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Karnataka To Roll Out First Of It's Kind Women's Menopause Health Policy
Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader said menopause remains one of the most neglected areas of healthcare despite affecting millions of women between the ages of 40 and 60.
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Can Maharashtra's School Junk Food Ban Reduce Childhood Obesity And Lifestyle Diseases?
Experts say Maharashtra's decision to ban junk food in schools is a positive step towards reducing childhood obesity and lifestyle diseases.
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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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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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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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Non-Life Insurers Can Offer Standard Health Policies Before April 1
In a circular dated April January 24, 2020, the insurance regulator said that insurers can offer the 'Arogya Sanjeevani Policy' - the standard health insurance policy before April 1, 2020.
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‘Covid Lessons: Invest In Basic Healthcare, Surveillance And Public Health’
IndiaSpend discusses how public health finance can be administered more effectively with Former Heath Secretary K Sujatha Rao.
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Non-Life Insurers Can Offer Standard Health Policies Before April 1
In a circular dated April January 24, 2020, the insurance regulator said that insurers can offer the 'Arogya Sanjeevani Policy' - the standard health insurance policy before April 1, 2020.
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Trump Springs Globalist Surprise With Medicare Drug-Pricing Plan
Trump’s drug-pricing plan puts the U.S. on a path toward policies like those in Europe, where governments use tight cost controls.
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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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Karnataka To Roll Out First Of It's Kind Women's Menopause Health Policy
Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader said menopause remains one of the most neglected areas of healthcare despite affecting millions of women between the ages of 40 and 60.
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Can Maharashtra's School Junk Food Ban Reduce Childhood Obesity And Lifestyle Diseases?
Experts say Maharashtra's decision to ban junk food in schools is a positive step towards reducing childhood obesity and lifestyle diseases.
-
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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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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Non-Life Insurers Can Offer Standard Health Policies Before April 1
In a circular dated April January 24, 2020, the insurance regulator said that insurers can offer the 'Arogya Sanjeevani Policy' - the standard health insurance policy before April 1, 2020.
-
‘Covid Lessons: Invest In Basic Healthcare, Surveillance And Public Health’
IndiaSpend discusses how public health finance can be administered more effectively with Former Heath Secretary K Sujatha Rao.
-
Non-Life Insurers Can Offer Standard Health Policies Before April 1
In a circular dated April January 24, 2020, the insurance regulator said that insurers can offer the 'Arogya Sanjeevani Policy' - the standard health insurance policy before April 1, 2020.
-
Trump Springs Globalist Surprise With Medicare Drug-Pricing Plan
Trump’s drug-pricing plan puts the U.S. on a path toward policies like those in Europe, where governments use tight cost controls.
-
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.
-
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...
