National mental health helpline got nearly 2 calls per minute: Govt tells Parliament

Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha that the government launched a "National Tele Mental Health Programme" on October 10, 2022, to improve access to quality mental health counselling and care services in the country.

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Capping MBBS seats by NMC deferred for academic years 2024-25, 2025-26: Nadda

The health minister was responding to a question on whether the government has noted concerns that the NMC's 2023 directive to cap MBBS seats at 100 per 10 lakh population in a state will adversely impact the southern states.

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Screening for depression under govt primary healthcare may save up to Rs 482 billion: Study

Cashless healthcare services related to 22 procedures of the mental disorder specialty, including intellectual disability, schizophrenia and autism, are available to those eligible under the health benefit package of Ayushman Bharat.

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Global leaders commit $1.9 billion to eradicate polio amid funding cuts

The budget of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a partnership that includes the World Health Organization and the Gates Foundation, is expected to take a 30% cut in 2026 and has a funding gap of $1.7 billion up to 2029.

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EQT Partners lines up $1 billion CitiusTech exit

CitiusTech is a healthcare IT and digital consulting firm, currently serving to major health insurers, hospitals, and medical technology and life sciences companies. It earns about 95% of its revenues from the US though it has been trying to diversify its footprint in Europe and Japan

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Research team of Gujarat Biotechnology University receives assistance of over ₹1 crore from the 'Gates Foundation' for research related to women's health issues.

The study will be carried out in collaboration with Dr Rohina Aggrawal, Dean and Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC), Ahmedabad.

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Study reveals mosquito-borne diseases perceived as rapidly escalating threats to humanity

Senior author Trudie Lang, director of The Global Health Network at University of Oxford's Nuffield Department of Medicine, said the study provides "evidence from communities experiencing these threats from climate change right now across the Global South, where disease burdens are highest".

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