Working with Indian govt, pvt sector to come up with therapy for sickle cell anaemia for whole world: Bill Gates

Bill Gates also appreciated India as a global innovator, contributing valuable solutions to global health problems. "India has long been a global innovator, contributing valuable solutions to global health problems, starting with the role of India's vaccine sector in providing high-quality and cost-effective vaccines for a variety of conditions that are helping save millions of lives across the world," he said.

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NMC sets up national task force to address concerns related to suicide among medical students

According to the terms and references, the task force shall study existing literature and data on mental health and suicide of medical students, analyse factors contributing to these challenges and propose evidence-based strategies for improving mental health and preparatory of suicides.

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Your smart watch isn't a medical device - but it is tracking all your health data

If a device is designed to go inside the body, or if it contains medicinal substances, it is more likely it is treated as high risk. Depending on the risk classification, the law then imposes stringent standards to protect users from harm. These include obligations on the manufacturers and developers to ensure their devices are safe, through conducting risk impact assessments, periodic audits and other actions.

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PM Modi inaugurates 5 AIIMS hospitals, initiates 200 healthcare infra projects worth ₹11700 cr

Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Bhupendrabhai Patel, Chief Minister, Gujarat, Mahendra Munjapara, Minister of State for AYUSH & Woman and Child Development and Rushikesh Patel, Health Minister, Gujaratwere present on the occasion. Governors, Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, State Health Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies also virtually joined the event from various locations across the country.

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Australian health minister visits India to address healthcare worker shortage in Western Australia

The mission of the visit is to showcase Western Australia as an attractive destination for health workers and students to live, work, and study. During her time in India, Minister Sanderson held important meetings with Tamil Nadu's Minister for Health and Family Welfare, M Subramanian, as well as the Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Health and Family Welfare Department IAS Gagandeep Singh Bedi.

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West Bengal govt aims to bring 7.5 million people under diabetes, hypertension care

The move to screen adults for Diabetes and hypertension in Bengal streamline standard care is in sync with the health ministry’s target to cater the same service to 75 million individuals across the country.

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Preterm birth risk to increase by 60 per cent from exposure to extreme temperatures: Study

Analysing results from 163 health studies globally, researchers said they have determined that climate change will be directly responsible for multiple detrimental health impacts in children, including higher occurrences of respiratory illnesses and more hospitalisations.

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India implementing largest digital programme for TB surveillance, says official

Experts discussed the latest innovations, challenges and collaborative solutions in the fight against TB at the National Health Writers and Influencers Convention held at AIIMS, Delhi.

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Recurrent UTIs and the potential health risks associated with it

Some of the most common symptoms of UTIs are frequent urination, feeling a sensation of burning while you urinate, pain while urinating, a sudden and strong urge to urinate, which means very little control over passing urine, etc. Sometimes, there is even blood in the urine and other factors like the smell and color of your urine also play a role in determining if you have any urinary tract infection.

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PM Modi's dream to create healthy, developed India: Health Minister Mandaviya

Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar and Minister of Health in Meghalaya government Dr Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh were also present at the workshop jointly organised by the Department of Health Research, Union health ministry; Indian Institute of Public Health, Shillong; and Indian Council of Medical Research - Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh.

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Indian tradition potent to counter illnesses: Mandaviya

The health minister added that the world has many health models, but India must strengthen its own model aligned with our genetics.

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Measles cases rose 79 percent globally last year: WHO

To get more accurate figures, the UN health agency models the numbers each year, with its latest estimate indicating that there were 9.2 million cases and 136,216 measles deaths in 2022.

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WHO calls to accelerate tobacco and e-cigarette control measures

"The region still has the highest number of people using tobacco, which puts them at risk of life-threatening diseases such as cancer, respiratory and heart disease. Urgent measures are also needed to control e-cigarettes, which have not been proven to be effective for smoking cessation. We must do all we can to control tobacco and e-cigarette use to protect health and save lives," said Saima Wazed, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia.

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Fight against Disease X: Scientists identify essential prevention tactic

As per the World Health Organization (WHO), Disease X is designated to represent a potential unidentified pathogen capable of triggering a severe global epidemic. Currently, the priority diseases include: COVID-19, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus disease, Lassa fever, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Nipah and henipaviral diseases, Rift Valley fever, Zika and "Disease X" itself. WHO regularly revises and supplements this list as necessary, adapting methodologies over time.

