Judgement of the High Court of Kerala regarding Homoeopathic practitioners...
Judgement of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of Dr. Jayaprasad Karunakaran Vs Ministry of Ayush & Others dated 02/06/2021. The matter related to Homoeopathic practitioners treating Covid-19
View ArticleGuidelines for storage of respiratory specimens collected for COVID-19...
In the ongoing laboratory testing for COVID-19 diagnosis by molecular diagnostic methods, clinical specimens or a subset of the clinical specimens may need to be retained for various purposes such as
View ArticleThe Haryana State Council For Physiotherapy Act, 2020
The Haryana State Council For Physiotherapy Act, 2020 is an Act to provide for the constitution of the Haryana State Council for Physiotherapy for the purpose of registration of Physiotherapists in
View ArticleMedical Devices (Amendment) Rules, 2020
The manufacturer of a medical device shall upload the information specified in sub rule (2) relating to that medical device for registration on the “Online System for Medical Devices” established
View ArticleHealth systems for a new India: building blocks- potential pathways to reforms
NITI Aayog released the report on ‘Health Systems for a New India: Building Blocks—Potential Pathways to Reforms’. The report identifies four focus areas on future health systems: delivering on unfinished
View ArticleHealth systems for a new India: building blocks- potential pathways to reforms
NITI Aayog released the report on ‘Health Systems for a New India: Building Blocks—Potential Pathways to Reforms’. The report identifies four focus areas on future health systems: delivering on unfinished
View Article2019 Global Health Security Index
A new Global Health Security Index suggests that not a single country in the world is fully prepared to handle an epidemic or pandemic. The GHS Index is a joint project of the Johns Hopkins Center for
View ArticleScientists create device to detect cancers through breath
Making cancer detection more easy and quick, scientists developed a cancer-detecting breathalyzer that can detect cancer just through a person’s breath and have already begun its clinical trials. A...
View Article9 lakh ‘preventable’ C-sections in pvt hospitals
There were as many as nine lakh “preventable” unplanned Caesarean section (C-section) deliveries out of 70 lakh in private hospitals in India in one year, driven mainly by “financial incentives,” says
View ArticleState of health in the WHO African Region: An analysis of the status of...
A new report by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Africa shows a high improvement in health in the region. However, this achievement can only be sustained and expanded if countries
View ArticleDelivering quality health services: a global imperative for universal health...
Low quality healthcare costs time and money says this new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the World Bank....
View ArticleFuture health index 2018
Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, released the first chapter of the 2018 Future Health Index (FHI), a research-based platform designed to help determine the readiness of countries to
View ArticleMental health atlas 2017
WHO's Mental Health Atlas 2017 reveals that although some countries have made progress in mental health policy-making and planning, there is a global shortage of health workers trained in mental health
View ArticleJudgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding the question of granting...
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kerala Ayurveda Paramparya Vaidya Forum Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 13/04/2018 regarding the question of granting registration to...
View ArticleWorld report on health policy and systems research
This first World Report on Health Policy and Systems Research reflects the importance of monitoring and measuring developments in the field. It provides evidence that allows national policy-makers and
View ArticleHuman-centric health: behaviour change and the prevention of Non-Communicable...
Decreasing the effect of NCDs requires a more systematic response. This report describes how a human-centric health ecosystem (HCHE) can bring together stakeholders from the public and private sectors
View ArticleUTA materials scientist invents breath monitor to detect flu
Perena Gouma, a professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, has published an article in the journal Sensors that describes her invention of a
View ArticleMedical Devices Rules, 2017
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has notified Medical Devices Rules, 2017 on 31.01.2017. The new Rules have been framed in conformity with Global Harmonisation Task Force (GHTF) framework and
View ArticleStrategizing national health in the 21st century: a handbook
This handbook is designed as a resource for providing up-to-date and practical guidance on national health planning and strategizing for health. It establishes a set of best practices to support strategic
View ArticleWorking for health and growth- Investing in the health workforce
The health sector is a key economic sector and a job generator. The aggregate size of the world’s health sector is over US$ 5.8 trillion per year. Across the OECD countries, employment in health
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