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Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)
The Union Government has launched Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) to provide free health check-ups to pregnant women at government health centers and hospitals. The Scheme was unveiled by Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda ..
Online surveillance of maternal and infant deaths: Haryana
Haryana health department is all set to take a virtual route for the surveillance of maternal and child death and stillbirth cases in the state Haryana health department all equipped to have online surveillance of maternal and infant death and ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Gates’ Foundation inks MoU with UP on health, agro-based issues
Microsoft co-founder and co-chairman of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, inked an MoU with the Uttar Pradsesh Govt in order to work on health and development related issues. Objective: MoU will aim at providing technical, management and programme design support ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
IVFRT Central Processing Office inaugurated in New Delhi
IVFRT: Immigration, Visa and Foreigners Registration & Tracking What will be its core functions? The IVFRT will hold importance in immigration related matters. The office will Help in bringing more efficiency in immigration, visa and online registration of foreigners, security ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Report by FOGSI: ‘Most pregnancy-related deaths occur in transit’
‘Maternal Death Reviews — Implications for Quality of Care,’ (MDR) a review of maternal deaths done by the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) in Jhunjhunu and Sikar districts of Rajasthan b/w November 2010 and March 2012 ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2012
Life Expectancy in India
The current Life Expectancy in INDIA is 65 years. It has improved from 40 years in 1951 to 65 at present. The implication is that the population of the elderly has augmented 4 times. The count of senior citizens over ..