The 33rd Partnership for Maternal, Newborn &Child Health (PMNCH) board meeting commenced on July 4 in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting will conclude on July 5.
The health facilities and hospitals have been assigned a nodal officer to monitor and act to keep the premises Aedes mosquito free. States have been instructed to strengthen their entomological surveillance and intensify their vector control activities
Speaking exclusively to ANI, Dr Abhijat Sheth, Director, NBEMS said that a meeting was held between the officials of the Union Health Ministry and the National Board of Examination to asses the whole situation and input received by the govt before postponing the examination.
Days after Union Health Ministry postponed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2024 examination slated for June 23, President, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences Abhijat Sheth on Tuesday said that the SOPs and protocols will be reviewed as
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda said that various initiatives taken by the Union Government have cumulatively helped in reducing childhood mortality due to diarrhoea.
At least 25 people were killed and 50 others were injured in Israeli attacks on tents for displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi, near Rafah, in the south of the coastal enclave.
Haj represents the largest and most enduring annual mass gathering event globally. The responsibility for medical care arrangements lies with the Emergency Medical Relief Division and the International Health Division of the Directorate General of Health Services under the Ministry of Health
The heatwave in large parts of the country has claimed 114 lives and more than 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases have been reported between March 1 and June 19 this year, said sources from the Union Health Ministry.
Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Wednesday reviewed the heatwave situation across the country and preparedness of hospitals to deal with heatwave with senior officials of the Health Ministry.