The United Nations General Assembly has recently adopted resolution in Geneva on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases – mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes – which kill nearly 35 million people each year, including almost 9 million before the age of 60.
Fortis Healthcare Ltd, one of the leading chains of private hospitals in India, commissioned a two-day Quality Conclave at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (FEHI) to create awareness on superior quality in medical treatment.
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Conference on �Accreditation of Hospitals�organised by CII in New Delhi on July 4, 2009
All the primary hospitals and community health centres in Gujarat are set to undergo a sea change, with the state government taking initiatives to ensure quality healthcare services.
[This article was published in the February 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
As the actual effect of the ‘near-apocalyptic’ credit crisis hits us, we must understand its direct and indirect impact on public health.
In a move that will regularise and upgrade the healthcare facilities for central government employees, the health ministry is likely to issue a directive asking more than 150 Central Services Medical Attendant (CSMA)-affiliated private hospitals to get the approval of National Accreditation Board for hospitals and healthcare providers (NABH).
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The Internet and World Wide Web have evolved from an information highway, to an enormous virtual library, to a platform for global enterprise and well beyond
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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In a bid to help combat Malaria and other fatal diseases in India, World Bank has announced a USD 520 million scheme, the largest such project by the world body in any country.
Information and communication technologies (ICT) have been recognised in the past decades as an essential tool for the scientific, economic and social development of a country.
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has joined the “Call to Stop Tuberculosis,” a global partnership to eradicate the curable disease, because of which around 2 million people die every year.
Qatar is planning to emerge a regional model providing health care sector with a ground-breaking national e-health strategy by the beginning of next year.
