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National Health Mission officials reviews dengue prevention work in Tiruchi

September 26, 2026 admin

S. Aneesh Sekhar, director, National Health Mission (NHM), Tamil Nadu, and Tiruchi Corporation Commissioner N. Ponmani checks a site during the dengue prevention drive in Tiruchi. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT S. Aneesh Sekhar, director, National Health Mission (NHM), Tamil Nadu, and Tiruchi Corporation Commissioner N. Ponmani reviewed the steps taken to prevent the spread…

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More, and less: On Budget 2026 and health-care spending

February 6, 2026 admin

While this year’s health-care allocations are aggressive in certain key sectors, it has failed expectations that Budget 2026 would be a milestone for increased health-care spending as a percentage of GDP. The total allocation this year is over ₹1.05 lakh crore, marking an increase of about 10% over the previous year’s revised estimates. However, experts…

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Share of Central release under National Health Mission seen 185% growth since 2014: Nadda

January 28, 2025 admin

Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J.P. Nadda. | Photo Credit: ANI Health is a priority area and finance for this sector has never been an issue for the various programmes run by the Centre, said Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) ahead of the Union Budget announcement scheduled for Saturday. The…

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India needs youth mental health focus to strike demographic gold

October 9, 2023 admin

India is a country teeming with more than 1.4 billion people, and is in the throes of a demographic transformation. Its adolescent population, aged 10-19 years, accounts for a substantial portion of the national total, some 253 million. This demographic segment is a significant part of what economists and demographers have come to call the…

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