Tuberculosis: India renames its programme; WHO endorses India developed tech-TrueNAt MTB

On January 17, 2020, Government of India renamed its National TB Control Programme to National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme. Also, the WHO (World Health Organization) recently endorsed on technology developed by Indian scientists to detect the disease called TrueNat MTB in terms of accuracy. Renaming GoI has renamed the programme to National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme. The ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Health • health centre • India-SDG • Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme • Tuberculosis • WHO

WHO releases Global Health Challenges for 2020

Every year, the World Health Organization releases list of Global Health Challenges of the forth coming year. This year, on January 13, 2020, the organization had released the top global health challenges for the year. Global Health Challenges The list included 13 potential threats. The foremost threat was Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) and climate crisis. The ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: Air pollution • AMR • Climate change • Diseases • Global health • Health • Health care • health centre • WHO

Government launches eDant Seva

On October 7, 2019, the eDant Seva was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family welfare. It is an initiative under the National Oral Health Program. The initiative aims to sensitize the importance of maintaining oral health. It provides information about nearest oral health service facility. It also provides oral health information collected from ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: E - Dant Seva • health centre • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • National Health Mission • national helath policy • national oral health program