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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

Sep 03, 2019

Health Minister Takes Cycle Ride To Reach 72nd Session Of WHO's SEARO meeting venue in New Delhi

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan today took a cycle ride from his residence to reach the venue in New Delhi where the 72nd Session of World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO) meeting is being held. He also participated in the yoga session.
At the inauguration of the Session of WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia, Dr Vardhan said, universal health for all, a disease-free India and global standards of excellence in health care is the aim of the NDA Government for a new India.
Stressing on the need for right and healthy nutrition, the Minister said, the government is observing the entire month of September as Poshan Maah to sensitize the public towards healthy eating, address the twin issues of malnutrition.

ICMR-NIN Conducting Programmes On Occasion Of National Nutrition Week Till Sept 7

The Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR)-National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) is going to implement the effectiveness of diet and lifestyle intervention with respect to lifestyle diseases like Hypertension and diabetes. This will be done through information, education and communication through Anganwadi Workers as centre of knowledge dissemination with respect to these diseases.
NIN Director Dr R Hemalatha informed that the national institute has generated an extensive data recently over prevalence of overweight, obesity and non-communicable diseases relating to 16 states of the country from both urban and rural areas.
On the occasion of the National Nutrition Week, Dr R Hemalatha said the study will help to reduce the increase of non communicable diseases.
The NIN Director further said the studies conducted by the ICMR institute also help in addressing nutrition-related problems like stunting and inter-generation cycle of mall-nutrition.
The NIN is conducting several programmes for students and teachers on the occasion of the National Nutrition Week till 7th of this month.

Sep 02, 2019

Odisha Police Set Up Special Cell To Probe Crime Against Women

The Odisha police has started a separate cell to deal with all cases of crime against women including that of dowry death and non-dowry torture.
The decision comes in the wake of a spurt of crime against women in the state.
A circular signed by Odisha's director general of police (DGP) Bijoy Kumar Sharma said the cell to be headed by an additional superintendent of police will monitor all red flag cases and ensure prompt investigation and finalisation of rape cases within 60 days. A red flag case is defined as an incident of inhumane crime against a woman that are dealt with utmost priority by the police.
The special cell will also pursue expeditious prosecution of such cases by appointment of special prosecutor in deserving cases and promote and ensure use of latest technological tools like DNA evidence, cyber forensics and mobile forensics for cases of sexual assault.
The cell will analyse judgments so that appeals can be made in befitting cases. In rape cases where the accused were acquitted, the cell would analyse judgments for recommending appropriate action against erring officers and prosecutors.

Health Ministry Explores AI For Combating Tuberculosis

The Central TB Division of the Health Ministry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI) to explore the application of cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence technology in its fight against tuberculosis (TB). The MoU was signed by Vikas Sheel, Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry and P Anandan, CEO of Wadhwani AI.
As part of the collaboration, Wadhwani AI would support the National TB programme by helping it become AI-ready. This would include, developing, piloting, and deploying AI-based solutions. "It would support the programme in vulnerability and hot-spot mapping, modelling novel methods of screening and diagnostics and enabling decision support for care-givers apart from supporting the Revised National TB Programme (RNTCP) in adoption of other AI technologies.

Sep 01, 2019

CGHS Services To Be Made Available In 100 Cities By 2022: Health Minister

Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched a new scheme of Annual Health Check-up for CGHS beneficiaries who are pensioners of the age of 75 years and above.
He also inaugurated state-of-the-art CGHS Bhawan in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Harsh Vardhan stated that CGHS services should be made available in 100 cities by 2022.
The CGHS services which started in 1954 from Delhi expanded to only 25 cities till 2014. However, in the last five years under the NDA Government, the services have been extended to as many as 71 cities.

Aug 30, 2019

AYUSH And Yoga Are Strong Pillars Of 'Fit India' Movement: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said AYUSH and Yoga are strong pillars of 'Fit India' movement.
He said Mahatma Gandhi used to believe that Naturopathy is a way of living. India has vast and ancient texts highlighting the importance of Ayurveda and Yoga.
Giving away Yoga Awards to the winners for Outstanding Contribution for Promotion and Development of Yoga in New Delhi, Mr Modi said he makes full use of Yoga and Ayurveda in his life.
He said that attending a program related to Ayush and Yoga on the very next day of launch of Fit India is a strange coincidence.
During the ceremony, Mr Modi released 12 commemorative postal stamps to honour eminent scholars, practitioners and Great Master Healers of AYUSH Systems. These commemorative postal stamps highlight the great work and acknowledge the achievements of the Great Master Healers of AYUSH Systems.
He also launched ten AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres located in Haryana. This is in line with Ministry of AYUSH's commitment to make 12 thousand 500 AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres functional in next three years.
The main focus of these centres will be empowering the community for self care by imbibing AYUSH based healthy food and lifestyle, social behaviour and use of medicinal plants for primary health care.

Aug 29, 2019

Union Cabinet Approves Establishment Of 75 New Medical Colleges; To Add 15,700 MBBS Seats

Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar and Piyush Goyal said that the government has approved the establishment of 75 new medical colleges in the country. Javadekar said that the addition would lead to the creation 15,700 more MBBS seats in India.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) said that the medical colleges would be established by 2021-22 and will be attached with existing district and referral hospitals under Phase-3 of the ongoing Centrally Sponsored scheme.
The government plans to boost the availability of qualified health professionals, improve tertiary care in the government sector and utilise infrastructure of district hospitals and promote affordable medical education in the country with this push.
The minister announced that new medical colleges would be set up in under-served regions with no medical college or ones with at least 200 beds.

Kerala, TN, Himachal Top India's Child Well-Being Index

Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Puducherry topped the charts in the child well-being index, a tool designed to measure and tracks children's well-being comprehensively. Meghalaya, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh featured at the bottom, as per a report released by the non government organisation World Vision India and research institute IFMR LEAD.
The report is an attempt to look at how India fairs on child well-being using a composite child well-being index. The dimensions of the index include healthy individual development, positive relationships and protective contexts.
One of the primary objectives of this index is to garner attention to the under-researched theme of child well-being in India, and inspire further academic and policy conversations on related issues.

HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Launches Integrated Web Portal For School Education 'Shagun'

Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank launched a web portal 'Shagun' to provide all-inclusive information on school education including the results of students through a single platform.
Shagun is a comprehensive initiative to improve the school education system by creating a junction for all online portals and websites relating to various activities of the Department of School Education and Literacy in the government of India and all States and Union Territories.
The word Shagun is coined from two different words- 'Shala' meaning Schools and 'Gunvatta' meaning quality and this online junction of different websites and portals into a single platform will enhance the accessibility of information relating to schools and will ensure a holistic approach to transform education sector.

Bangladesh To Remove The Word 'Virgin' From Muslim Marriage Certificates

The word "virgin" must be removed from Muslim marriage certificates in Bangladesh, the country's top court has said, a landmark verdict after campaigners challenged the "humiliating and discriminatory" term.
Under the South Asian country's Muslim marriage laws, a bride has to select one of three options on the certificate – whether she is a Kumari (virgin), a widow or divorced.
In a brief verdict, the court ordered the government to remove the term and replace it with "unmarried."
The court is expected to publish its full verdict by October 2019, with the changes to the certificate expected to come into effect then.

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