Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
New recoveries have exceeded New Cases for 5th day in a row
Recovery Rate continues to rise, crosses 81%
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 11:00AM by PIB
With its focussed strategies and
effective, coordinated and proactive measures,
89,746 recoveries have been registered in the last 24 hours
in the country, whereas the number of new confirmed cases stands at 83,347.
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With this, the total number of recoveries
are 45,87,613. The Recovery Rate is 81.25% today.
As
17 States/UTs have more new recoveries than new cases.
75% of the new recovered cases are being reported from ten States/UTs, viz.
Maharashtra, Karnataka , Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, Odisha,
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Dr. Harsh Vardhan addresses Members
of the UN and WHO
Through collaborations & with support of all stakeholders, we will be able
to realize our determination of Ending TB by 2025: Dr Harsh Vardhan
“The number of missing TB patients significantly reduced from 1 million in 2016
to less than 0.5 million in 2019”
“Over 66,000 drug resistant TB patients identified in 2019”
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 8:01PM by PIB
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family
Welfare addressed Ministers of Member Nations of WHO, Heads &
Representatives of UN Agencies & Partner Organizations through virtual
interaction today. He spoke on
Emphasizing
Lauding
The Union Health Minister spoke about Covid-19 pandemic
which has “brought a dramatic shift in our lives in more ways than one”. He
pointed out how the public discourse on health has now taken centre stage.
There is heightened public health awareness among the public today. Covid-19
and its highly contagious nature have created a huge health related risk
perception across the globe, he pointed.
The Union Health Minister spoke at length about
He further added, “We all know that the onset of the
pandemic has resulted in setbacks to case finding efforts during the lockdown
period, but as soon as it was lifted, case finding numbers have started rising.
In fact, we reached a historic low in the month of April with lockdown in full
force, but through sustained efforts we have managed an increase of 43% in May
and another 25% in June. As we gradually unlock the country we will be back in
full gear. To mitigate the impact, we have been issuing constant advisories to
the States to ensure convergence of TB case finding with COVID-19 efforts. We have
initiated bi-directional screening among TB and COVID patients, and screening
for TB among
Dr. Harsh Vardhan pointed out that poverty is a powerful determinant of tuberculosis and under nutrition an
important risk factor of developing active TB disease. “To address this, we are
providing cash incentives through Direct Benefit Transfers for nutritional
support and since April 2018, Rs. 7.9 billion (around 110 million USD) have
been distributed to over 3 million beneficiaries. Affordable and quality TB
care is a priority for our Government”, he stated.
Dr Harsh Vardhan re-affirmed the commitment of the Indian
Government to TB elimination and assured that the government has accorded
topmost priority to this agenda. He informed the participants that various
steps have been taken by the government to boost confidence of the public so
that they join with complete enthusiasm to make this into a ‘citizens movement’. Community engagement is the hallmark of fighting a pandemic and we
are ensuring this happens”, he stated.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Indigenous Manufacturing of Medical
Equipments
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:57PM by PIB
Various schemes/initiatives have been formulated to promote
domestic manufacturing of medical devices/equipments and attract large
investment in the sector:
I.
National Biopharma Mission.
II.
DBT-AMTZ COMManD [Covid-19 Medtech Manufacturing
Development] Consortia launched by Department of Biotechnology (DBT) with
Andhra Pradesh Med-tech Zone (AMTZ).
·
III. National Biomedical Resource
Indigenisation Consortium constituted as a Public Private Partnership.
·
IV. BioNEST scheme of Biotechnology Industry
Research Assistance Council (BIRAC).
V.
Production Linked Incentive
Scheme for Promoting Domestic Manufacturing of Medical Devices.
·
VI. Scheme for "Promotion
of Medical Devices Parks".
