. As the …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Health department steps up efforts to curb diseases in Vijayawada following floods

New Indian Express

VIJAYAWADA: In response to the flood situation in Vijayawada, the Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department is intensifying its efforts to prevent communicable diseases. Health Commissioner C Hari Kiran conducted a review meeting on the supply of emergency medicine kits and the distribution of medicines through 104 mobile hospitals on Wednesday. He inspected the distribution efforts in Sitara Centre and …

Medical Vijayawada Department Steps

4 months ago

Technical Advisory Committee recommends sewage surveillance for early detection of Mpox in Karnataka

The Hindu

The State Technical Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases, which held its first meeting on Mpox surveillance in Karnataka on August 19, has recommended waste water/sewage surveillance for early detection of the virus. “The Health Department should initiate sewage surveillance for Mpox from the arrival terminals of Bengaluru and Mangaluru airports. While recommending that one isolation facility should be readied for …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Uttarakhand: Combating non-communicable diseases among women

Hindustan Times

Uttarakhand, along with Chattisgarh, and Jharkhand will complete 24 years of its formation this November. Hospital Among the three states, Uttarakhand has seen a rapid surge in non-communicable diseases amongst men and women, with women bearing the burden of poor health and inadequate healthcare facilities. PHCs play critical role in addressing the early onset of disease through screening, diagnosis, health …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Uttarakhand: Combating non-communicable diseases among women

Hindustan Times

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

NEET, rising deaths among young persons, brought up in Lok Sabha as MPs demand more funds for healthcare sector

The Hindu

Lack of Central grants for the healthcare sector, the NEET question paper leak, the rising number of deaths among the youth, the lack of manpower, and an appeal for more AIIMS-like institutions across the country dominated Friday’s discussion in the Lok Sabha on the demands for grants of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for 2024-2025. Raising concerns about …

Health Healthcare Sector

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Nadda Criticises WHO Report on India's Physical Fitness

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The WHO's recent report stating that half of India's adult population is physically unfit relied on data collected only from three states and one UT, and the results were extrapolated through a modelling technique indicating inbuilt methodological issues, Union Health Minister J P Nadda told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.Responding to a question, Nadda said the WHO defines …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Lucknow div commissioner inspects city ward, warns against laxity

Hindustan Times

In the ongoing second phase of the month-long Dastak campaign aimed at controlling communicable diseases, Lucknow divisional commissioner Roshan Jacob on Thursday inspected Geetapalli ward in Alambagh here. Lucknow divisional commissioner Roshan Jacob on July 25 inspected Geetapalli ward in Alambagh. The initiative focuses on several key health checks for children under five, including anemia screenings, identification of severely malnourished …

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5 months ago

Economic Survey 2023-24: Obesity crisis in India, preventive measures needed

The Hindu

The Economic Survey of India 2023-24, tabled by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in both houses of Parliament on Monday, July 22, the first day of the Budget Session, has pointed out that improving the quality of health of India’s young population, is crucial. The ICMR had released 17 dietary guidelines, and had said, “a significant proportion of premature deaths …

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5 months ago

Prevalence of NCDs tripled, infectious diseases doubled since 1995

The Hindu

A study published recently has looked at the morbidity transition across States from 1995 to 2018. There has been a steady upsurge in morbidity prevalence — doubling from 56 per thousand population in 1995 to 106 per thousand population in 2014. With a prevalence of 30 per thousand population in 2018, non-communicable diseases account for a major share of prevalence; …

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The challenge of universal health coverage

Deep Tech offers effective solution to healthcare challenges, says Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Satya Kumar

India’s cities, their non-communicable disease burden

Lessons in health, hygiene for Adilabad kids

OMG! JAW-DROPPING TEETHING TROUBLE

Kerala spends highest out-of-pocket expenditure on health in India

Penny-wise & pound-foolish: Skilled staff paid less than unskilled by GCC

Tackling India's Salt Habit: A Path to Longer Lives

Hidden Costs of Water: A Silent Threat to Public Health

Wastewater, infectious diseases and bird flu: what awaits the new Centre for Disease Control

The disturbing (and extremely sobering) story behind the anti-alcohol movement

ICMR gets U.N. award for successes in control of non-communicable diseases

'Shameful. Scandalous. Sick': J.D. Vance accused of 'terrorizing schoolchildren' in Ohio

Health dept conducts review meeting after spike in vector-borne disease cases

Make prevention the focus of health policy

Health department steps up efforts to curb diseases in Vijayawada following floods

Technical Advisory Committee recommends sewage surveillance for early detection of Mpox in Karnataka

Uttarakhand: Combating non-communicable diseases among women

Uttarakhand: Combating non-communicable diseases among women

NEET, rising deaths among young persons, brought up in Lok Sabha as MPs demand more funds for healthcare sector

Nadda Criticises WHO Report on India's Physical Fitness

Lucknow div commissioner inspects city ward, warns against laxity

Economic Survey 2023-24: Obesity crisis in India, preventive measures needed

Prevalence of NCDs tripled, infectious diseases doubled since 1995