It took India over 50 years to invest in a public health initiative like NRHM : Keshav Desiraju, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government, India

As the Additional Secretary with Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, Keshav Desiraju plays a pivotal role in transforming the public health sector in India. He shared his views on the key challenges that hamper the growth of the Indian healthcare industry and the government’s role in overcoming these challenges in a candid interview with eHEALTH in the sidelines of the Healthcare Leaders’ Forum

BYTE OF THE PIE

[This article was published in the February 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] HMIS harnesses the power of information to bring quickest corrective action on ground for fighting any challenge in public health

Snapshots of Change

[This article was published in the January 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] A rainbow collection of stories in the field of healthcare that track the life of India growing fast, and how!

Healthcare needs surveillance grid

[This article was published in the December 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

�Fixing the sick� approach should give way to a preventive care and diagnostics system, especially for the rural people

National Program For Prevention and Control of Deafness launched in Maharashtra

Honourable Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare, Environment, Protocol and additional charge of Sports & Youth Welfare, Shri Suresh H. Shetty launched the National Program for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD) in Maharashtra on 6th September 2010.

Masters in Public Health Degree at Ravenshaw & AIPH

Asian Institute of Public Health (AIPH) has entered into a partnership with Ravenshaw, the premier University of Orissa, to offer the Masters in Public Health (MPH) degree course starting from July 19, 2010.

NRHM completes five years, best performing States to be honoured

As the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) completes five years, a mid-term review of the programme claims that it has unleashed a lot of positive synergies and the government should make all efforts to further deepen such processes of community health in a manner that every household is able to seek its entitlement to care.
Vice-President Hamid Ansari will honour the best performing States at a function here.

Union Budget 2010-11 Roadmap for Healthcare in India : Saba Firdaus, Research Assistant, eHEALTH

[This article was published in the April 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Healthcare, expected to reach over US$75 billion by 2010 and US$150 billion by 2017, has a huge potential for growth in India.

Rural healthcare-the focus of Union Budget 2010

The focus of the Union Budget 2010-11 is on rural healthcare with the allocations rising to a whopping INR 22,300 crores from INR 19,534 crores during the previous fiscal year. This escalation is in keeping with the evolving needs of the growing healthcare industry of the country.

Doctors for the village

A two day workshop will be held in Delhi to discuss an alternative model for under-graduate medical education to create a cadre of rural doctors for the villages.

Rajasthan Government Orders Free Treatment to HIV+

In a major respite for all HIV/AIDS patients, the Rajasthan state health department has ordered free treatment for them at all government facilities.
Orders for immediate implementation of the scheme were recently released by the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

GE Healthcare Joins Hands with Government in Tamil Nadu

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“Health and Hospital managers will be in great demand” : Dr. V.K. Singh, Institute of Health Management Research (IHMR)

Established in 1984 in Jaipur, Institute of Health Management Research (IHMR) is the first of its kind in India, with attention solely focused on health systems management. It is a premier institute in health management education, training, research, programme management and consulting in the health sector including Hospitals and Healthcare IT. IHMR has two centers at Bangalore and Delhi.