Cote d’Ivoire declares first Ebola outbreak in more than 25 years
Abidjan/Brazzaville – The Ministry of Health of Cote d’Ivoire today confirmed the country’s first case of Ebola since 1994. This came after the Institut Pasteur in Cote d’Ivoire confirmed the Ebola Virus Disease in samples collected from a patient, who was hospitalized in the commercial capital of Abidjan, after arriving from Guinea. Initial investigations found […]
Bangladesh extends COVID-19 vaccination to Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar camps
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Demonstrating equity and inclusiveness, which are critical to curtail the ongoing pandemic, Bangladesh has launched COVID-19 vaccination for Rohingya refugees, housed in one of the world’s largest and most densely populated camps in Cox’s Bazar. Sixty-four year old Mohammad Shofi was among those to get the COVID-19 vaccine on day one of […]
Researchers start new investigation into Long COVID core outcome set
A group of researchers started this project with the aims of understanding what are the core outcomes for patients living with Long COVID. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently called countries to prioritise recognition, rehabilitation and research for the consequences of COVID-19, and the collection of standardised data on Long Covid and proposed the term […]
WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening. Last Friday, the Ministry of Health of Guinea informed WHO of a case of Marburg virus disease in the country’s south-west, in a man who died 8 days after onset of symptoms. This is the first known case of Marburg in West Africa. WHO and our partners are […]
WHO’s Solidarity clinical trial enters a new phase with three new candidate drugs
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the next phase in its Solidarity trial: Solidarity PLUS will enroll hospitalized patients to test three new drugs in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. These therapies - artesunate, imatinib and infliximab – were selected by an independent expert panel for their potential in reducing the risk of death in hospitalized […]
Setting up New Hospitals in Rural and Urban Areas
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare provides technical and financial support to the States/UTs,for their health system strengthening,including that of Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs) through the National Health Mission (NHM). The States/UT Governments are also encouraged to meet the objective of making Health Care services equitable, […]
National Portal for Persons Living with Rare Diseases
The Department of Health and Family Welfare has launched a Digital Portal for Crowdfunding & Voluntary Donations for the treatment of patients of Rare Diseases in accordance with the mandate of the National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021. The Digital Portal may be accessed through https://rarediseases.nhp.gov.in/ The Department of Pharmaceuticals has initiated the implementation of […]
Increase in Medical and Nursing Seats in Government and Private Colleges
COVID-19 pandemic has re-affirmed the importance of adequate number of qualified and skilled human resources in health. The number of MBBS Seats in the country has increased by 53.22% from 54,348 seats in 2014 to 83,275 seats in 2020 and the number of PG seats has increased by 80% from 30,191 seats in 2014 to […]
Steps taken for Betterment of Local Public Health System
To address the health care challenges, in urban/rural areas, National Health Mission (NHM) and its two sub missions namely National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) provide technical and financial support to supplement the efforts of the States/UT Governments in order to meet the objective of equitable, accessible and affordable health […]
Steps Taken for Strengthening Universal Immunisation Programme
Government has taken a numbers of steps for strengthening Routine Immunization and ensuring that amidst the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, immunization programme is properly implemented and access to immunization services remains uninterrupted, these include: Development and dissemination of National guidelines to safely continue immunization services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Appropriate communication material has been developed and […]
