Health system
NITI Aayog releases Report on Health System for India
On 18 Nov, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar released the report on ‘Health Systems for a New India: Building Blocks—Potential Pathways to Reforms’. The report was released in the presence of Bill Gates. The report charts a clear ..
Tags: Ayushman Bharat Yojana • Health • Health system • Niti • NITI Aayog
World Patient Safety Day 2019
The first-ever World Patient Safety Day was observed on 17th September 2019 with the slogan “Speak Up for Patient Safety”. The theme of the World Patient Safety Day is ‘Patient Safety: a global health priority’. World Patient Safety Day The World ..
Tags: Health • Health care • Health policy • Health system • Healthcare quality
WHO is organising 4th Global Digital Health Partnership Summit 2019
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), J P Nadda has inaugurated the 4th edition of Global Digital Health Partnership Summit in New Delhi on 25th February 2019. The global intergovernmental meeting on digital health is hosted by the ..
Tags: Global health • Health • Health policy • Health system • United Nations Development Group
2018 International Universal Health Coverage Day (UHCD)
The International Universal Health Coverage Day (UHCD) is observed every year on December 12 to mobilize diverse stakeholders to call for stronger, more equitable health systems to achieve universal health coverage, leaving no one behind. It is promoted by the ..
Tags: Global health • Health • Health care • Health system • Universal health care
Bachelor of Rural Medicine and Surgery (BRMS)
To address the shortage of doctors in rural areas, the health ministry had come up last year with a new course called Bachelor of Rural Medicine and Surgery (BRMS). The idea was to offer a three-and-half-year course without specialization. It ..
Tags: Euthenics • Health • Health policy • Health system • Public health