The Central tuberculosis(TB) Division of the health ministry has signed an MoU with the Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence to explore the application of Artificial Intelligence(AI) technology in its fight against the TB disease. The areas that AI based applications can support are in vulnerability and hot-spot mapping, modelling novel methods of screening and diagnostics… Continue reading Health Ministry explores AI for combating tuberculosis
Category: Factly: Schemes and Programs
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Kerala, TN, Himachal top India’s child well-being index, says report
World Vision India, a child-focused humanitarian organisations and IFMR LEAD, a research organisation based in India, have released India Child Well-Being Report. It provides insights on health, nutrition, education, sanitation and child protection. The report examines how India fairs on child well-being using a composite child well-being index. The index is based on three dimensions… Continue reading Kerala, TN, Himachal top India’s child well-being index, says report
World not on track to meet 2020 milestone for malaria control: WHO
According to the report by WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group on Malaria Eradication (SAGme), the world is not on track to meet the target of eliminating malaria. The report also noted that currently, less than one per cent of the global funds for health R&D investment are allocated to develop tools to fight malaria The world… Continue reading World not on track to meet 2020 milestone for malaria control: WHO
Social Justice Department, NACO sign MoU to enhance outreach on HIV/AIDS
A Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) was signed between the Department of Social Justice and National AIDS Control Organization(NACO),Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The MoU aims at reducing the incidence of social stigma and discrimination against victims of drug abuse and children and people living with HIV/AIDS. The agreement will also help in (a)developing specific strategies… Continue reading Social Justice Department, NACO sign MoU to enhance outreach on HIV/AIDS
San-Sadhan’ Hackathon
The government has invited applications for its latest initiative under the Swachh Bharat Mission called the ‘San-Sadhan’ Hackathon, The initiative aims to ease the lives of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) by making toilets smarter, more accessible and easier to use. The initiative is being organized jointly by the Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Department… Continue reading San-Sadhan’ Hackathon
Leprosy
Union Minister for Health has asked the Ministers of Law, Minister of Social Justice and Chief Ministers for amending 108 discriminatory laws against persons affected by Leprosy. He stated that the National Leprosy Eradication Programme(NLEP) has achieved enormous success in leprosy control particularly in the last four decades. He also stated that India is committed… Continue reading Leprosy
Kolams help women map business potential
Recently,women from Tamil Nadu have started making Kolam inspired maps to identify lucrative locations to set up businesses. They complete the map with pie charts on exports and imports from the village.This has helped more than 5,000 women earn a sustainable income in six districts of Tamil Nadu. Kolam is a geometric line drawing composed… Continue reading Kolams help women map business potential
Explained: What fertility rate data show
During his Independence Day speech,Prime Minister has underlined challenges posed by population growth in the country. According to the data,the Total fertility rate(TFR) has dropped to 2.2. This is only marginally higher than the fertility rate (2.1) required for replacement of the existing population. Total fertility rate(TFR) is defined as the number of children born… Continue reading Explained: What fertility rate data show
FDA approves new oral three-drug regimen for extensively drug-resistant TB
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved new oral three-drug regimen for the extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). The treatment involves Pretomanid tablets in combination with bedaquiline and linezolid, collectively referred to as the BPaL regimen. It has an efficacy rate of 90%. Pretomanid was developed by TB Alliance, a not-for-profit organisation. Tuberculosis (TB)… Continue reading FDA approves new oral three-drug regimen for extensively drug-resistant TB
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019 aims at the social, economic and educational empowerment of transgender persons. Under the bill, transgender persons are defined as those “whose gender does not match the gender assigned to that person at birth and includes trans-men or trans-women, persons with intersex variations, gender-queers, and persons having socio-cultural identities”… Continue reading Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019
