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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...

June 21, 2012

Plan to merge Tobacco control programme with NRHM

Central govt is looking forward to integrate National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) workforce for anti-tobacco programmes. Synergizing NTCP with the NRHM...

June 3, 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....

June 2, 2012

Polio a global health emergency: WHO

WHO may declare Polio a global health emergency. Why WHO might declare Polio a Global Health Emergency? WHO may declare this owing to complacency in efforts to eradicate...

May 25, 2012

May 12, 2012: International Nurses Day

‘International Nurses Day’ celebrated around the world on May 12, 2012. The day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, the Pioneer of modern nursing. ‘Florence...

May 14, 2012

Red Ribbon Express

What is Red Ribbon Express? Red Ribbon Express is an AIDS/HIV awareness campaign train by the Indian Railways. The ‘Red Ribbon Express’ is a special train being run...

May 11, 2012

May 5, 2012: World Hand Hygiene Day being observed

The World Hand Hygiene Day observed on May 5, 2012. Objective: – To create awareness among the general public about the importance of hand hygiene. – To improve...

May 6, 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...

April 22, 2012

An American facelift for the Jaipur foot

Soon there will be a Michigan version of the famous Jaipur Foot. The Jaipur Foot considered to be among the world’s cheapest and most user-friendly artificial limbs. A...

March 8, 2012

Bureau of Civil Aviation Security sees Differently-abled people as threat

As per the regulations of the BCAS (Bureau of Civil Aviation Security) there is high likelihood of differently-abled persons carrying weapons, explosives and other unsafe equipment with them,...

March 8, 2012

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