11th Common Review Mission (CRM) report
Context: Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare released the 11thCommon Review Mission (CRM) report of the National Health Mission (NHM). Highlights of the Report: India has registered a…
Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
Context: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare inaugurated the 10th meeting of Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF). India and GAELF: India as a Global leader is committed…
New norms for college teachers
Context: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has brought out a new set of regulations to alter the conditions for recruitment and promotion of college and university teachers, so as to make universities…
Menstruation Benefit Bill
Context: The Menstruation Benefit Bill tabled by a Member of Parliament from Arunachal Pradesh earlier this year triggered widespread debate on the need for India to put in place a…
Global Cancer Report
Context: In a recent paper in Jama Oncology, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) researchers analysed new cancer cases in 195 countries in 2016. At 106.6 new cancer cases…
India and Maternal Mortality
Context: The country’s maternal mortality ratio had come down from 167 per 100,000 live births in 2011-13 to 130 in 2014-16. India has made sustained progress in reducing maternal mortality, it missed…
Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act (IRWA), 1986
Context: Based on the observations made by Parliamentary Standing Committee and recommendation made by the National Commission for Women on the basis of consultation with civil society groups and like…
India and Norway
Context: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Norway to extend the cooperation within health sector…
Maternal mortality ratio in the country drops to 130 from 167
Context: The latest Sample Registration System (SRS) data indicating the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) has brought glad tidings. Findings of the data: As per the data, the MMR (number of…
Anti-doping measures
Context: Close on the heels of the recently concluded Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast, Australia, where the Indian contingent got rapped for alleged violations of the “No Needle Policy”, the…
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