Under the National Biopharma Mission, a total investment of Rs.148.79
crores has been committed for establishment of infrastructure and facilities
for manufacturing and testing of medical devices. A total of 9 such facilities
have been funded. The state-wise distribution is as below:
|
States |
Amount
(Rs. in crores) |
|
Andhra
Pradesh |
83.20 |
|
Karnataka |
12.70 |
|
|
11.09 |
|
Telangana |
22.71 |
|
Uttar
Pradesh |
19.09 |
Indian pharma industry is reliant on bulk drug imports
amounting to around USD 3.5 bn (approximately Rs.25752 crore) a year based on
the data of the last two years.
The imports are mainly in Key Staring Materials (KSMs),
drug intermediates and some of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs).
The Government has approved the following schemes to
promote domestic manufacturing in the sector:
A.
The scheme on Promotion of Bulk Drug Parks
for financing Common Infrastructure Facilities in 3 Bulk Drug Parks with
financial implication of Rs. 3,000 crore during a period of five years.
B.
Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for
promotion of domestic manufacturing of critical KSMs/Drug Intermediates and
APIs in the country with financial implications of Rs. 6,940 crore during a
period of eight years.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar
Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here
today.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Incentives for ASHAs
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:56PM by PIB
The
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India has provisioned
additional incentive of Rs. 1000 per month under the “India COVID 19 Emergency Response
and Health Systems Preparedness Package” to ASHAs for undertaking COVID 19
related activities for the period of their engagement in this work. Further the
benefit under “Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package : Insurance Scheme for
Health Workers Fighting COVID 19”, has been launched to provide an
insurance cover of Rs. 50 lakh to public health providers including ASHAs, who
may be at risk of being impacted by COVID 19.
Public
Health and Hospitals is a State subject, as such responsibility for timely
payment of incentive to ASHAs lies with the respective States/UTs. Howe The
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, requests the
States/UTs time and again, to ensure that incentives are paid
to ASHAs without any delay.
A
statement showing, State/UT-wise, numbers ASHAs died during COVID 19 activities
as reported by the States/UTs under “Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package:
Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID 19”, is given at
Annexure-I.
A
statement showing details of claim filed and processed for ASHA workers under
“Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package : Insurance Scheme for Health workers
fighting COVID 19” is given at Annexure-II.
ANNEXURE-I
|
A statement showing,
State/UT-wise, numbers ASHAs died during COVID 19 activities as reported by
the States/UTs ( till 17-09-2020) under “Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan
Package: Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID 19 |
||
|
State/UT
wise list |
||
|
S. No. |
State/UT |
ASHA |
|
1 |
Andaman & Nicobar |
0 |
|
2 |
Andhra Pradesh |
1 |
|
3 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
0 |
|
4 |
|
0 |
|
5 |
|
4 |
|
6 |
|
0 |
|
7 |
Chhattisgarh |
1 |
|
8 |
|
0 |
|
9 |
|
1 |
|
10 |
Haryana |
0 |
|
11 |
Himachal Pradesh |
1 |
|
12 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
0 |
|
13 |
Jharkhand |
2 |
|
14 |
Karnataka |
2 |
|
15 |
Kerala |
0 |
|
16 |
Madhya Pradesh |
0 |
|
17 |
|
1 |
|
18 |
Mizoram |
0 |
|
19 |
Odisha |
0 |
|
20 |
|
1 |
|
21 |
Puducherry |
0 |
|
22 |
Rajasthan |
0 |
|
23 |
Tamil Nadu |
0 |
|
24 |
Telangana |
3 |
|
25 |
Uttar Pradesh |
0 |
|
26 |
|
1 |
|
|
Total |
18 |
Annexure-II
A
statement showing details of claim filed and processed of ASHA workers under
“Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package : Insurance Scheme for Health workers
fighting COVID 19” .
|
Number
of claims filed by the States to New India Assurance Company Ltd. (NIA) |
Number
of claimed processed by NIA |
|
12 |
6 # |
Note : # out of six (6), one (1) claim has been disbursed and five
(5) claims have been found ineligible for payment by NIA. The remaining claims
are under examination by the insurance company.
