Health must no longer be considered as a separate, stand-alone entity. Sustainable improvement in health status can occur only in conjunction with overall development in the community. At the same time health is a prerequisite for economic and social development. In our vision, are the one billion plus an asset to be fostered or a liability to be tolerated?

The leadership agenda for action released by Coalition for Sustainable Nutrition Security in India to promote policy, programme and budgetary focus on overcoming the curse of malnutrition.

A survey in Maharashtra villages links malnutrition to lack of sustainable livelihood Over 40 children below five years of age died of malnutrition and related complications in Nandurbar

Government has initiated a number of steps to provide official accommodation to various Primary Health Centers, Sub Centers Ayurvadic and allopathic dispensaries of Reasi district which are not housed in government buildings so that better medicare facilities are rendered to the rural people at their doorsteps.
For the current financial year 2008-09, against a financial target of Rs.954.82 lakh, construction of one PHC at Panassa would be completed while more Primary Health Centers Ayurvedic Dispensaries and sub centers shall be taken up by utilizing the loan component.

The Directorate of Public Health will soon launch a scheme to provide

DULIAJAN: Extending the ongoing mobile health care service of Oil India Limited, the company has signed an MoU with St Luke's Hospital of Tinsukia on April 25 at the

MokshaY ugAccess is building its business model by leveraging both microfinance and franchising

The State of the World’s Children 2008 assesses the state of child survival and primary health care for mothers, newborns and children today. These issues serve as sensitive barometers of a country’s development and wellbeing and as evidence of its priorities and values. Investing in the health of children and their mothers is a human rights imperative and one of the surest ways for a country to set its course towards a better future.

The global burden of mental illness is high and opportunities for promoting mental health are neglected in most parts of the world. Many people affected by mental illness live in developing countries, where treatment and care options are limited. In this context, primary health care (PHC) programs can indirectly promote mental health by addressing its determinants i.e. by enhancing social unity, minimising discrimination and generating income opportunities. The objectives of this study were to: 1.

in a repeat of last year's grim toll, over 20 children, including infants, died of malnutrition and other diseases in two gram panchayats in Orissa's Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary since January

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