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Message from Director-General on World Health Day

Message from Regional Director on World Health Day

Outstanding Support Staff Award

Ms Indrani Dasgupta, Assistant to the WHO Representative to India, has received the Outstanding Support Staff Award on 7 April 2008. The award was presented by Dr Samlee Plianbangchang, WHO Regional Director. In the proclamation speech, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Deputy Regional Director, stated that the award recognizes exceptional achievement and exemplary performance. The selection of Ms Dasgupta was made based on a thorough assessment and recommendation of the Awards Review Committee. Besides concrete measurable work outputs, the Committee also assessed special traits and attitudinal skills.

World TB Day 2008

This year’s slogan for the World TB Day, 24^th March, is “I am stopping TB” and It is about celebrating the lives and stories of people affected by TB: women, men and children who have taken TB treatment; nurses; doctors; researchers; community workers--anyone who has contributed towards the global fight against TB.

A function was held in front of the historic Red Fort in Delhi to commemorate World TB Day in which hundreds of cured patients, volunteer-DOT-providers and workers of agencies/NGOs participated. The function was organized by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi in partnership with the State Government of Delhi, the New Delhi Municipal Corporation and the Central TB Division of the Ministry of Health, Government of India.

Ms Aarti Mehra, Mayor of Delhi, addressed the gathering and flagged off two vans carrying communication material on TB and a team of street performers to spread awareness about TB amongst the slum population of Delhi.

Avian Influenza in Poultry: West Bengal

Updates can be viewed on the following Government of India websites

1. Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

2. Union Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying and Fisheries

General Information on Avian Influenza:

What You Need to know and Do

Preventing Bird Flu: Questions and Answers [pdf]

Preventing Bird Flu: Precautions poultry farm workers should take [pdf]

A Manual for Improving Biosecurity in the Food Supply Chain: Focus on Live Animal Markets

A new initiative for a healthy nation

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, has launched the pilot phase of the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPDCS) on the 4th of January 2008.

The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare highlighted the need for integrated prevention of NCDs through healthy lifestyles. Shri. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, chief guest of the launch, offered the support of the Planning Commission and emphasized the need for prevention programmes in existing health care schemes. The pilot phase is undertaken in 6 districts in 6 states with a financial outlay of 50 million rupees. More>…

New Delhi International Ministerial Conference on Asian and Pandemic Influenza, New Delhi, 4-6^th December 2007

Recognizing animal diseases as a threat to global health and business, about 750 delegates including top health and veterinary scientists, policy-makers and ministers from 111 countries and 29 international and intergovernmental organizations, including the Director Generals of WHO, FAO, OIE and senior dignitaries of development agencies like the World Bank, USAID, DFiD came together to deliberate on ways to improve the global preparedness for avian and pandemic influenza at the ‘International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza’ in New Delhi held at Vigyan Bhavan from 4^th to 6^th December 2007. The conclusions of the meeting and the road map would be finalized by the government organizers in due course. More>…

Dissemination Meeting on Standard Treatment Guidelines & Costing 26^th Nov. 2007 at AFMC, Pune

A document on Standard Treatment Guidelines: Medical Management and Costing of Select Conditions, was released by Mr. Naresh Dayal, Union Secretary for Health & Family Welfare, MOHFW, GOI at a dissemination meeting organized at the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune on 26^th November 07. In his address, Mr. Dayal, stated that the guidelines have been designed to assist practitioners and patients in making decisions about the appropriate healthcare for specific clinical conditions. This will be helpful in implementing the National Rural Health Mission, which is a top priority for the Government.More>…