The World Bank and the Government of India  signed here today a Loan Agreement of $400 Million to expand the coverage and the quality of interventions for the control of Tuberculosis (TB), which kills approximately half a million people in India every year. The World Bank supported program ...

The Homeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State, Ministry of AYUSH. This was the second bill to be passed in the Lower House after the Special Economic Zone (Amendment) Bill 2019. The bill, if passed in the Rajya ...

For the second time in a row, Kerala has emerged as the top ranking state in terms of overall health performance, according to second health index launched by NITI Aayog. The second index took into account base year -- 2015-2016 -- to reference year -- 2017-2018. According to the index, Uttar ...

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu State Government to launch its flagship universal health insurance scheme named "Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana(SSBY). The Health scheme will be the first of its kind in the state and provide annual health cove of Rs. 5 lakh per family to 43.18 lakh families of ...

National Health Authority (NHA) and ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth signed a Memorandum Understanding (MoU) to train 15,000 state and district personnel. They are trained for Pradhan Mantri Arogya Mitra scheme. They are to provide the delivery of health services under Ayushman Bharat Scheme ...