The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in India has declined to 113 in 2016-18 from 122 in 2015-17 and 130 in 2014-2016. This inference has been released in the special bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India 2016-18, by the Office of the Registrar General’s Sample Registration System (SRS). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Maternal […]
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Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has given market approval to the first fully indigenously developed Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine. This vaccine has been developed by M/s. Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd, Pune. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Serum Institute first obtained the approval of DCGI to conduct Phase I, Phase II and
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A new study in the UK has found that patients who recover from the Covid-19 may have an antibody response that makes them immune to the deadly virus only for a few months. Research, led by Dr Katie Doores of King’s College London, found levels of antibodies that can destroy the virus peaked about three
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Itolizumab (rDNA origin) has now been granted Restricted Emergency Use authorisation by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) based on clinical trials data. It is a monoclonal antibody which was already approved for severe chronic plaque psoriasis. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points M/s Biocon has been manufacturing and marketing this drug for the
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The Centre has digitally launched a web-based solution for the healthcare supply chain portal ‘Aarogyapath’, to provide real-time availability of critical healthcare supplies for manufacturers, suppliers and customers. AarogyaPath will serve manufacturers, suppliers, and customers. The aim is to tackle the national health emergency that has arisen out of the COVID-19 pandemic, where the critical
WHO is releasing a list of urgent, global health challenges. This list, developed with input from our experts around the world, reflects a deep concern that leaders are failing to invest enough resources in core health priorities and systems. This puts lives, livelihoods and economies in jeopardy. None of these issues are simple to address,
Shri Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 13th edition of the annual Global Healthcare Summit organized by the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), with the lighting of the traditional lamp and delivering the keynote address at the Taj Krishna Hotel in Hyderabad. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 “I am glad to learn that AAPI
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Ministry of Health and Ministry of AYUSH Signed MoU to forge inter-sectoral convergence at the level of policy, planning and programme implementation for accelerated response towards “Tuberculosis Free India” initiative. The intended collaboration between the two Ministries aims at development of linkages and integration of TB care services within the infrastructure and institutional network of
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Ayush Minister Shripad Yesso Naik said that 4200 Ayush wellness centres will be set up by Govt in ongoing fiscal. He said that the government has also provided financial assistance to set up integrated Ayush hospitals in 85 districts across various states, and has plans to add more. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 “We have
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India has an adequate number of healthcare professionals, albeit their distribution is uneven between rural and urban India and across different states, a recent study has found. The research was carried out by the Indian Institute of Public Health and is based on the data collected from the registry institutions and the National Sample Survey
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