Maternal death
2019 National Safe Motherhood Day (NSMD)
The National Safe Motherhood Day (NSMD) is observed every year on 11th of April to raise awareness about the proper healthcare of women and maternity facilities to pregnant and lactating women. This day also raise awareness for the prevention of ..
New Delhi venue of 4th Partners’ Forum 2018
The 4th Partners’ Forum 2018 has been inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on December 12 to discuss issues related to maternal and child health. The 2-day forum was organised by the Union Ministry of Health in ..
MP government awarded for reducing maternal mortality under Prime Minister’s Safe Motherhood Campaign
The Madhya Pradesh government has been awarded for reducing maternal mortality under Prime Minister’s Safe Motherhood Campaign. The award ceremony was held in New Delhi on June 29, 2018. As per the report of the Registrar General of India, Madhya ..
Kerala makes vaccinations compulsory for school admissions
The Kerala government has recently made vaccination compulsory for school admissions to Class 1 from the 2018-’19 academic year. Parents will have to show details of immunization shots given to children during enrolment in school. The health minister of Kerala ..
Haryana first Indian state to launch High-Risk Pregnancy (HRP) portal
Haryana has become the first Indian state to launch High-Risk Pregnancy (HRP) portal which helps in early identification of high-risk pregnant cases up to the grass-roots level and ensures their timely referral to the civil hospitals for further management and ..
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)
The Union Government has launched Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) to provide free health check-ups to pregnant women at government health centers and hospitals. The Scheme was unveiled by Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda ..
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 all equipped to have online surveillance of maternal and infant death and ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 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. Objective: MoU will aim at providing technical, management and programme design support ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012