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Dharamshala Declaration 2022

In News Recently, the ‘Dharamshala Declaration 2022’ was released at a three-day national conference on tourism. More about the news The Centre unveiled an ambitious plan for the tourism sector in the National Conference. Recovery of tourism to the pre-pandemic level by 2024,  $250 billion contribution to the GDP by 2030, and  India will be […]

Lumpy Skin Disease Virus

In News  The Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) Virus that has killed at least 50,000 cattle in India this year may be structurally different from the version of the virus prevalent in India in 2019. It is raising questions on whether the new vaccine being developed for safeguarding cattle may be adequately protective. Lumpy Skin Disease […]

Consequences of declining fertility

In News  It has been observed that Average global fertility has been consistently declining over the past 70 years.  Total fertility rate  The total fertility rate in a specific year is defined as the total number of children that would be born to each woman if she were to live to the end of her […]

Health Spending in India

In News The Union government’s healthcare spend dropped to 1.28 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018-19 from the previous year’s figure of 1.35 percent. Key Findings Fall in expenditure:  According to the National Health Accounts Estimates 2018-19, the total health expenditure — the total money spent on healthcare by the government, people, […]

Ni-kshay Mitra Initiative

Context Recently, the President has launched the ‘Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’ and announced the Nikshay 2.0 portal to eliminate TB by 2025. About Ni-kshay Mitras initiative The initiative ensures three-pronged support includes: Nutritional, Additional diagnostic, and Vocational support.  The programme was brought in to fill the critical “community’’ elements into India’s fight towards […]

Rabies Disease

In News  Recently, the Supreme Court observed  that those who feed the street dogs could be made responsible for vaccinating them. The SC’s observations come after around one lakh people have suffered stray dog bites while 21 rabies deaths have been reported this year so far. About Rabies  It is a viral zoonotic disease that […]

75th Regional Committee Session of WHO South-East Asia

In News Recently, the 75th regional committee session of WHO South-East Asia was held in Bhutan. Major highlights of the Session Non-communicable diseases: They stressed on how to resolve and accelerate progress for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, including oral and eye care. Death toll: non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory […]

Legionnaires Disease

In News Recently, a cluster of pneumonia cases in Tucumán, Argentina was caused by legionella which is the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease. About Legionellosis disease History Legionella was discovered after an outbreak in 1976 among people who went to a Philadelphia convention of the American Legion. What is Legionnaires’ disease? Legionnaires disease is a […]

Poshan Maah

In News The month of September every year is celebrated as the Rashtriya Poshan Maah or the National Nutrition Month across the country. About Key themes of Poshan Maah 2022: The activities during the month will be centred on key themes like  Mahila and Swasthya,  Bachcha and Shiksha – Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi,  gender-sensitive water […]

Public health System in India

In Context Recently ,it has been observed  that Public health is a separate profession requiring a specific set of competencies. Overview of India’s healthcare sector India’s healthcare delivery system is categorised into two major components public and private.  The government, i.e. public healthcare system, comprises limited secondary and tertiary care institutions in key cities and […]