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IRDAI to enhance scrutiny of health & savings plans aimed at individuals over 55 to curb misselling

The insurance regulator is looking to tighten scrutiny and enhance transparency to prevent misselling of complex insurance products targeting individuals over 55. Measures include mandatory video verification, audits, and the use of assessment criteria and templates for policy documents. In December 2023, financial services secretary Vivek Joshi held a meeting with chiefs of state-run banks over issues related to bancassurance, including its effectiveness in increasing insurance penetration and challenges in the form of misselling.

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PM Modi to inaugurate AIIMS campus in Jammu on February 20

​​"In a step that will provide comprehensive, quality and holistic tertiary care health services to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the Prime Minister will inaugurate All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Vijaypur (Samba), Jammu," a statement released by Prime Minister's Office read.

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Indians more hit by long-term lung damage after Covid: Study

The study, touted as the country's largest to investigate SARS-CoV-2's impact on lung function, examined 207 individuals. Conducted during the first wave of the pandemic, this study was recently published in the PLOS Global Public Health journal.

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Largest Covid vaccine study yet finds links to health conditions

The rare events — identified early in the pandemic — included a higher risk of heart-related inflammation from mRNA shots made by Pfizer Inc., BioNTech SE, and Moderna Inc., and an increased risk of a type of blood clot in the brain after immunization with viral-vector vaccines such as the one developed by the University of Oxford and made by AstraZeneca Plc.

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Pregnancy complications can have long-term impact on child's health: Study

Researchers then examined the child's cardiovascular health 10 to 14 years after delivery. Cardiovascular health was evaluated based on four metrics: body mass index, blood pressure, total cholesterol, and glucose level. Pediatric guidelines categorised each metric as ideal, intermediate, or poor.

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Health experts, policymakers gather in national capital to combat tobacco menace

Addressing the conference, Dr Professor Sutapa B Neogi, Director of IIHMR Delhi, President, 6th National Conference on Tobacco or Health, highlighted the grim reality of tobacco use in India, where more than 1 million people die each year from tobacco-related illnesses.

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Six operational AIIMS to be dedicated to nation by PM Modi in 7 days

According to the details given by the Union Health Ministry, "A new AIIMS for Haryana was announced in the central budget on February 1, 2019. The proposed AIIMS shall impart both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, along with nursing and paramedical training to bring together in one place educational facilities of a higher order for training of personnel in all branches of healthcare activities."

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Tripura becomes first among small states introducing a universal healthcare scheme for all

Tripura became the first among the small states and the 12th state in the country to have CMJAY, a universal health insurance scheme on the pattern of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) to provide coverage of Rs 5 lakh to each family per annum. However, it has four exceptional features that made the scheme unique, said Chief Minister Dr Saha while addressing the occasion.

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India records 74 new COVID-19 cases

India has recorded a single-day rise of 74 new COVID-19 infections and the number of active cases of the disease in the country stands at 871, according to Union Health Ministry data on Monday. No new deaths due to the disease were reported in 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.

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Ayushman Bharat scheme will help in growth of medical colleges: Vice Prez

"There was a time when people had to travel abroad to avail of medical treatment even for minor diseases, but now we have top medical facilities in our country. We are moving towards the Bharat of 2047 which should be fit, on the health and finance fronts," he said.

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MAA implemented to improve breastfeeding: MoS Health Bharati Pawar

The Government of India implements the Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child Adolescent Health Plus Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) strategy under the National Health Mission, which includes various activities to address the problem of anaemia and malnutrition among women and children across the country.

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Physical activity not enough to balance risk of heart disease from sugary drinks, study finds

Following around 1 lakh adults over a period of 30 years, the researchers led by Harvard School of Public Health, US, found that the WHO-recommended 150 minutes of weekly exercise, aimed to protect against cardiovascular disease, were not enough to counter the adverse effects of sugar-sweetened beverages.

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Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme strengthened in view of future pandemics: Govt

​​​"To enhance disease surveillance activities, the Union Health Ministry has strengthened the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), which allows for a decentralised system of response through trained multi-disciplinary rapid response teams (RRTs) to institute requisite public health control and containment measures," Mandaviya said.

