Expressing concern over the bad health indicators of Meghalaya, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday called for joint efforts to improve the overall efficiency of service delivery in the health sector, especially in rural areas.
The initiative is to promote better healthcare facilities, infrastructure and technology
SHILLONG, OCT 29: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma today inaugurated the 3rd North East Health Care Leadership Summit 2018 in presence of Health Minister AL Hek and Sikkim MP P.D. Rai at Shillong.
New Delhi, 12 September 2018 – The India State-level Disease Burden Initiative, a joint initiative of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, along with experts and stakeholders associated with over 100 Indian institutions, has released today comprehensive analysis of several major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and suicide for every state in India, based on analysis of all identifiable epidemiological data from India since 1990 as part of the Global Burden of Disease study.
Cardiovascular disease accounts for one-fourth of all deaths in India and a number of studies are telling us how grave the epidemic is
By Madhavankutty Pillai
This unique 12 modular executive on-the-job course will be conducted at 50 different centers in India, aiming to train and build capacity of over 1000 Primary Care Physicians to improve patient outcomes by enabling early diagnosis and evidence based treatment.
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