India ready to lead from front in fight against tuberculosis: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

India ready to lead from front in fight against tuberculosis: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak during the One World TB Summit on World Tuberculosis Day, in Varanasi, on March 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on March 25 said India … Read more

Digital health has potential to support overall UHC targets: Dr Mansukh Mandaviya – ET HealthWorld

Digital health has potential to support overall UHC targets: Dr Mansukh Mandaviya – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Digital solutions hold the capacity to revolutionise the healthcare delivery systems. India aims to launch a global initiative on digital health as an institutional framework. This framework aims to converge the global efforts for digital health and scale up digital solutions with the use of cutting-edge technologies. It is time to move from … Read more

Covid has accelerated adoption of digital tools: Health Minister Mandaviya, Health News, ET HealthWorld

Covid has accelerated adoption of digital tools: Health Minister Mandaviya, Health News, ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst of growth and has accelerated the adoption of digital tools, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday, while stressing that under India’s presidency, the proposed G20 global initiative on digital health will prioritise bridging the digital divide. The initiative will bring together scientific expertise, collective … Read more

A total of 3,744 PG medical seats remained vacant in 2021-22: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

A total of 3,744 PG medical seats remained vacant in 2021-22: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

Mansukh Mandaviya. File | Photo Credit: PTI Of 60,202 postgraduate (PG) medical seats available for 2021-2022, 3,744 remained vacant after counselling, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed the Rajya Sabha on December 13. Similarly, of the 92,065 UG seats available in 2021-2022, 197 seats were left vacant for MBBS courses after counselling, the Minister said … Read more

CoWIN, Aarogya Setu to be repurposed as India’s health application – ET HealthWorld

CoWIN, Aarogya Setu to be repurposed as India’s health application – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: The Centre is planning to repurpose two main pillars of nation’s digital health systems that were used to track Covid-19 – CoWIN and Aarogya Setu – as India‘s health application. National Health Authority (NHA) CEO R.S. Sharma said that Aarogya Setu is being repurposed as India’s health application while CoWIN being repurposed for … Read more

PGIMER Satellite Centre in Sangrur to be functional by January: Mandaviya – ET HealthWorld

PGIMER Satellite Centre in Sangrur to be functional by January: Mandaviya – ET HealthWorld

Sangrur: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday visited PGIMER Satellite Centre in this Punjab town to review its progress, and said that it will be functional by January next year. Expressing satisfaction at the pace of the execution of the project, the minister said, “With the pace at which the … Read more

Of 1.17 lakh health and wellness centres, 1L to have teleconsultation services from Apr 16 – ET HealthWorld

Of 1.17 lakh health and wellness centres, 1L to have teleconsultation services from Apr 16 – ET HealthWorld

Of the 1.17 lakh health and wellness centres operationalised in the country, one lakh will have teleconsultation services from April 16, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday. If someone living in a remote village needs health-related advices from an expert, the teleconsultation services will be quite helpful for him, Mandaviya said in a … Read more

Health Minister Mandaviya launches i-drone for vaccine delivery – ET HealthWorld

health minister mandaviya launches i drone for vaccine delivery

New Delhi: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched ICMR’s Drone Response and Outreach in North East (i-Drone) today as a part of ‘Antyodaya’, an initiative taken up by the government to make healthcare accessible to all. This delivery model will be used to provide life-saving medications and vaccines in otherwise inaccessible areas with tough terrains. Noting … Read more