* Annual health survey to check nutritional status
* Phased financial incentives for pregnant, young mothers
* Reward to health worker for better monitoring of mother/child
* Pilot scheme for empowering 16-18 age group girls
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Only a couple of years back, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had called persist
* Elephant corridors have no legal protection under Wildlife (Protection) Act or the Environment (Protection) Act
* Many corridors have now become private land and areas under human use (road/rail)
* There is no dedicated money for corridor protection, experts demand Rs 200 crore for this in the 12th five-year plan
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The first news despatches brought out all the brutal detail: a
The nation, it seems, is in the sickroom this monsoon. Hospitals in Delhi are overcrowded with dengue cases, running into a few thousands, and last week, more than 75 cases were detected on a single day. Outbreaks of chikungunya have been declared over the last two months in as many as 14 states. Doctors in Mumbai are worrying over a major malaria epidemic.
HIV-positive cases in children on the riseIt’s an alarming fact that has made the Union health ministry sit up and take notice: data from across the country is showing a rise in the number of paediatric HIV cases. Of the 2.5 million people with HIV in India today, four per cent are below 15 years.
Toxic waste is sitting idle at our portsAre our ports becoming stockpiles of hazardous products? An inventory of such material, drawn up by the Union ministry of shipping last month, may lead one to believe so. Consider some of the products lying unattended at the country
Hospitals are discovering the advantages of an integrated approach
The Medanta hospital in Gurgaon claims to offer the very best in modern medicine, but for all that, it has a stark anachronism in its lobby: two floor-to-ceiling
