WHO Director-General's remarks at United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukrainen
Mr President, Excellencies, dear colleagues, Good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity to address you today. The war in Ukraine is having devastating consequences for the health of Ukraine’s people; consequences that will reverberate for years or decades to come. There is severe disruption to health services and access to basic commodities, as a […]
Initiatives taken to address Anaemia among Women
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has issued guidance notes to all the States and UTs regarding “Enabling Delivery of Essential Health Services during the COVID 19 Outbreak” on 14th April, 2020 and “Provision of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health plus Nutrition services during and post COVID-19 pandemic” on 24th May, 2020 for […]
New data for Roche’s Evrysdi (risdiplam) demonstrate long-term efficacy and safety in a broad population of people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
Long-term efficacy data from the pivotal SUNFISH study confirm increases in motor function are sustained at three years, while adverse events decreased over the same period Part 2 of SUNFISH showed Evrysdi demonstrated a marked improvement in, or stabilisation of, motor function after two years compared to an untreated external control group Latest interim results […]
WHO announces Film Festival shortlist and jury, including Sharon Stone, Emilia Clarke, Mia Maestro, Anita Abada, Eddie Ndopu and Dr Eckart von Hirschhausen
Entries for 3rd edition in 2022 takes total of short films received to nearly 3500 since the initiative launched in 2020 More than 1000 film makers from over 110 countries have submitted short films for the 3rd edition of the WHO Health for All Film Festival (HAFF), on themes ranging from the trauma of war […]
Availability of drugs at reasonable price
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) under the aegis of the Department of Pharmaceuticals fixes the ceiling price of scheduled medicines as per provisions of the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013. In case of non-scheduled medicines, a manufacturer is at liberty to fix the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) launched by it, but is not allowed to […]
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadi Pariyojana
With an objective of making quality generic medicines available at affordable prices to all, Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) was launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India. Under the scheme, dedicated outlets known as Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendra (PMBJKs) are opened to provide generic medicines at […]
India's Active caseload declines to 32,811 today; stands at 0.08% of India’s total positive cases.
Following a continuous downward trend, India’s active caseload has declined to 32,811 today. Active cases constitute 0.08% of the country's total positive cases. Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.72%. 3,884 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at […]
Mechanism to prevent violence against doctors
As per Constitutional provisions, ‘Health’ and ‘Law & Order’ are State subjects. State Governments are expected to set up mechanisms to prevent violence against doctors including imposition of penalties or setting up Helplines to extend immediate help to such Doctors who are victims of violence. Details of number of instances of attacks on doctors are […]
Benefits of CoWIN Portal
The CoWIN Portal is the digital platform to capture COVID-19 vaccination program details. CoWIN connects to various stakeholders, including vaccine manufacturers, administrators, and verifiers; public and private vaccination facilities; vaccine recipients, etc. The key features of the CoWIN platform are The CoWIN platform was developed in a record speed with ample consideration to its scalability, […]
COVID-19 Vaccination for 12-14 yrs cohort to begin from tomorrow, National Vaccination Day, in all states/UTs.
Free of cost COVID-19 vaccination for all beneficiaries of the 12-14 age group will begin tomorrow (16th March 2022), National Vaccination Day, at all government COVID vaccination centers. The COVID-19 vaccine to be administered would be Corbevax, manufactured by Biological E. Limited, Hyderabad. This can be through online registration (beginning 9 am on 16th March […]
