The Ministry of Health on Wednesday said it has extended the timeline to small and medium manufacturers having turnover of Rs 250 crore or less for compliance with revised schedule ‘M’ notification up to December 31.
The Health Ministry on Tuesday said it is actively working to reduce the tobacco use among the youth with 'Tobacco Free Youth Campaign' being held every year, in a bid to create mass awareness at the grassroot level.
The incidence of TB in India has shown a 17.7 per cent decline from 237 per 100,000 population in 2015 to 195 per 100,000 population in 2023 while the TB deaths have reduced by 21.4 per cent from 28 per lakh population in 2015 to 22 per lakh population in 2023.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday informed that the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has revised the ceiling prices of eight scheduled drugs that are used for treatment of several diseases including Asthma, Glaucoma, Thalassemia, and Tuberculosis.
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday released revised operational guidelines and training modules for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), for prevention and control.
At the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting on AMR, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel said Antimicrobial Resistance is undermining decades of progress made in the field of modern medicine.
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Prataprao Jadhav on Tuesday said the development of the nation is closely linked to the health of its young population, and urged everyone to pledge to resist and quit tobacco.
The advisory was issued jointly by the secretaries of the Union Ministry of Education and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that laboratory testing has confirmed the presence of the Mpox virus of the West African ‘clade 2’ in the patient.
The Central government on Monday issued an advisory to the States and Union Territories (UTs) over the Mpox (monkeypox), calling upon for the screening and testing of all the suspect cases of the viral disease.
