Animals Gnaw at Infant, Expose Callous Healthcare System

The shoddy status of the government hospitals in our country has been highlighted with a  shocking incident, where a 10 […]

World Toilet Day: Flush away inertia and ignorance

Almost 2 billion people use excrementally polluted water, which poses not only a global health risk, but also flushes away […]

USFDA Withdrwas Sales Ban as Indian Pharma Companies Take Corrective Measures

A new recommendation has come in for the Indian drug companies. Most Indian drug companies that were penalised for violating […]

IPA Says Indian Pharmaceutical Industry Going to Have Marketing Code

According to Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) the pharmaceutical industry has agreed in principle to enforce a code that will restrict […]

Oriflame Plans to Buy Indian Health Drink Maker

Oriflame, a company whose products have long graced dressing tables, may be about to move on to the dining tables […]

NABH signs MoU with 3M India Ltd to reduce risk of infections

NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers), a constituent board of Quality Council of India & 3M India […]

Dr K Ganapathy

Secretary General of the Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgery, and Head Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation Dr. K. Ganapathy

Maternal deaths fall 34%, but still 1,000 women die every day in India

Deaths from complications during pregnancy and childbirth have fallen by a third in the past two decades but 1,000 women still die needlessly every day, the World Health Organisation said recently.

UN chief emphasizes on reducing Maternal Mortality

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) while speaking about the World Population Day, has called for greater participation by men in maternal health to reduce the number of women who die each day in childbirth and to ensure safe motherhood.

ICTs infrastructure in Africa

Level of poverty has remained very high in Africa in the past, and also the present. The 2006 report on the United Nation

Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin launched

Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO) organised its inaugural press conference, with a vision to improving healthcare worldwide.

NABH goes global

India hospital accreditation programme – National Accreditation Board for Hospital (NABH), run and managed by the Quality Council of India (QCI) will now serve globally.

Showcasing Excellence in Public Health

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

Showcasing Excellence in Public Health
A post-event report of the International Conference on Health Systems Strengthening hosted by the Government of Tamil Nadu during May 7 � 10, 2010 in Chennai