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WHO issues warning against sugar substitutes used by diabetics, weight watchers

In May 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a new guideline on non-sugar sweeteners or NSS and recommended against the use of such sugar substitutes to control body weight or reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases.

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"Missing TB cases reduced from 1 mn in 2015 to 0.26 mn in 2023": Mansukh Mandaviya

During his address, Mandaviya said, "TB has been a global health problem for decades now. After two challenging years dominated by disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, globally we saw a reduction in TB incidence of 8.7 percent, while in India we were able to demonstrate a reduction of 16 percent, almost double the pace."

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PM-STIAC meeting deliberates robust regulatory ecosystem for medical products in India

The meeting brought together PM-STIAC members, key government officials, and experts from the medical and health industry to discuss priority areas of the health products ecosystem, particularly the current regulatory processes of medical products, gaps, and challenges faced by stakeholders, and emerging opportunities in the regulatory space. The aim was to provide recommendations for a robust regulatory ecosystem.

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PM-STIAC meeting deliberates robust regulatory ecosystem for medical products in India

The meeting brought together PM-STIAC members, key government officials, and experts from the medical and health industry to discuss priority areas of the health products ecosystem, particularly the current regulatory processes of medical products, gaps, and challenges faced by stakeholders, and emerging opportunities in the regulatory space. The aim was to provide recommendations for a robust regulatory ecosystem.

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India sees single-day rise of 157 COVID cases

India saw a single-day rise of 157 COVID-19 infections while the number of active cases was recorded at 1,496, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday. Two new deaths -- one each from Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh -- have been reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.

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ICMR working on new vaccine for KFD: Health commissioner

Health minister Dinesh Gundurao said KFD is prevalent only in a few districts and after the recent incident of deaths the health commissioner visited Shivamogga to ensure quick treatment. The vaccine developed for KFD previously is of no use and hence we have requested ICMR for a new vaccine, he said.

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More than 2.78 Crore Ayushman cards created at Viksit Bharat Health Camps: Govt

Under the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) for the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, Ayushman cards are being created using the Ayushman app and physical cards are being distributed to the beneficiaries.

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India sends humanitarian aid to Zambia amid cholera outbreak in country

The emergency funding will support humanitarian partners UNICEF and the WHO in their efforts to address immediate and critical needs related to health, water, hygiene, and sanitation, as per the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO).

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Monkey fever claims two lives in India: How is this disease spreading

Awareness is being created about the precautionary measures to be taken to prevent the infection from spreading further. The vaccination provided earlier was found ineffective. So, we have approached ICMR for the vaccination," a senior health official told PTI.

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Thyrocare Technologies to acquire Think Health Diagnostics

"With the strategic acquisition of Think Health Diagnostics, we are well-positioned to expand our footprint in pre-policy medical checkups for the insurance segment," Thyrocare Technologies Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Rahul Guha said.

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Union health min asks docs to serve in remote areas

Stressing on the sense of dutifulness among all citizens towards the nation, Mandaviya said that the medical profession was not a commerce but a service. He also laid foundation stones of several facilities at AIIMS Jodhpur.

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Global cancer cases may rise 77% by 2050, deaths by 50%: Report

The data, released to coincide with World Cancer Day on Feb 4 (Sunday), said an estimated 20 million new cancer cases and 9.7 million deaths were registered across the world. “About one in five people develop cancer in their lifetime, approximately 1 in 9 men and 1 in 12 women die from the disease,” said the report by IARC of the World Health Organisation.

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Medtech industry cheers Budget 2024 as a step towards Viksit Bharat

The policies underscoring the healthcare industry in the Budget 2024 cover significant aspects like Cervical cancer vaccination, improving nutrition delivery, maternal and child care, immunisation and community healthcare through extending the health cover under the Ayushman Bharat scheme to ASHA and Anganwadi workers. All these steps are a welcome step in the right direction.

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Health sector believes Budget 2024 focuses on holistic well-being but critical aspects missed

Experts voiced that encouraging cervical cancer vaccination, maternal and child care programme, the U-Win platform boosting immunisation efforts and Ayushman Bharat cover for ASHA workers are major announcements which will bring in a major change in strengthening the healthcare status of the population.

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Budget 2024 focuses on HPV vaccination, Maternal & Child health, Ayushman Bharat

The Finance Minister mentioned that geopolitically, global affairs are becoming more complex. A new world order is emerging after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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