India has announced contribution of $22 million to Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFTAM) for 6th Replenishment Cycle (for year 2020-22). This is an increase of...
The ECHS is a government-funded scheme which aims to provide high quality and improved facilities for healthcare to the various Ex-Servicemen Pensioners and their associated dependents via a...
India has several million patients who suffer from many ailments of the heart. The complicated living, changing climate and increasing stress in the people, means that these diseases...
In a study reported in the reputed science journal, Psychopharmacology,?the stress dependence of fear memories has been established by the presented results. What has happened? In a study...
In an address delivered by the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, former Chief Justice of India, HL Dattu, expressed concerns for the lack of health care...
A team of researchers at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G) has developed portable diagnostic device to detect bacteria without cell culture or microbiological assays. Researchers team work...
The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare (MHFW) has introduced the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill in the lower house of the Indian parliament. What the NMC...
Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially infectious disease caused by bacteria. TB mostly affects the lungs and spreads from one person to another through tiny droplets which a sick...
To improve the quantity and quality of primary healthcare in the country, India will have over 40,000 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs). India currently has 19,000...
The POSHAN Abhiyaan (also referred to as the National Nutrition Mission) is a flagship program of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Government of India. The...