Tag: Health Ministry
In a shocker, govt revokes PHFI’s FCRA license
The Public Health Foundation of India, one of the India's leading non-governmental organization is under fire from the government for the alleged violations of the foreign contribution regulation act......
0.03% hike in public health budget, govt aims 2.5% of GDP...
The negligible increase in the health budget outlay by the government hasn't cut much ice with the experts who point out towards the growing requirements of India's vast population.......
Govt to boost strategies to contain diabetes & hypertension
India is the first country to implement the NCD Global Monitoring Framework and has now initiated a series of programs to screen the non-communicable diseases..........
BioVoice eMag March 2017 Issue-10 Volume-1
BioVoice eMag March 2017 Issue-10 Volume-1:
This edition of BioVoice in its detailed cover story highlights the gains and pains of the budget 2017. The...
Universal Immunization: Health ministry launches single vaccine against measles & rubella
Following the campaign, Measles-Rubella vaccine will be introduced in routine immunization, replacing the currently given two doses of measles vaccine....
Shortage of life saving drugs, govt monitoring situation
Amid complaints over shortage of D-Pencillamine, the health ministry has initiated action on the same and these are being forwarded....
Health ministry to act tough on use of newspapers for food...
Union health minister, Mr J P Nadda has directed the FSSAI to issue an advisory stating the harmful effects of usage of newspaper...
MTaI requests govt to consider industry’s recommendations for medical device rules
As per the Medical Technology Association of India, the recommendations made by it earlier to the health ministry could circumvent severe jeopardy......
J P Nadda launches “Healthy India Initiative” magazine
While launching the magazine and a mobile app, the health minister has stressed on importance of awareness and preventive health....
Govt’s latest set of medical devices rules fail to impress industry
Be it those who claim to represent Indian medical device manufacturers or the ones who represent multinationals, both have expressed disappointment over the new draft notification.....