The
Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated
this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 Treatment under Ayushman
Bharat Yojana
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:55PM by PIB
Under
Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PMJAY), as of 21.09.2020,
over 1.26 Crore hospital admission have been authorised since its inception.
Out of these 5.13 lakh hospital admissions have been authorized towards testing
and treatment of COVID-19.
State/UT
wise details of the non-COVID hospital admissions are provided at Annexure -I.
The funds
under AB-PMJAY are allocated on PAN India basis and are released to the
State/UT based on the receipt of proposal after due compliance and furnishing
of requisite information.
The budget allocated for implementation of AB-PMJAY for the
financial years 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 has been Rs. 2400 Crore, Rs. 6400
Crore and Rs. 6400 Crore respectively.
From the launch of AB-PMJAY till 21.09.2020, a total of Rs.
5474 Crore have been disbursed to States/UTs for implementation of scheme.
State/UT wise details are at the Annexure -II.
Annexure
– I
|
State/UT wise
details of total non-COVID hospital admissions under AB PMJAY since inception
of the scheme as on 21.09.2020 |
||
|
Sl No. |
State/UT |
Total non-COVID Hospital Admissions |
|
1 |
Andaman And |
188 |
|
2 |
Andhra Pradesh |
881589 |
|
3 |
Arunachal
Pradesh |
1770 |
|
4 |
|
150620 |
|
5 |
|
208526 |
|
6 |
|
6031 |
|
7 |
Chhattisgarh |
1070496 |
|
8 |
Dadra &
Nagar Haveli |
53495 |
|
9 |
|
10138 |
|
10 |
|
1937679 |
|
11 |
Haryana |
164338 |
|
12 |
Himachal
Pradesh |
71189 |
|
13 |
|
89756 |
|
14 |
Ladakh |
797 |
|
15 |
Jharkhand |
632683 |
|
16 |
Karnataka |
849384 |
|
17 |
Kerala |
1375387 |
|
18 |
|
1 |
|
19 |
Madhya Pradesh |
446005 |
|
20 |
|
285239 |
|
21 |
Manipur |
21567 |
|
22 |
Meghalaya |
177582 |
|
23 |
Mizoram |
44374 |
|
24 |
Nagaland |
15041 |
|
25 |
Puducherry |
2998 |
|
26 |
|
400562 |
|
27 |
Rajasthan |
982395 |
|
28 |
|
2143 |
|
29 |
Tamil Nadu |
1444635 |
|
30 |
Tripura |
72164 |
|
31 |
Uttar Pradesh |
456537 |
|
32 |
Uttarakhand |
214196 |
Annexure
– II
|
State/UT
details of total funds disbursed under AB-PMJAY since inception of the scheme
as on 21.09.2020 |
||||
|
Sr. No. |
States/UTs |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
|
Total Amount |
Total Amount |
Total Amount |
||
|
1 |
Andaman &
Nicobar Islands |
0.15 |
0.41 |
0.00 |
|
2 |
Andhra Pradesh |
182.85 |
374.07 |
0.00 |
|
3 |
Arunachal
Pradesh |
2.31 |
0.00 |
0.11 |
|
4 |
|
21.08 |
133.23 |
0.75 |
|
5 |
|
88.27 |
82.49 |
0.00 |
|
6 |
|
0.68 |
3.82 |
0.00 |
|
7 |
Chhattisgarh |
217.43 |
280.37 |
0.00 |
|
8 |
Dadra &
Nagar Haveli |
3.25 |
2.02 |
1.48 |
|
9 |
Daman and |
1.02 |
0.00 |
1.07 |
|
10 |
|
0.64 |
0.06 |
0.27 |
|
11 |
|
77.50 |
212.33 |
0.00 |
|
12 |
Haryana |
26.81 |
58.69 |
40.21 |
|
13 |
Himachal
Pradesh |
17.18 |
19.12 |
20.16 |
|
14 |
|
20.64 |
33.44 |
22.70 |
|
15 |
Jharkhand |
170.17 |
126.50 |
0.00 |
|
16 |
Karnataka |
159.31 |
254.13 |
0.00 |
|
17 |
Kerala |
25.00 |
