WHO encourages breastfeeding-friendly society
World Breastfeeding Week 1–7 August AMN On this year World Breastfeeding Week 1–7 August, WHO has decided to encourage people to “Support mums to breastfeed anytime, anywhere,” as it believe…
World Hepatitis Day being observed today
World Hepatitis Day being observed today. The theme this year is ‘Elimination’. At the World Health Assembly in May this year, WHO and member States adopted the first ever Elimination…
Inter-Ministerial Committee on promotion of Organ Donation
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Anupriya Patel stated in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today informed that Government has constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee comprising members…
WHO new strategies to check violence against children
AMN World Health Organisation, WHO along with its partners on July 12 launched 7 interlinked strategies to reduce violence against children. The approaches have all been tested and all have…
Dealing With Pain in India
Like other parts of the world, a large number of people in India too experience illness, disease, pain, and suffering. And just like everyone else, they need multiple ways of…
“Fat tax” : Will the Kerala govt measure check Obesity?
By Nirendra Dev One of my favourite Indian states, Kerala, made news lately with the Marxist-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government slapping “fat-tax” on junk food. Obesity is stated to…
Climate Change likely to cause 2,50,000 additional deaths per year: WHO
World Health Organisation, WHO says, Climate change is likely to cause over 2 lakhs 50 thousand additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050. It said, these deaths will be…
Nadda calls upon people to come forward to donate organs
AMN Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda has called upon the people to come forward to donate organs to save lives. He said, organ donation can benefit the recipient largely…
CSIR launches anti diabetic ayurvedic drug
AMN / India’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has launched BGR-34, an anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug designed for type 2 Diabetes mellitus. A CSIR-NBRI officials said in Bengaluru that…
Govt reduces prices of 42 drugs
Government has capped the prices of 42 essential medicines used in treatment of various ailments including tuberculosis, cancer and cardiac diseases thereby reducing their cost by up to 15 per…