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NHA's 'Aap Ke Dwar Ayushman' initiative verifies over 4.7 lakh beneficiar
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): National Health Authority's 'Aap Ke Dwar Ayushman' campaign has recorded over 4.7 lakhs beneficiary verification in a single day on March 10 to enable these beneficiaries avail free healthcare services under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
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Toll from COVID-19 in Brazil surpasses 250,000 people
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], February 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Brazil, has increased by 1,541 to 251,498 within the past 24 hours, the national Health Ministry said on late Thursday.
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Healthcare attains foremost priority for the first time in Union Budget sa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 9 (ANI/BusinessWire India): It took a COVID 19 and the obliteration of 154K of the populace from India between March 2020 - Feb 2021, to mark the first day of February, to earmark Healthcare sector as an utmost priority, for the nation's well-being.
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Budget 2021-22 confers healthcare, its long due priority status
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 2 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Alok Roy, Chair, FICCI, Health Services Committee and Chairman Medica Group of Hospitals, commenting on Budget 2021.
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Karnataka launches Sparsh Leprosy Awareness Campaign
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 30 (ANI): The Department of Health and Family Welfare in Karnataka launched the Sparsh Leprosy Awareness Campaign 2021 (SLAC) on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary.
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Economic Survey recommends increasing public health spending to 2.5-3% of
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): The Economic Survey has strongly recommended an increase in public spending on healthcare services from 1 per cent to 2.5 to 3 per cent of GDP as envisaged in the National Health Policy 2017.
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French health agency recommends spacing out vaccine doses to speed up roll
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): France's national health agency HAS recommended on Saturday administering the second shot of an anti-coronavirus vaccine six weeks after the first one, up from three weeks for Pfizer and four for Moderna.
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UK to pilot 24-hour COVID-19 vaccination programme
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK's National Health Service will pilot a 24-hour COVID-19 vaccination program in hospitals in London as part of the government's target to offer a vaccine jab to almost 15 million people included in the top four priority groups by mid-February, UK
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Brazilian health regulator declines emergency use of Sputnik V vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], January 17 (ANI): The Brazil National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) declined the request to approve the Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 for emergency use in Brazil.
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WHO experts to visit China on Thursday
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 11 (ANI): An international expert team from the World Health Organization (WHO) is set to arrive in China on Thursday to conduct joint scientific research with Chinese scientists on the origin of the novel coronavirus, the National Health Commission said on Monday.
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As Covid-19 spread goes out of control, London Mayor Sadiq Khan declares '
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], January 9 (ANI): London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Friday declared a 'major incident' here due to an 'out of control' surge of Covid-19 cases in hospitals in wake of the rapid spread of the virus, and said that it has left the National Health Service (NHS) on the verge of being overwhe
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Boris Johnson urges Britons to stay at home as national lockdown begins
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], January 5 (ANI): As Britain enters into its third lockdown due to the rising COVID-19 cases, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged people to stay at home and protect the overburdened United Kingdom National Health Service.
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