Delhi Government Bans OTC sale of NSAIDs without Prescription
The Delhi Government has banned the over-the-counter sale of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as Aspirin, Dispirin, Brufen, Voveran, without […]
Tags: anti inflammatory, Aspirin, Chemistry, Delhi government, dengue, Diclofenac, Doctor's prescription, Drugs Control Department, Health Minister, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Ibuprofen, medicine, Naproxen, Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, Over-the-counter drug, Pharmacology, Politics, retail chemist, Satyender Singh, seasonal diseases, Social Issues
Apollo Munichs Introduces Health Insurance Policy against Dengue
Apollo Munich Health Insurance has introduced Dengue Care health insurance policy to cover dengue related expenses. Launched by cricketer Sourav Ganguly, […]
India, UK can jointly Improve Healthcare
The city is currently hosting an international medicine conference. This will also mark collaboration between doctors from India and London […]
Harsh Vardhan for new energy into Health for All; more inclusivity soonÂ
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, has asked for thorough streamlining of systems in the distribution […]
From Primary to Tertiary Healthcare
T C Benjamin, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Department,Government of Maharashtra, provides an overview of the IT initiatives that have been […]
Handle with Care
Havells group initiated a hospital in Faridabad, purely as a social commitment but simultaneously it was expected to be self […]
HLL Launches Affordable Diagnostic Kit for Chikungunya and Dengue
HLL Lifecare Limited, a mini-ratna public sector undertaking with diversified business, is foraying into molecular diagnostics area with a duplex […]
Nivārana: System design and implementation focused on rapid response to communicable diseases
This paper was received for the eHealth track of eIndia 2010 (https://www.eindia.net.in) held at HICC Hyderabad between August 6 and 8th, 2010. The paper was submitted by W.M.A.S.B. Wickramasinghe, Undergraduate, University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC); Dr. S.M.K.D. Arunatileka, Senior lecturer, Universty of Colombo School of Computing (ucsc); Dr. R.G. Premaratne, Consultant Epidemiologist, Epidemiology Unit (EU) of the Ministry of Health and Nutrition in Sri Lanka
Brazilian researchers using twitter to track dengue outbreaks
A team of science and technology experts in Brazil has developed and tested new software capable of using Twitter to track dengue fever outbreaks in the country, New Scientist reports.
Google Dengue trends
Google is gradually shifting towards providing Health applications with the latest being created Google Dengue Trends, a precautionary system to monitor dengue-related search terms in Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia and Singapore.
Kerala introduces SMS for better health
Addressing to healthcare in Kerala is just a SMS away, now. According to Dr Rathan U Kelkar, Director, Kerala State Information Technology Mission (KSITM), the state has introduced Dr SMS, which is a free service that makes health facilities, available to people through the use of mobile. KSITM is an autonomous body which implements e-governance projects for the state government.
“IT is the only facilitator for health services in the government sector” : Dr. R C Patnaik, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, India
The health department is a constituent unit of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), providing holistic healthcare facilities to the population residing in the geographical territory under MCD.
“Biggest support we have had has come from the clinicians” : Dr Denham Pole, Medical Informatics, Sri Lanka
eHEALTH recently caught up with Dr. Denham Pole from Swiss Red Cross in Colombo, who is the mastermind behind this achievement. Excerpts from the interview.
