A major factor behind the upward shift, says Dr Rizvi, was giving states ownership of the menstrual health programme. “In 2014-15, we decen...

At his first media interaction as President of CII, T V Narendran pegged India’s GDP growth rate for 2021-22 at 9.5% said, “As the economy ...

Around 9,000 contractual employees including paramedical staff working under the NHM Punjab had been on strike, seeking regularisation of t...

The Delhi government has begun the process of enrolment of healthcare workers of different hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities fo...

The dedicated Covid-19 hospital has been chosen by the Centre and will be among the first such facilities in the country. The utility block...

The Karnataka health department has identified about 13,341 persons with coronavirus, ILI and SARI symptoms during the door-to-door health ...

Asserting that India faces a significantly higher threat from COVID-19, the central government has decided to create a "larger force" to re...

India has so far reported only three cases, all in Kerala. As per the latest medical update, they are stable. The Centre confirmed all 645 ...

Akhilesh launched the mobile app M-Sehat for health workers to record maternal and infant data, saying a new beginning is being made in the...

The move is aimed to front line health workers in improving maternal, neonatal and child health.

At the country level, there is a shortfall of 81% of specialist doctors, 12% of general physicians, 21% nurses and 5% of auxiliary nurse cu...

"WHO norms provide for 25 per 10,000 people. Additionally, there are 7.9 lakh AYUSH practitioners registered in the country (approximately ...

Nadda also emphasised the need to develop a framework for holistic healthcare and well-being rather than merely sick-care.

According to the Census 2011 report, the total population of the state was 2,53,53,081, of which 1,35,05,130 were males and 1,18,47,951 fem...

The Union Cabinet today cleared the Rs 22,507-crore National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) to address healthcare challenges in towns and citi...

.The healthcare industry in partnership with the government plans to train as many as 4.8 million skilled healthcare-allied workers over th...

Telemedicine holds the key to improve efficiency and widen the reach of healthcare, especially to rural India.