Bangalore: 28th February 2013

The National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) will be launched in Bangalore on a pilot basis in the coming months.  The State Health department has already prepared the Project Implementation Plan (PIP) for Bangalore City and submitted it to the Union Ministry for Health and Family Welfare. With the Union Budget for the year 2013-2014 tabled on Thursday, the urban health mission launch process is expected to be accelerated.

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New Delhi: 28th February 2013

India's health allocation has been hiked by over 28 percent in the budget for 2013-14 to Rs.37,330 crore (Rs. $6962 million), with a special focus on medical education, training and research.

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Mumbai: 28th February 2013

Even as the country's 82nd budget Thursday promised to be growth-oriented and boost investment, concerns were expressed by healthcare experts in the private sector that little was done to recognise their contribution.

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New Delhi: 28th February 2013

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday proposed to hike the allocation to the women and child development ministry by 15 percent from Rs.17,263 crore ($3,219 million) to Rs.20,350 crore ($3,795 million) this fiscal.

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Ranchi: 28th February 2013

Jeevan Asha, an ambitious programme to free Jharkhand of malnutrition, was launched here Thursday.  The anti-malnutrition programme will cover malnourished children below five years of age in all the 32,000 villages of the state.

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New Delhi: 28th February 2013

Women’s safety and issues relating to it figure prominently in chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s Working Report 2012 released here on Wednesday.  Unlike earlier reports, which opened with infrastructure development projects, this one goes straight to the 181 helpline for women in distress and describes it as the key safety measure devised by the government.

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New Delhi: 28th February 2013

The government has admitted to low health allocation, which is the major driver for high infant and maternal mortality rates. By its own admission, India has the lowest health spending as a proportion of GDP, with the number looking a little better due to the contribution by the private sector. 

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Dharwad (Karnataka): 28th February 2013

Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) has urged the State government to sanction a primary health centre (PHC) at Tadakod village in Dharwad taluk, where over 90 persons were hospitalised after consuming contaminated water.

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New Delhi: 27th February 2013

Parliament on Tuesday passed a law, providing for protection of women, including domestic helps and agricultural labourers, against sexual harassment at workplace.

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Kolkata : 27th February 2013

Conceding that there was an "acute shortage" of doctors in rural West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the government would soon issue advertisements to hire more doctors.

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