-The Indian Express On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will roll out the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), which will provide an annual Health cover of Rs 5 lakh for 50 crore people in 26 states. Mewat: LEANING BACK on a steel chair at City Care Hospital in Nuh, Mohammed Haneef is patiently waiting for a doctor to treat his “throat pain”, unsure of what the bill will finally add up...
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Alcohol intake in India doubles in 11 years
-PTI WHO says per capita liquor consumption in India increased from 2.4 litres in 2005 to 5.7 litres in 2016 Per capita alcohol consumption in India has more than doubled from 2005 to 2016, according to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The consumption of alcohol has increased from 2.4 litres in 2005 to 5.7 litres in 2016 with 4.2 litres being consumed by men and 1.5 litre by women, the...
More »Eastern UP's forest dwellers are finally on the revenue map -Omar Rashid
-The Hindu Vantangiyas, who derive their name from a Burmese tradition of hill cultivation, have lived in tin shacks without toilets for decades Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh): There is no proper road to Jungle Tinkonia-3. As its name suggests, one must pass a woodland of sal and teak trees to reach it. The situation gets even more precarious during monsoons and medical emergencies, as the village does not have any Health centre. Its infrastructure is...
More »Diphtheria still killing kids in Delhi, ignorance feeding the monster
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The death of 14 children in two Delhi hospitals — 13 at Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Diseases (MVID) Hospital in north Delhi and one at Lok Nayak hospital in central Delhi — due to diphtheria over the past few weeks has once again exposed the shortcomings of India’s immunisation programme. Diphtheria, an acute infectious disease, is preventable with vaccine. However, due to the low coverage and lack of...
More »UNDP report lauds India's strides in reducing poverty in past decade
-The Indian Express According to MPI 2018 released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, there are 271 million fewer poor people in India in this period. New Delhi: In the decade between 2005-06 and 2015-16, India has halved its Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) — an index that looks beyond income poverty to take into account deprivations in Health, education, and living standards...
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