Madhya Pradesh has recorded the highest infant mortality rate(IMR) of 48 for every 1,000 live births while Kerala has registered the lowest — just seven, according to the latest data of the Registrar General…

The Centre extended the nationwide lockdown, first imposed on March 24, for the fourth time till May 31. ALLOWED  Gives considerable flexibility to the States in deciding red, green and orange zones of COVID-19 intensity….

Malnutrition still remains one of India’s biggest challenges, according to the 2020 Global Nutrition Report released worldwide May 12. The annual report, which captures the burden of malnutrition at the…

In a list released  the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has marked districts across India into Red Zones,  Orange Zones and  Green Zones – to combat the corona virus pandemic. Red…

In times of  Covid-19 pandemic,  Center and states in India have enforced the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus in their respective areas.The Act…

World Immunization Week 2018 is celebrated widely in the last week of April (24 to April 30). It aims at highlighting the collective effort which is needed to ensure that every…

World Malaria Day is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for malaria prevention and control. This year’s global theme for World Malaria Day is Zero malaria starts…

The government passed The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) ordinance, 2020 which makes physical attacks on doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers were on  made a non-bailable offence punishable by up to seven years in prison , which…

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) received five lakh antibody rapid test kits for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) — the first of three The kits will be used to study the virus’s…