Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: Not much Mains level: Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, and Human Resources. Context: • The jail and the issue of decongestion in the time of COVID-19. • Rights of prisoners in different part…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: Central Drugs Standard Control Organization Mains level: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health. Context: • India embarking on the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination programmed, on January 16, 2021.…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: Adverse events following immunisation Mains level: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health Context: • The government has drawn up strategic guidelines for implementing a vaccine programme covering 30…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: National Disaster Management Authority Mains level: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Context: • The deadly fire that snuffed out the lives of 10 infants…
• Central teams have been deployed to visit the affected states of Kerala, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh for monitoring and for epidemiological investigation. About: • Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral disease which is contagious and can…
• Union Health Minister inaugurated one of the seven labs of the world called as the centralized network lab of Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) established at Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad. About: • The CEPI…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: National Family Health Survey-5 Mains level: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes. Context: • Recently, the first-phase data of the National…
• The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has capped the amount of trans fatty acids (TFA) in oils and fats to 3% for 2021 and 2% by 2022 from the current permissible limit of 5% through an…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: Breastfed Mains level: Issues relating to social sector including health. CONTEXT: • Recently, the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) released the data for 17 states and five Union territories (UT), the number of women…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: Covid new strain Mains level: Issues relating to social sector including health. CONTEXT: • From the beginning of COVID 19 disease in India, India prepare more in terms of testing capacity, vaccine candidate in…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: Not much Mains level: Common Invisible Disabilities and stigma Introduction: • Invisible conditions are more difficult to detect by medical doctors. Many such conditions go undiagnosed or are misdiagnosed. • The stigma surrounding a…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: Not much Mains level: Challenges towards the estimates of substance use in the entire length and breadth of the country Introduction: • Government of India and National Drue Dependence Treatment Centre. AIIMS. New Delhi…
