Foreign nationals are now eligible for Vaccination in India
In a landmark initiative to ensure safety from COVID-19, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken a decision to allow foreign nationals residing in India to get registered on CoWin portal to take COVID-19 vaccine. They can use their passport as identity document for the purpose of registration on CoWIN portal. Once they are […]
Health Ministry’s eSanjeevani completes 90 Lakh consultations
The National Telemedicine Service of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has completed 90 lakh teleconsultations in the country. The last 10 lakh consultations came up in record 17 days. Government of India’s eSanjeevani initiative has gained popularity amongst doctors and patients across country. New users are continuously adopting telemedicine as eSanjeevani has proved […]
Hon’ble Vice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu and Speaker, Lok Sabha Shri Om Birla chair event to sensitise Parliamentarians on India’s efforts to eliminate TB
Vice President of India and Chairman of Rajya Sabha Shri Venkaiah Naidu along with Speaker of Lok Sabha Shri Om Birla chaired an event today to sensitise Parliamentarians on the country’s efforts to eliminate TB. Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for […]
Ongoing Initiatives to Strengthen Healthcare Infrastructure
Government of India has provided the required technical support and has also supported the states through logistic and financial support to further strengthen the existing health infrastructure to tackle COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the ongoing initiatives to further strengthen healthcare infrastructure include: With the intent to reduce the risk of cross infection to non-COVID patients […]
Facility augmentation of Bharat Biotech and 3 other PSEs are being supported, for augmented production of Covaxin
The manufacturing cost of medicine/vaccine is dependent of factors such as development cost, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) cost, technology, vaccine platform & scale of production in different companies. Department of Biotechnology has informed that under “Mission COVID Suraksha- the Indian COVID-19 Vaccine Development Mission”, being implemented by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), a Public […]
Asthma Patients
A study ‘The burden of chronic respiratory diseases and their heterogeneity across the states of India: The Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2016” was published in Lancet 2018 by ICMR. As per the study, the prevalence of Asthma reduced from 3468 per 100000 in 1990 to 3336 per 100000 in 2016 showing a decline of […]
Health Security to Women
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) is a flagship health assurance scheme of the Government of India which aims at providing a health cover of Rs. 5 Lakhs per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalizations for 10.75 Crore beneficiary families identified from Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 as […]
Engagement of CGHS Infrastructure for COVID Care
Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) is a contributory health scheme primarily meant for Central Government Employees and Pensioners and their eligible family members, which provides primary healthcare through its Wellness Centres. Though, no CGHS Wellness Centre/ Hospital has been converted into a dedicated COVID Centre, however, CGHS has taken the following steps to contain the […]
Strengthening of rural healthcare services
“Public Health and Hospitals” being a state subject, the primary responsibility of strengthening public healthcare system, including for provision of quality healthcare and advanced treatment and diagnostic facilities, lies with the respective State Governments. However, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare provides technical and financial support is provided to the States/UTs to strengthen the […]
Union Health Ministry organizes an Interactive Workshop with Community Radio Stations and Private Radio Stations from Southern States
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in partnership with UNICEF, today, hosted an interactive communication session for representatives of Community Radio Stations and Private Radio Stations for creating meaningful awareness campaigns surrounding various issues related to COVID including about adhering to COVID Appropriate Behaviour (CAB), benefits of vaccine and to dispel misinformation and myths. […]
