Heathcare Current Affairs, GK & News
National Medical Commission: Country’s apex regulator of medical education comes into existence
On September 25, 2020, the National Medical Commission began its operation. The Commission has replaced Medical Council of India. It is now the apex regulator of medical education and profession. Highlights The MCI was replaced with the NMC based on the recommendation made by NITI Aayog. Earlier, the planning commission had also made similar recommendations. ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Heathcare • Medical Council of India • National Medical Commission • National Medical Commission Bill • NITI Aayog
Term in Focus : Human Atlas
What is the Human Atlas? The human atlas is an initiative to enhance the holistic(complete) understanding of human biology. The human atlas is a project that will collect, collate and integrate the molecular information on human tissues and organs. This data will be collected by going through research articles/ works published by researchers all across ..
Topics: Genome • Heathcare • Human body • Research • Smart India Hackathon
Short Note – Rare Diseases
A disease can be defined as a disorder in the structure/function of a living organism that is not the result of a past injury. What are rare diseases? Conventionally, a rare disease is one which affects only a small population of people living in a certain location. The most common rare diseases are haemophilia, thalassemia, ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Heathcare • Medicine • Orphan drugs • Rare diseases