NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES TOP KILLERS IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA: WHO

Developmental Issues | Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues, Health, Indian Economy, SANITATION, Science & Technology

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-29 NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES TOP KILLERS IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA: WHO Relevant for: Developmental Issues | Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) — mainly cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and cancer — continue to be the top killers in the South-East Asia Region, claiming 8.5 million lives…

SEVEN NORTHEASTERN STATES LAG BEHIND IN TOILETS FOR SCHOOLGIRLS

Employment & Sustainable Development, Health, Indian Society, International Relations, SANITATION

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-28 SEVEN NORTHEASTERN STATES LAG BEHIND IN TOILETS FOR SCHOOLGIRLS Relevant for: Developmental Issues | Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues Nationally, about 66.4% schools provide girls with toilets. An average of 34.96% schools in the eight northeastern States had usable toilets for girls in 2018 compared to 36.66%…

LESSONS FROM KERALA

Education, Health, Human Resources

Source: www.thehindu.com Date: 2019-01-03 LESSONS FROM KERALA Relevant for: Health, Education & Human Resources | Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues Last year, in October at Astana, Kazakhstan, world leaders declared their commitment to ‘Primary Care’. They were reaffirming what their predecessors had done in Alma Ata in 1978. The Alma Ata Declaration, as…

President Of India Inaugurates The 12th Global Healthcare Summit In Mumbai; Addresses The Centenary Celebration Event Of The Yoga Institute

Health

Source : www.pib.nic.in Date : 2018-12-29 OPINION Relevant for: Health, Education & Human Resources Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the 12th Global Healthcare Summit organized by the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin in Mumbai today. Speaking on the occasion, the President acknowledged…