A month since it was formally unveiled, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s healthcare program, ‘Ayushman Bharat,’ Hindi for long live India, has benefited 112,000 people and approved claims totaling 1.4 billion rupees. read more

The NPCB envisions ‘eye health for all’, which is the mainstay of this year’s World Sight Day theme: ‘eye care everywhere’. The national body seeks to enhance community awareness on eye care, strengthen infrastructure facilities, and lay stress on preventive... read more

Gujarat has one government doctor trained in modern medicine for a population of 11,475, as per National Health Profile, 2018. Upgraded subcentres ready to offer primary healthcare and timely referrals, and take burden off the district hospitals. read more

Given the problems in the old system, many countries have developed more scientific models read more

In many parts of the world, including in India, profuse and uncontrolled bleeding after birth accounts for more than half of all maternal deaths. Massaging the womb, and timely, i.e., within 60 seconds of birth, administration of easily available low-cost... read more

India’s rapidly rising population and increasing animal-human conflict making it one of the world’s hotspots for emerging zoonoses read more

The study found that the symptoms of depression lingered beyond six months for parents with newborns in NICU and those who had more than one child. read more

The programme kicked off after a seven-member team from the Canadian institute completed a four-day visit to the DMCH. read more

Three warehouses of Punjab Health System Corporation have not got supply fro the past two months. read more

Dr Ash Tewari is robotic surgeon and chair of urology, Mount Sinai. read more

UP health minister Siddharth Nath Singh said posts of 7,328 doctors had been lying vacant for many years, and there were no recruitment on these posts. read more

India has a little over one million modern medicine doctors to treat its 1.3 billion people. read more

As we were celebrating that the government would provide all pregnant women Rs 6,000 for two live births under the maternity benefit scheme comes news this will be restricted to one child. The 60% funding has been cut down to 50%.It betrays the State’s... read more

Ashas, who make about Rs 1,000 a month, are required to undergo a 23-day training spread across 12 months, but a third of the Ashas in a block in north Bihar were not trained at induction. read more

The cybersecurity researcher, a 22-year-old identified online only as MalwareTech, unintentionally discovered a so-called “kill switch” that halted the unprecedented outbreak. read more