-The Times of India The idea of a single National Health Mission to address the Health challenges of the country's rural and urban population, as envisaged by the Planning Commission, is in the eye of a storm. The Union Health ministry has made its stand clear that a uniform approach can never work. The letter written by the ministry to the Commission says that the Health facilities in rural areas conform to a...
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India aims to cap fertility rate at 2.1 by 2017-Mahendra Kumar Singh
-The Times of India India aims to meet the much-awaited goal of reaching the total fertility rate(TFR) — the average number of children born to a woman —to 2.1% by the end of 12th five year plan (2012-17). The Planning Commission is likely to set the TFR target of 2.1 in its 12th Plan document, which is likely to be cleared by National Development Council (NDC) in October. "India is on...
More »Authority to address Health issues of mine workers-Aarti Dhar
-The Hindu In the wake of references being made to investigate the Health issues of mine workers, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) proposes to establish a statutory authority. Cancer, tuberculosis, silicosis, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders and pulmonary function impairment such as asthma affect mine workers. The proposed authority will coordinate with the Ministries and authorities concerned for taking administrative, legal and medical action. The ICMR has approached the State governments for developing a...
More »Infant mortality rate alarms Health officials in Thane-Nitin Yeshwantrao
-The Times of India THANE: With 252 infants reported to have died soon after birth in the last four months (April -July 2012) in Thane district, the Health department's initiatives to save premature babies or those affected by illness has come under severe scrutiny. The cause of major worry is the high rate of new born mortality here as, out of the 252 infants who died 152 were less than a year...
More »Lack of compensation norms for clinical trials results in exploitation of poor patients-Khomba Singh
-The Economic Times Drug companies paid as little as 50,000 as compensation to families of volunteers who died during clinical trials for new medicines last year, leading to sharp criticism about the paltry sums being handed out and growing clamour among Health groups for more stringent guidelines on new drug trials. According to government data accessed by a Healthcare activist through an RTI query, Germany's Fresenius Kabi paid 50,000 each to the...
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