Bajaj Allianz to launch gender-based pricing of health policy
August 31st, 2012 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 30 (IANS) With studies showing positive risk profile of women for non-life insurers, the Pune-based Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd. plans to introduce gender based pricing of ... Read more...
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Indian-American doctor offers healthcare solutions for India
August 13th, 2012 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) A leading Indian American doctor has proposed four major projects to transform India's healthcare system with US expertise, but laments that New Delhi's response appears at ... Read more...
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Australia to help India control rabies
June 22nd, 2012 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Experts from an Australian non-governmental organisation will collaborate with Indian health professionals on enhancing skills to carry out anti-rabies programmes.NGO Vets Beyond Borders will provide ... Read more...
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Ban to meet business leaders for UN health agenda
April 28th, 2012 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will later Saturday meet business and social leaders here to discuss ways and means to achieve the health-related UN Millennium Development ... Read more...
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India, US to boost health cooperation
April 11th, 2012 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 11 (IANS) India and the US will strengthen cooperation in the area of public health by sharing information and best practices, identify and address policy concerns and establish ... Read more...
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Trying to build beauty brand? Find a USP
February 8th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 8 (IANS) The Rs.25 billion (over $500 million) Indian health and wellness market is on the rise and new players are frequently entering the business. But the burning ... Read more...
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India re-elected chair of international population body
November 5th, 2011 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Indian Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has been re-elected the chairperson of intergovernmental body Partners in Population Development (PPD), a statement said here Saturday.The decision ... Read more...
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Smuggled Indian pan masala poses cancer threat to Africa
July 28th, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) African teenagers, especially school kids, are addicted to Indian 'gutka' and pan masala smuggled into their countries, an Indian health ministry official said here Thursday, ... Read more...
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Nepal gay MP dubs Azad sociopath
July 6th, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 6 (IANS) The outrage triggered by Indian Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's statement that homosexuality was "unnatural" spread outside India with the founder of the gay rights movement ... Read more...
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Homosexuality no disease, India must include MSM: UNAIDS
July 5th, 2011 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Homosexuality is not a disease and there is no place for discrimination on the basis of a person's sexual orientation, UNAIDS emphasised Tuesday, a day ... Read more...
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National health portal approved
June 2nd, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The finance ministry has approved the health ministry's proposal to set up a national health portal - the one-stop space for health-related information, Minister of ... Read more...
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Indian Health Ministry investigating superbug presence in Delhi water
April 13th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 13 (ANI): With the controversy surrounding the presence of deadly superbug bacteria NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1) in the water being supplied to the residents of the national capital ... Read more...
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Superbug does not pose risk: Health ministry (Lead)
April 7th, 2011 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Indian health ministry Thursday denied superbug NDM-1 posed any public health threat to Delhi's environment, as a study published by a British medical journal ... Read more...
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‘8 percent households become poor due to medical expenses’
September 2nd, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) About eight percent of households in India are pushed to below the poverty line due to heavy medical expenses, said a new report on the Indian health ... Read more...
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As breast cancer spreads in India, awareness is key (Feature)
September 1st, 2010 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
By Rahul Vaishnavi
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) While bathing one morning, Sunaina Luthra felt a slight lump in her left breast. Thinking it was an allergic reaction caused by a new brand ... Read more...
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National accreditation for medical centres
August 27th, 2010 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) In an effort to improve medical services as well as patient experiences, accreditation standards for medical imaging services (MIS) like X-rays and gamma rays were introduced Friday ... Read more...
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State-run general insurers scout partner for new company
August 15th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Aug 15 (IANS) The General Insurers Public Sector Association (GIPSA), a group of four state-owned non-life insurers, will invite partners to pick a 26-percent stake in a proposed company ... Read more...
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Five-in-one vaccine led to child deaths: experts
July 29th, 2010 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Killugudi Jayaraman
Bangalore, July 29 (IANS) The pentavalent or the five-in-one vaccine that has been recommended in India by the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization actually killed children in Sri Lanka ... Read more...
