There have been several unique challenges with COVID‑19 vaccine development. The urgency to create a vaccine for COVID‑19 led to compressed schedules that shortened the standard vaccine development timeline. Timelines for conducting clinical research – normally a sequential process requiring …
POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission), targets to reduce Stunting, undernutrition, Anemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and reduce low birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per annum respectively. Recently, the Ministry for Women and Child Development …
India’s healthcare system has been battling various issues, including the low number of institutions and less-than-adequate human resources for quite a while now. There’s a need to make people and processes in the healthcare sector made more accountable; for that greater …
Given the magnitude of the family planning programme in India, there is a need to strengthen the coordination of all its aspects, focusing on planning, programmes, monitoring, training and procurement. The Fifth National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) states that almost …
Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative 2017 (National Health Mission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare GOI) OBJECTIVES To reduce maternal and newborn mortality & morbidity due to APH, PPH, retained placenta, preterm, preeclampsia & eclampsia, obstructed labour, puerperal sepsis, newborn …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today the approval of Dengvaxia, the first vaccine approved for the prevention of dengue disease caused by all dengue virus serotypes (1, 2, 3 and 4) in people ages 9 through 16 who …
Goal 1: Eradicate poverty and hunger Target 1.C: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. Goal 4: Reduce child mortality Target 4.A: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate. Goal …