Jan Aushadhi Diwas 2023: 7th March : The 5th Jan Aushadhi Diwas is being organized on 7th March 2023 across India to enhance awareness about the scheme and promote generic medicines. March 2023 Current Affairs Quiz Theme 2023: Jan Aushadhi – Sasti bhi Acchi bhi The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI), […]
Digital insurer Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI) has joined hands with the Ministry of Health, government of India, to help create digital health identities for citizens, according to a release. ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) is a 14-digit number that helps users to share and access their health records digitally with listed healthcare providers. The National Health
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Health Ministry’s telemedicine initiative – E-Sanjeevani is rapidly gaining popularity amongst patients and doctors. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points It has recorded five lakh teleconsultations in a short span of time and the last one lakh consultations were completed in a record time of 17 days. As a digital modality of health care services
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Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare has presided over a review meeting with States/UTs on the “eSanjeevani” and “eSanjeevaniOPD” platforms as1.5 lakh tele-consultations were completed on the tele-medicine service platforms of the Health Ministry. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points In a short span of time since November 2019, tele-consultation by eSanjeevani and eSanjeevaniOPD
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Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, visited the Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre (SPCCC) at Chhattarpur, New Delhi and reviewed the status of COVID-19 management at the Centre. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points A 10,200-bedded “Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre” has been developed at Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) in Chhatarpur, Delhi as
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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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Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan has chaired the virtual meeting on the occasion of World Population Day emphasised on the significance of population stabilisation and its vital role in future. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points In the last decade alone, India’s Crude Birth Rate (CBR) has reduced from 21.8
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Union Minister for Science & Technology, Health and Family Welfare and Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan has released a white paper on “Focused Interventions for ‘Make in India’. It has been prepared by Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points TIFAC is an autonomous organization set up in 1988
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Union Health ministry has launched the ‘eBloodServices’ App for easy access to blood in this critical time of coronavirus pandemic in partnership with the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS). The app is developed by the ERaktkosh team and will bring ‘transparency’ in the blood donation program. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This application is
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Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare has released the annual TB Report 2020 through a virtual event. It also released a Joint Monitoring Mission (JMM) report, a manual on Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to TB patients under NIKSHAY system, a Training Module, and the quarterly newsletter NIKSHAY Patrika. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The
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