Current Affairs on Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

eSanjeevani crossed another milestone by completing 70 lakh consultations

Union Health Ministry’s National Telemedicine Service – eSanjeevani has crossed another milestone by completing 7 million (70 lakh) consultations. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 eSanjeevaniAB-HWC – the doctor-to-doctor telemedicine platform has been implemented at around 21,000 Health and Wellness Centres as spokes and over 1900 hubs, which are located in District Hospitals and Medical Colleges

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Govt launches digitized versions of health schemes on NHA’s IT platform

Union Health and Family Welfare Minister has launched the revamped Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and the Umbrella schemes of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) and Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant (HMDG) on National Health Authority (NHA)’s IT platform. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The CGHS is a comprehensive Health Scheme for Serving Employees, Pensioners, Members of

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Health Ministry’s event to mark the ‘World No Tobacco Day’

Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan organized an event on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day that smokers face a 40-50% higher risk of developing severe disease deaths from COVID-19. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 He further expressed that use of tobacco in the country has decreased by six percentage points from 34.6% in

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Meeting of Health Ministers of the NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) Countries

Health and Family Welfare Minister participated in a meeting with Ministers of Health of the NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) Countries. Dr. Tedros, Director-General of the World Health Organisation was also present in the meeting. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Bandung Principles and the Membership Criteria of the Non-Aligned Movement function as admission criteria both for

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Union Health Ministry accepted the New Recommendations of NEGVAC

The National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) has shared fresh recommendations regarding COVID-19 vaccination with the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. These recommendations have been based on the evolving situation of the COVID-19 pandemic and emerging global scientific evidence & experience. Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has accepted

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Health Ministry sanctions 162 oxygen plants

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan the government had sanctioned 162 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) plants of which 33 had been installed. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Five of them were installed in Madhya Pradesh, four in Maharashtra, three each in Chandigarh, Gujarat and Uttarakhand, two each in Bihar, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and one each

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Dr Harsh Vardhan chairs ICMR’s One Health Symposium

Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare chaired ICMR’s International Symposium titled ‘One Health in India: Research informing biosafety, preparedness and response’ through video conference. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 He launched a special issue of ICMR’s Indian Journal of Medical Research which discusses the One Health approach, corroborating multisectoral research informing

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Health Minister launched Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP)

Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan virtually launched the Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Integrated Health Information Platform is the next generation highly refined version of the presently used Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP). According to the minister, India is the first country in the world

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Union Health Minister approves National Policy for Rare Diseases, 2021

Union Health & Family Welfare Minister approved the “National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021” on 30th March 2021. The policy document has been uploaded on the website of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 For quite some time different stake holders have been demanding for a comprehensive policy for prevention

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Harsh Vardhan launched the Tribal TB Initiative

In a bid to realise the goal of a ‘TB Mukt Bharat’ envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare has launched the ‘Tribal TB Initiative’. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A Guidance Note on Joint Action Plan for Tuberculosis (TB) Elimination, a Special Edition of Tribal

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