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India-US health dialogue held
June 26th, 2010 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Indian Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad held talks with his US counterpart Kathleen Sebelius in Washington to enhance cooperation in the field of health between the two ... Read more...
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Westbank hospital ties up with two heart centres
June 26th, 2010 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) Private healthcare provider Westbank Hospital Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two leading heart treatment centres for providing cardio thoracic services at its soon-to-be launched multi ... Read more...
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India has shortage of six lakh doctors: Trivedi
June 25th, 2010 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) India has a shortage of 600,000 doctors and 10 lakh nurses, Union Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi said here Friday.
To combat the human resources shortage in ... Read more...
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Yoga can help India, Nepal bond: Nepali president
March 28th, 2010 - 1:51 am ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 27 (IANS) President of Nepal Ram Baran Yadav Saturday said Indian yoga could help the two nations bond better.
"Yoga is an integral part of traditional Indian culture and we are ... Read more...
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Over two million pregnant women in India consume tobacco
March 20th, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Over two million pregnant women in India consume tobacco products, a shocking figure revealed by the Indian health ministry Saturday.
"It is shocking that over 8.5 percent of ... Read more...
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Dhaka, New Delhi to cooperate on curbing infectious diseases
February 15th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 15 (IANS) Bangladesh and India have agreed to fight infectious diseases like polio and cooperate in healthcare programmes for the poor.
A decision in this regard was taken during ... Read more...
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India’s swine flu toll touches 1,108, over 28,000 affected (Lead)
January 14th, 2010 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Eight swine flu deaths were reported in India Thursday, taking the toll to 1,108, Indian health authorities said here.
Also, 62 new cases were reported in the country, ... Read more...
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India’s swine flu toll touches 1,046 (Lead)
January 8th, 2010 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Nine swine flu deaths were reported Friday, taking the toll to 1,046, Indian health authorities said here.
Also, 88 new cases were recorded, taking the total number of ... Read more...
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25,000 Indian-origin British doctors to return to India
January 3rd, 2010 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Prashant K. Nanda
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Nearly 25,000 British doctors of Indian origin are set to return to India within two to four years and some of them are "most ... Read more...
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Eradication of smallpox from India remarkable feat: WHO
July 31st, 2009 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Commemorating 30 years of freedom from smallpox, the World Health Organization (WHO) Friday said it was the greatest achievement in public health in the 20th century and ... Read more...
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Don’t shut schools after swine flu scare, advises government (Lead)
July 29th, 2009 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Indian health ministry Wednesday asked educational institutes not to shut but take preventive measures to control the swine flu spread as 23 new cases of the ... Read more...
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Schools asked not to shut after swine flu reports
July 29th, 2009 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Indian health ministry Wednesday asked educational institutes not to shut but take preventive measures to control the swine flu spread and advised students to avoid study ... Read more...
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Lower obesity threshold in British Asians, say Indian experts
July 10th, 2009 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 10 (ANI): Experts have called upon to lower the threshold for being overweight and obese in British Asians.Indian health chiefs have carried out changes in measuring system to take into ... Read more...
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Gay sex ruling will help HIV/AIDS prevention in India
July 3rd, 2009 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, July 3 (IANS) Amnesty International, the global human rights group, Friday welcomed the Delhi high court ruling decriminalising homosexuality and alleged the Victorian-era law that banned gay sex ... Read more...
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With three new cases, India’s swine flu tally at 59
June 21st, 2009 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Three people - a Chennai couple and a teenage boy from the capital - Sunday tested positive for the swine flue, taking the total number of pandemic ... Read more...
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Six new swine flu cases push India’s tally to 56 (Lead)
June 20th, 2009 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Six people, including two minors, across the country Saturday tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1) virus, taking the total number of affected people in India to ... Read more...
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Probe into Indian health projects exposed corruption: World Bank
June 10th, 2009 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 10 (IANS) Citing a large-scale review of projects in India' s health sector, a new World Bank report says it has helped it make significant headway in the ... Read more...
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