P Srinivasan

Programme to address all malnutrition causes

Naveen Jain, mission director of National Health Mission (NHM), said that after the success of community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM), now they plan to tackle other reasons of malnutrition with the help of integrated management of acute malnutrition (IMAM).

Institutional delivery goes up, but breastfeeding within an hour of birth is just 28%

According to NFHS-4 (2015-16), institutional deliveries in Rajasthan are as high as 84%.

PG diploma at district hospitals to end shortage of doctors

Approved by the Medical Council of India (MCI), the diploma will only be awarded to doctors after they have served at a government hospital for three years, said an officer of the health department. 

Dengue cases on the rise, Rajasthan health department officials in a quandary

A spurt in cases of dengue has put the state health department in a quandary with January witnessing a total of 478 cases of the vector-borne disease reported across Rajasthan, up from 56 in the corresponding period in 2017

Rajasthan still prefers sons over daughters, reveals health survey

19% men and women in Rajasthan want more sons than daughters.

After newborn screening lab, JK Lone hospital to screen blood disorders

Dr Gupta said that the hospital will screen for 12 kinds of blood disorders under hemoglobinopathy so that the future generation is healthy.

Rajasthan records 374 H1N1 cases, 24 deaths in 2 weeks

Rajasthan has recorded 195 of 220 swine flu cases across the country till January 9.

Soon, hydroponics to increase production of vegetables in Raj

The crop will be grown vertically to accommodate more plants in the same area, increasing yield.

Prabhu Lal Saini asks scientists to develop gluten-free wheat

Gluten-free wheat will help children with celiac disease to consume them.

Health department to assess mental health of school children in Rajasthan

For the first time in Rajasthan, the mental health of school children will be assessed. The pilot project will begin in Jaipur on January 8

Less farmers sow mustard, blame on last year’s poor prices, this year’s bad weather

According to the agriculture department, against the target of 26 lakh hectares, mustard has been sown only on 20.49 lakh hectares.

Vaccination drive in Rajasthan stays immune to doctors’ stir: Official

Rajasthan has covered about 80% of children below the age of two years under an intensive immunisation drive in the last three months despite doctors’ strikes, a senior health official said.

TN man travelling on foot to stop food wastage

Nigin Binish, a resident of Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, is travelling on foot from Coimbatore to Kashmir with a message to stop wasting food and reduce hunger in the country

25 clinics in Rajasthan to teach mothers why they should breastfeed

The objective is to reduce neonatal and infant mortality, eliminate malnutrition and ensure a healthy future for the mother and child

Rajasthan govt seeks details of Muslim staff at health centres, doctors fear profiling

The Rajasthan government has sought details of Muslims staff at health centres across the state, leading to apprehension among the doctors from the minority community that they may be targeted because of their religion

Male sterilisation on a downward slide in Rajasthan

The basic reason behind the poor performance is that the Rajasthani society is male-dominated and the women are not allowed to take any decision about male sterilisation.

Shops sell tobacco products near Jodhpur schools: Survey

According to the 2010 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), 32% (15 million) people in Rajasthan were using tobacco in one form or the other; among them, 72,000 died due to tobacco-related illness every year

Team collects larvae samples from Rajasthan, will be sent to labs for testing

Recently, a case of Japanese Encephalitis was detected in the state. The samples were collected from the affected area. Once the larvae grow into mosquitoes, they will be tested for the JE virus.

Shelter for the stable: Halfway homes offer new hope for psychiatric patients

Delhi has made a start, with three homes; Rajasthan may be next. But many more homes are needed for the thousands of patients who have been declared well but have nowhere to go.

Ombudsman to redress grievances of people living with HIV/AIDS

Rajasthan department seeks to register ‘Daughters Are Precious’ event with Guinness

Through the event organised at 773 centres across 33 districts of Rajasthan, 850 volunteers held a direct dialogue over sex determination issue with 1.58 lakh youth for two hours

Number of children getting Vitamin A supplement drops by 4% in Rajasthan

The coverage of Vitamin A supplement dipped by 4% to 82% in the May-June round from 86% registered during the same period last year.

PM words a big pat on back for Jaipur Foot founder

Two tweets and a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to one of its centres in the Philippines has come as a big encouragement to Jaipur-based BMVSS

World COPD Day: Study proves yearly vaccination reduces risk in patients

A pneumococcal vaccine once a year and influenza vaccine twice a year can check most of these deaths.

Soon, a factory to process and package onions

There is a huge demand for dehydrated onion in the market. Many products such as noodles, meat masala etc sold in the market contain dry onion powder. Dry onion flakes and paste are also used for preparing food.

More staff, increased fogging, anti-larval drives to combat dengue in Rajasthan

The worst affected districts are Kota, Jaipur, Dholpur, Ajmer and Bharatpur.

Two research centres to come up in Rajasthan for testing glanders disease in equines

The animal husbandry department will soon set up two research centres for primary investigation of glanders disease among equines in the state

Abandoned by parents, 77 infants get new life under cradle scheme in Rajasthan

Abandoned by their parents, 77 newborns have got a fresh shot at life courtesy a government scheme that allows people to put unwanted infants in cradles installed at hospitals across the state

UNDP device to be used in two Rajasthan blocks for real-time vaccine information

Rajasthan is the first state, not only in India but in the world, to launch a pilot project to access real-time information on vaccination of children.

India’s first state-run toll-free helpline for mental illness launched in Jaipur

The helpline, called ‘mansanwad’ (dialogues about mind), is India’s first initiative in a government set-up to tackle such matters