NITI Aayog’s Health Index topped by Kerala while Uttar Pradesh is worst performer – Kerala has topped among large states on overall health performance in NITI Aayog’s Health Index, while Uttar Pradesh appears at the bottom…
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Government to set up E-Health Records Government has approved a scheme to create Electronic Health Records of patients as per information rendered to Lok Sabha. An Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) to create the EHRs…
TB Bacterium isn’t yet part of deadly superbug list Of the estimated 10.4 million new tuberculosis cases globally in 2015, nearly 0.5 million were multi-drug-resistant (MDR). Another one million were resistant to rifampicin drug alone….
New Malaria Vaccine indicates 100% efficiency A new vaccine for malaria, called Sanaria PfSPZ-CVac is up to 100% effective when assessed at 10 weeks after last dose, according to the results of a clinical trial….
India joins UN network to halve number of maternal, newborn deaths by 2030 India is among nine countries that will be part of a global health network focused on improving the quality of care for…
Govt to amend norms to empower National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) to fix prices of 350 drugs The government today said it will soon amend norms to empower NPPA to regulate about 350 medicines and…