Noting that use of tobacco imposes serious consequences on economy and society, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said its control needs a combination of political and public health action

WHO on Tuesday lauded India’s efforts in eradicating polio and said the country has not reported a single case of polio in the last 30 months.

“You did it. For 30 months you have not got a single case of polio,” WHO Director General Margaret Chan said while addressing the meeting of Health Ministers of South-East Asia Region in the presence of President Pranab Mukherjee.

Fund For Setting Up Basic Facilities

The state will get Rs 125.5 crore for improving the basic facilities of the government hospitals across the state. The fund has been sanctioned by the Centre under the national rural health programme (NRHM), said health minister V S Sivakumar.

With support from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and World Health Organization, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and HRDIAY will be organising a three-day international c

With an eye on polio free status from the World Health Organisation next January, the Health Ministry wants travellers from seven countries — three where polio is endemic and four which have seen r

Committee questions roles of ICMR, Drug Controller-General of India in the “intriguing” 2010 episode

Accusing the international organisation PATH (Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health) of exploiting with impunity the loopholes in the system during a trial of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, a parliamentary panel has also questioned the roles of the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Drug Controller-General of India in the entire episode.

Assam government today said it will roll out a number of health schemes, including tele-radiology, iron plus initiative for young girls and free inter-hospital ambulance services, at a total expend

Union Minister launches seven healthcare schemes

Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said that Assam has emerged as role model in the health sector of the country by implementing the highest number of schemes under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

Despite tall claims by the public health department on tackling diseases, Maharashtra has achieved the dubious distinction of recording highest number of dengue deaths in the current year.

In order to give a boost to medical research as well as facilitate smooth transfer of technology to the grassroot level, the State Government is set to move the Centre for setting up seven Model Ru