Union Health Minister calls for heightened vigilance, stronger public awareness campaigns, and district-specific action plans for the high-transmission season
Under the new policy, financial assistance has been increased to Rs 50 lakh per patient to improve treatment access
States exhorted to ensure rational use of cough syrups, particularly among children, as most coughs are self-limiting and do not require pharmacological treatment
Nadda noted that TB treatment coverage in India has increased from 59% to 85%
He also laid the foundation stone for a state-of-the-art 50-bedded Critical Care Block (CCB)
Monkeypox infections are usually self-limiting lasting between 2-4 weeks and patients generally recover with supportive management
The campaign targets 63 endemic districts across Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Odisha, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh
States urged to maintain a state of constant vigil through screening of pregnant women for Zika virus infection and monitoring the growth of foetus of expecting mothers who tested positive for Zika
Pant delivers keynote address at National Conclave on “Augmented Zoonotic Diseases Surveillance at Human – Wildlife Interface”
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