Protecting the health & well-being of youth
By Shobha Shukla / CNS Approximately 1 billion young people in Asia and the Pacific region are between 10-24 years old, constituting 27% of the total population in the region.…
Jamia Hamdard and HCFI organize Online Training Programme for Nurses
The programme will focus on training nurses on home-based care for Covid-19 and similar conditions HEALTH DESK The School of Nursing Sciences and Allied Health, Jamia Hamdard and the Heart…
“Lessen the Mortality of COVID-19” is the theme of National Doctor’s Day
AMN National Doctor’s Day is being celebrated today. The day is celebrated on July 1 every year to thank the doctors and physicians for their relentless service to the humanity.…
First potential COVID-19 Vaccine developed in India
DGCI gives approval for human clinical trials of COVAXIN HEALTH DESK INDIA’S National regulatory body for Indian Pharmaceuticals and medical devices, the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation, has granted approval…
How to Safeguard your children from Injuries
HEALTH DESK The COVID lockdown has turned our homes into a school, office and restaurant all at the same time. Our lives which were perfectly boxed into morning rush, school…
Sanitary Napkins available for Rs. 1/- per pad at PM Janaushadhi Kendras
AMN / NEW DELHI Sanitary Napkin is being made available in more than 6300 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushdhi Pariyojna -PMBJP Kendras across the country at a minimum price of Rs.1/-per…
Centre asks states to ensure timely payment to Doctors, health workers doing COVID-19 duty
B Mishra The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has directed the States and Union Territories to ensure timely payment to the Doctors and health workers who are serving the…
India lifts export ban on anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine
AMN / NEW DELHI The Government of India today lifted the export ban on anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine with immediate effect. Directorate General of Foreign Trade in a notification said, the…
AMU: JNMC maintains decent recovery rate of COVID-19
AMN/ Aligarh The Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC) of Aligarh Muslim University has achieved a remarkable break through by maintaining 57.68 per cent recovery rate of coronavirus cases which is…
World Blood Donor Day being observed
WEB DESK Today is World Blood Donor Day. The day is celebrated to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank blood donors. This…