Measures to Boost Health Sector
Under the visionary guidance of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken a historic and a landmark decision for providing 27% reservation for OBCs and 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in the All India Quota (AIQ) Scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate medical / dental courses (MBBS […]
Initiatives by the Government for treatment of rare diseases
The governmentlaunched the National Policy for Rare Diseases (NPRD), 2021, in March 2021 for the treatment of rare disease patients. The salient features of NPRD, 2021, are as follows: The rare diseases have been identified and categorized into 3 groups, namely Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3. Group 1: Disorders amenable to one-time curative treatment. […]
Recommendations for national SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies and diagnostic capacities
WHO has updated its guidance on testing strategies to account for a wider range of situations in countries, including the circulation of more transmissible variants, and the use of new tests. Timely and accurate diagnostic testing is an essential tool in preventing and controlling the spread of COVID-19. The updated guidance describes recommendations for national […]
At Local Production Forum, WHO and partners highlight key steps to improve access to health technologies
The first WHO World Local Production Forum ended today after five days of discussions centered on promoting quality and sustainable local production to improve access to medicines and other health technologies. Delegates from over 100 countries, international partners, civil society groups, industry associations, and major investors joined WHO, WTO, UNIDO, UNICEF and UNCTAD to highlight […]
India achieves milestone of 40 crores COVID-19 Sample Testing
Indian Council of Medical Research [ICMR], the apex body at the forefront of formulating COVID-19 testing strategy in India has achieved the milestone of conducting 40 crores testing on 25th June, 2021. With average testing of more than 18 lakhs per day in the month of June, India has tested 40,18,11,892 samples across the country […]
Shri Mansukh Mandaviya and Shri G. Kishan Reddy review the production of Vaccines in Hyderabad today
Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya along with Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri G. Kishan Reddy today visited Bharat Biotech's vaccine manufacturing and Bio Safety Level-3 facility to review the production of Vaccines in Hyderabad. Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ms S. Aparna was also present. Speaking on the occasion […]
COVID-19 Update
44.19 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive 3,06,21,469 total recoveries across the country so far Recovery Rate currently at 97.39% 42,363 patients recovered during last 24 hours India reports less than 30,000 daily cases after 132 days; 29,689 new cases in last 24 hours India's Active caseload less than 4,00,000 after […]
Welfare of Asha Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic
An amount of Rs. 1113.21 crore and Rs. 8147.28 crore was released to States/UTs as Grant-in-aid under National Health Mission (NHM) for management and control of COVID-19 during financial year 2019-20 and under the “India COVID-19 Health System Preparedness and Emergency Response Package” during financial year 2020-21, respectively. All States/UTs were requested to ensure that […]
NPPA has fixed ceiling prices of 355 medicines and 882 formulations for including Paracetamol, Dexamethasone, Methyl Prednisolone, IVIGs, Enoxaparin, Budesonide, Heparin and Amphotericin
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) under the Department of Pharmaceuticals, as an on-going process, with the help of Price Monitoring & Resource Units (PMRUs) and State Drug Controllers (SDCs) undertake activities related to market-based data collection, monitoring of the notified prices of medicines and detection of violation of the provisions of Drug (Price Control) […]
New Policy on Pneumonia to Reduce Infant Mortality
As per Sample Registration System Report (2010-13) of Registrar General of India, Pneumonia contributes 16.9% of infant deaths and it is the 2nd highest cause of infant mortality. The list of major causes of infant mortality in India as per the above report is placed at annexure. In order to accelerate actions for reducing deaths […]
