The Indian Government has proposed to increase the allocation for the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) from Rs.8,207 crore in 2006-07 to Rs.9,947 crore in 2007-08.
Delivering the keynote address on the theme ?Ecology and Health? at the inaugural function of the 13th Annual General Body Meeting and Continuing Medical Education Programme of the Sister Doctors Forum of India in New Delhi, the U nion Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss stated that involvement of the professionals to supplement the Government?s efforts in the health care delivery system is the need of the hour.
The American Heart Association and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, announce the launch of a new consumer magazine, Heart Insight, for heart patients, their families and caregivers.
Mayo Clinic has collaborated with Digital Cyclone, Inc., a Minnesota-based subsidiary of Garmin, Ltd., to launch a software application that delivers an array of health information and tools directly to cellular phones.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded multi-year, multi-million dollar grants to The Case Clinical Trials Unit centered at University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC), for expanded research options in HIV treatment development and pioneering advances of the Microbicides Trials Network.
The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) issued this statement today following an announcement made by the Canadian government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to pledge up to CAD$139 million for the creation of a Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative (CHVI).
A new study led by researchers at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) has identified four genes that increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Infants and preschool-aged children who live in daily circumstances of potential trauma and danger can develop the resilience to cope through treatment that focuses on strengthening parent-child bonds, according to a national expert in child development.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and their subsidiaries (KFHP/H) reported that total revenue for 2006 increased to $34.4 billion from $31.1 billion in 2005.
Merck & Co., Inc. announced that it has begun to file registrations for ATRIPLA? (efavirenz 600 mg/ emtricitabine 200 mg/ tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg), a once-daily, single tablet regimen for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults, with health authorities in those developing countries around the world where many HIV-positive people live.