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India Among Countries With Comprehensive National Rare Diseases Framework, Says Government
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The government on Tuesday said that the need for addressing rare diseases was first highlighted in the National Health Policy, 2017, and was subsequently institutionalized through the launch of the National Policy for Rare Dis
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UGC Issues Directive To Strengthen Mental Health Support In Universities
UGC issues guidelines for Indian higher education institutions to promote student physical fitness, mental health, and overall well-being through counseling and sports activities.
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'Rehabilitate Mentally Challenged Homeless People': Top Court To Centre
The Supreme Court on Monday described homeless people suffering from mental illnesses as "destitute to the extreme" and "most vulnerable", and gave the Centre a last opportunity to come up with standard operating procedures for rehabilitating them.
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India's Biggest Health Policy Changes Of 2025: What Changed Patient Lives
2025 saw landmark policy shifts that reshaped care access, costs and environmental health in India.
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Wheelchair-Bound Stephen Hawking Slams 'Profit-Making' Healthcare Model
Physicist Stephen Hawking has criticised the British government for causing a crisis in the state-run National Health Service (NHS), saying it had to be protected from becoming a profit-making U.S.-style system.
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National Health Policy And Challenges Of Saving India's Mothers And Babies
Policies lay down the intent and provide the direction. Viewed within this framework, the recently announced National Health Policy has articulated an ambitious vision of saving lives, promoting wellness and aiming to provide every citizen access good quality health care. What does it say? Similar to the National Health Policy 2002, the National He...
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India Will Not Meet National Health Policy 2017 Targets: Ex-Health Secretary K Sujatha Rao
By Swagata Yadavar/ IndiaSpend.org Health has never been a national priority and it is one reason why we have the highest number of women dying during childbirth and under-five mortality rates, former Union Health Secretary K Sujatha Rao wrote in her recently-published book “Do We Care? India’s Health System”. Drawing on two decades of work i...
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National Health Policy Proposes Free Drugs, Diagnostics and Emergency Care Services
National Health Policy 2017 aims at providing affordable healthcare for all. The policy proposed free drugs, free diagnostics and free emergency care services in all public hospitals.
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No Right To Health In New Policy. But It Tries To Make Indians Live Longer
The Narendra Modi government's new National Health Policy announced on Thursday pledges to more than double public spending on health so that people live longer, give the poor free access to medicines and diagnostics in state-run hospitals and set targets for control of diseases such as tuberculosis that kills over 5,000 people every day.
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National Health Policy Aims at Affordable and Quality Healthcare for All
The Union Cabinet approved the government's National Health Policy, which will be committed to providing "affordable and quality healthcare" to all.
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Kerala Government Unveils Policy To Promote AYUSH Systems
Kerala government has unveiled its AYUSH policy with an objective to make the state a global destination of traditional systems of medicine.
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Brazil Considers Reforming Biosecurity Law Amid Criticism
Brazilian officials will soon decide whether to amend the South American nation's rigid procedures for sharing Zika samples, the Cabinet chief's spokeswoman said on Friday, as officials announced that they were sending a set of samples to US researchers amid complaints of hoarding.
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This State To Become First In The Country To Have 'One Health' Policy
With the developed countries all set to have a strong 'one health' policy, ensuring a strong integration in the working between the health practioners and the veterinarians, Kerala too will have a similar policy.
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Anti-Smoking Messages Can Backfire: Study
Public health policies which stigmatise smoking can actually make it harder for people to quit because they become angry and defensive and the negative messages lead to a drop in self-esteem, a new study has found.
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India Among Countries With Comprehensive National Rare Diseases Framework, Says Government
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The government on Tuesday said that the need for addressing rare diseases was first highlighted in the National Health Policy, 2017, and was subsequently institutionalized through the launch of the National Policy for Rare Dis
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UGC Issues Directive To Strengthen Mental Health Support In Universities
UGC issues guidelines for Indian higher education institutions to promote student physical fitness, mental health, and overall well-being through counseling and sports activities.
-
'Rehabilitate Mentally Challenged Homeless People': Top Court To Centre
The Supreme Court on Monday described homeless people suffering from mental illnesses as "destitute to the extreme" and "most vulnerable", and gave the Centre a last opportunity to come up with standard operating procedures for rehabilitating them.
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India's Biggest Health Policy Changes Of 2025: What Changed Patient Lives
2025 saw landmark policy shifts that reshaped care access, costs and environmental health in India.
-
Wheelchair-Bound Stephen Hawking Slams 'Profit-Making' Healthcare Model
Physicist Stephen Hawking has criticised the British government for causing a crisis in the state-run National Health Service (NHS), saying it had to be protected from becoming a profit-making U.S.-style system.
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National Health Policy And Challenges Of Saving India's Mothers And Babies
Policies lay down the intent and provide the direction. Viewed within this framework, the recently announced National Health Policy has articulated an ambitious vision of saving lives, promoting wellness and aiming to provide every citizen access good quality health care. What does it say? Similar to the National Health Policy 2002, the National He...
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India Will Not Meet National Health Policy 2017 Targets: Ex-Health Secretary K Sujatha Rao
By Swagata Yadavar/ IndiaSpend.org Health has never been a national priority and it is one reason why we have the highest number of women dying during childbirth and under-five mortality rates, former Union Health Secretary K Sujatha Rao wrote in her recently-published book “Do We Care? India’s Health System”. Drawing on two decades of work i...
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National Health Policy Proposes Free Drugs, Diagnostics and Emergency Care Services
National Health Policy 2017 aims at providing affordable healthcare for all. The policy proposed free drugs, free diagnostics and free emergency care services in all public hospitals.
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No Right To Health In New Policy. But It Tries To Make Indians Live Longer
The Narendra Modi government's new National Health Policy announced on Thursday pledges to more than double public spending on health so that people live longer, give the poor free access to medicines and diagnostics in state-run hospitals and set targets for control of diseases such as tuberculosis that kills over 5,000 people every day.
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National Health Policy Aims at Affordable and Quality Healthcare for All
The Union Cabinet approved the government's National Health Policy, which will be committed to providing "affordable and quality healthcare" to all.
-
Kerala Government Unveils Policy To Promote AYUSH Systems
Kerala government has unveiled its AYUSH policy with an objective to make the state a global destination of traditional systems of medicine.
-
Brazil Considers Reforming Biosecurity Law Amid Criticism
Brazilian officials will soon decide whether to amend the South American nation's rigid procedures for sharing Zika samples, the Cabinet chief's spokeswoman said on Friday, as officials announced that they were sending a set of samples to US researchers amid complaints of hoarding.
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This State To Become First In The Country To Have 'One Health' Policy
With the developed countries all set to have a strong 'one health' policy, ensuring a strong integration in the working between the health practioners and the veterinarians, Kerala too will have a similar policy.
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Anti-Smoking Messages Can Backfire: Study
Public health policies which stigmatise smoking can actually make it harder for people to quit because they become angry and defensive and the negative messages lead to a drop in self-esteem, a new study has found.
