The UNAIDS’ new report titled ‘Financial Resources Required to Achieve Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support’, says that for achieving the goal of providing universal access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010, there is requirement of a dramatic and urgent scale-up of efforts.
Governments and organizations are uniting in order to launch a new global and unprecedented drive on 26 September, 2007 to cut down maternal and child deaths.
The Delhi Cabinet on 24 eptember, 2007 gave its nod for establishment of an Indian Institute of Public Health, which would provide a sustainable response to the severe shortfall of public health professionals.
The Centre has proposed to set up a state-of-the-art National Cancer Institute in Chennai at an initial cost of INR 200 crore, the proposed institute will come up on a 10-acre plot in Egmore.
The Department of Science & Technology has proposed to bring in a new legislation to enforce uniform and effective standards of Medical Devices throughout the country so as to ensure that substandard devices are not exported, especially to developing countries, which do not have medical devices regulation in place and also for use within the country.
A growing number of young IT professionals in India are seen to be suffering from lifestyle diseases. Keeping this in view the government is planning a workplace health policy for those working in this sector.
A Rs1,500 crore project, the first major government investment for healthcare will kick off in the first week of October with the opening of architecture and design tenders for six hospital projects.
A INR 1,500 crore project, the first major government investment for healthcare will kick off in the first week of October with the opening of architecture and design tenders for six hospital projects.
A growing number of young IT professionals in India are seen to be suffering from lifestyle diseases. Keeping this in view the government is planning a workplace health policy for those working in this sector.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting efforts by the Government of Indonesia to reduce malnutrition among poor children and pregnant women to put the country on track to achieving the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The International Health Partnership aims to improve the way that international agencies, donors and poor countries work together to develop and implement health plans, creating and improving health services for poor people and ultimately saving more lives.
The Ministry of Health, UAE has announced 35 initiatives in public healthcare to be implemented in the next three years. The ministry is seeking to become the regulator of healthcare services under the new health strategy for 2008 to 2010, which includes unifying healthcare policies and offering more medical specialties.
The Income Tax Department of India will set up a Regional Computer centre at Shillong to promote tax initiatives in the North East region of the country.
