Alarmed over the steep increase in obesity-related ailments in India, the Centre is planning norms for trans-fatty acid content in vanaspati oil by limiting it to 10 per cent and bring it down to five per cent in the next two years.

Along with this, the government also plans to introduce mandatory labelling providing information on saturated fat and trans fatty acids content on packs of vanaspati oil, hydrogenated vegetable oil, edible oil and other products containing TFA.

Unlike the present system of allocation of funds to states on health care by the Centre, the high-level experts group (HLEG) on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in its report to the Planning Commiss

Finally, good news on the health front. Next year will be crucial for India’s polio eradication programme, which appears on track with only one case reported so far this year.

Prevalence of anaemia among non-pregnant women in India is higher than that in other South Asian countries, a recent study published in reputed medical journal The Lancet has revealed.

A recent report by international health agencies says low and middle-income countries have made

Dr. V M Katoch, Secretary, Department of Health Research has admitted to the Parliamentary standing committee on Health and Family Welfare that Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) guidelines were not adhered to in the clinical trial of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine.