The basic objective of the National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE) is to provide separate, specialized and comprehensive health care to the senior citizens at various level of State health care delivery system including outreach services. The Programme is sponsored by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with 75 percent Central and 25 percent State funding. With this Programme, senior citizens will get free, specialized health care facilities through the State health delivery system.
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Family welfare activities of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Find detailed information about the family welfare activities regulated by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Details of various programmes and schemes are available. Manuals and guidelines for schemes and programmes are also available.
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Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act 2010
Information related to the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act 2010 is given. Users can get details about the Act, its objectives, short title, definition and commencement. Access to information regarding sections of the act and National Council for Clinical Establishments is also available.
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Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Programme by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
The Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) Programme is launched by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) to curb the problem of adolescent anaemia in school going adolescent girls and boys and out of school adolescent girls. Information about the programme, job aids, training material, IEC material, etc. is given. Users can access manual, forms and operational framework of the programme.
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Information about National Mental Health Programme
Get information about the National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Information about District Mental Health Programme, Modernization of State Run Mental Hospitals, Manpower Development Scheme, etc. is available. Users can get details of the funding pattern and other activities related to the programme.
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Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi Scheme by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Get information about Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) Scheme provided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The Scheme in provides financial assistance to poor patients. Only persons below the poverty line suffering from specified life threatening disease can avail the Scheme. Users can contact the Medical Officer for further information related to the Scheme.
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Information about National Tobacco Control Programme
The National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) deals with awareness creation about the harmful effects of tobacco use and about the Tobacco Control Laws. It also facilitates effective implementation of the Tobacco Control Laws. This is a centrally sponsored scheme for all the states.
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Website of National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization
The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) is a National level organization set up under Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. You can find information about organ and tissue transplant. Hospitals can register online. Awareness messages are also given. Details of NGOs engaged in organ and tissue transplant services are also available.
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National Health Portal
The National Health Portal aims to establish a single point access for authenticated health information for citizens, students, healthcare professionals and researchers. Users can get detailed information pertaining to health related issues. You can find information related to diseases, health services, tips for healthy living, health programmes, insurance schemes, health apps and widgets. Users can also get helpline numbers, blood banks...
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NHM Health Statistics Information Portal
NHM Health Statistics Information Portal is a gateway to information related to the Health Indicators of India. The information available on this portal is being compiled from Health Management Information System (HMIS) and other varied information sources such as National Family Health Survey (NFHS), District Level Household Survey (DLHS), Census, SRS and performance statistics.
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Download E-Book of Success Stories on Health Sector
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has encouraged piloting and scaling up of innovations and good practices to improve health outcomes. It is an essential part of National Health Mission and the states are supported to pilot & field test innovations. These are being encouraged through national consultations to reward good practices and innovations. This summit is an effort to systematically identify innovations...
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Website of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Find information on the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) and its various activities. Users can get detailed information pertaining to the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Department of AYUSH, Department of AIDS Control and Department of Health Research. Details of various welfare schemes, programmes, medical education and counselling etc. are available. Information related to vacancies in the ministry and departments is...
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The Cigarettes and other Tobacco products Bill, 2015
The objective of the Bill is to amend some provisions of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003.
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Information of Unani
The Unani System of Medicine offers treatment of diseases related to all the systems and organs of the human body. The treatments for chronic ailments and diseases of skin, liver, musculo-skeletal and reproductive systems, immunological and lifestyle disorders have been found to be highly effective and acceptable.
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Information on Training Division, Central Health Education Bureau
Training constitutes a major function of the Bureau. The Training Division of the Bureau came into being in 1964. But the first training programme had been started in 1960 itself with the help of various specialists available in the Bureau to organize courses for different categories of personnel such as Family Planning Extension Educators, V.D. Workers, Distt. Health Extension Educators, Health Visitors, Nursing Superintendents, Social...
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National Population Policy 2000
The immediate objective of the NPP 2000 is to address the unmet needs for contraception, health care infrastructure, and health personnel, and to provide integrated service delivery for basic reproductive and child health care.