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Over 66% Adolescent Girls Anaemic In Maharashtra.

PUNE: Adolescent girls hitting the gyms in the quest for well-toned body seem to be paying scant attention to their diet, especially protein and vitamin intake, risking ana...

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National Health Profile 2015: Suicides On A Rise, Cancer Cases May Grow By 15 Per Cent In Five Years.

The burden of aspirations and expectations seems to be taking a toll on young India, especially males who succumb to suicidal deaths more than their female counterparts, ac...

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Global ‘Call To Action Summit 2015’ Adopts DELHI DECLARATION To End Preventable Maternal And Child Deaths

The two-day global ‘Call to Action Summit 2015’ concluded today with Health Ministers and heads of country delegations from 22 countries adopting the DELHI DECL...

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India To Host ‘Call To Action Summit 2015 – Ending Preventable Child And Maternal Deaths’

The Summit will be a platform for 24 nations and the Summit partners to deliberate upon the importance of systems, partnerships, innovations, convergence, and evidence in e...

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Spurt in HIV Positive Cases Rings Alarm Bells in Bengal

West Bengal is fast becoming a high-risk HIV positive state. According to statistics for the last two years available with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, West B...

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Mapping Family?? Health Through Unvaccinated Kids

Indradhanush to cover as many as 89 lakh unimmunised children what can one unimmunised child tell about the health of the entire family? According to officials in the Union...

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Missed Calls From Patients Can Help Monitor TB Treatment, Says Government.

Popping three pills a day and giving a missed call on a designated number??his is what the government recommends to patients of tuberculosis (TB) registered under the DOTS ...

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India hosts expert consultation on global strategy for women, child and adolescents health

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is hosting an Every Woman Every Child consultation with more than 130 stakeholders in New Delhi between 26 and 27 February to discuss ...

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Software to review maternal deaths to be launched in 4 dists

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will implement maternal death review (MDR) software as a pilot project in Srinagar, Kulgam, and Jammu, Ramban districts. The...

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Child nutrition in India’s developed States improves

India’s more developed States, especially its southern States, have seen improvements in child nutrition over the last five years, but have a patchy record on immunis...

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