Health Ministry

Recently, the union health ministry said it was gearing up to tackle the recent spurt in dengue cases in the national capital and other states.

The move is being helmed by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya himself.

To handle increasing antibiotics resistance in hospitals, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is considering a new national antibiotics policy."We have received some proposals from experts and are examining them to frame a new ...

Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Friday launched a number of e-health initiatives, including 'Kilkari' that will provide information on child care through mobile phone.

Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said the government is working towards streamlining the process for time-bound approval of food products.

Advertisements of such products may lead to unfavourable health and economic consequences for individuals, families and for the nation at large.

Brazil's Health Ministry says that cases of chikungunya are soaring this year in Latin America's biggest country.

The Health Minister JP Nadda recently announced that about thirty-five per cent of school going children, including 21 per cent in Delhi, are suffering from poor lung health.

The collaboration will look for solutions for water and food-borne diseases, increase in percentage of women smokers as well as widespread epidemics such as dengue.

The union health ministry is trying to devise interactive web portals and mobile apps for most of its flagship programmes like immunisation drives and mother and child care.