97.56 |
93.90 |
|
18 |
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
19 |
Madhya Pradesh |
72.57 |
118.46 |
0.00 |
|
20 |
|
266.32 |
241.88 |
200.52 |
|
21 |
Manipur |
7.18 |
17.10 |
0.00 |
|
22 |
Meghalaya |
15.57 |
18.07 |
14.78 |
|
23 |
Mizoram |
17.48 |
12.41 |
9.82 |
|
24 |
Nagaland |
4.72 |
10.89 |
2.13 |
|
25 |
Puducherry |
1.52 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
26 |
|
2.24 |
55.55 |
41.53 |
|
27 |
Rajasthan** |
0.00 |
200.07 |
6.60 |
|
28 |
|
1.03 |
0.00 |
0.43 |
|
29 |
Tamil Nadu |
304.98 |
441.86 |
0.00 |
|
30 |
Tripura |
12.81 |
20.18 |
5.70 |
|
31 |
Uttar Pradesh |
85.01 |
147.49 |
150.00 |
|
32 |
Uttarakhand |
12.54 |
30.73 |
18.84 |
|
33 |
|
31.28 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Total |
|
1849.55 |
2992.94 |
631.02 |
*
AB PM-JAY implementation in
**
AB PM-JAY implementation in Rajasthan started on 01.09.2019
-
Total amount sanctioned to the States/UTs is as follows:
·
Rs. 1849.5 Crores for fiscal year 2018-19
·
Rs. 2992.9 Crores for fiscal year 2019-20
·
Rs. 631.0 Crores for fiscal year 2020-21 (ongoing)
·
Funds are allocated to PM-JAY which are
disbursed among States/UTs based on the amount incurred towards treatment of
beneficiaries in the respective States/UTs
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar
Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Purchase of ventilators for COVID-19
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:55PM by PIB
The government of
Sl. No. Items
Quantity Value
(incrores)
1.
N-95
Masks
45909199 491.15
2.
PPE
Coverall
19222688 1963.41
3.
Ventilators
600963 2568.40
State-wise allocation of medical equipment as above is
attached as Annexure-A.
The above medical equipments are supplied depending on
requirements of States/UTs. District-wise distribution is done by the
States/UTs.
Regarding allocations of funds to different
States/UTs, the details are as under:
I.
Rs. 1113.21 crores has been released to the
States/UTs during 2019-20 under NHM for management and containment of COVID-19
pandemic.
II.
As on 10th September, 2020, Rs. 4256.79 has been released to States/UTs
during 2020-21 during under India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health
Systems Preparedness Package.
ANNEXURE-A
Daily
report on status of Medical Supplies for COVID-19
(As on 22.09.2020)
|
S.No. |
State
/ UT / Central Government Institutions |
N95
masks distributed (in lakh) |
PPE
kits distributed (in lakh) |
HCQ
tablets distributed (in lakh) |
Ventilators |
||
|
Allocation |
Delivered |
Installed |
|||||
|
1 |
Andaman
and |
1.86 |
0.69 |
1.8 |
34 |
34 |
17 |
|
2 |
Andhra
Pradesh |
14.63 |
2.79 |
31.5 |
4960 |
3960 |
3910 |
|
3 |
Arunachal
Pradesh |
2.11 |
1.26 |
6.5 |
63 |
63 |
25 |
|
4 |
|
10.61 |
3.21 |
21.7 |
1000 |
1000 |
380 |
|
5 |
|
13.02 |
5.45 |
64 |
500 |
500 |
319 |
|
6 |
|
2.33 |
1.06 |
3 |
65 |
45 |
45 |
|
7 |
Chhattisgarh |
4.62 |
1.87 |
51.2 |
230 |
230 |
160 |
|
8 |
Dadra
and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |
1.29 |
0.70 |
4.75 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
|
9 |
|
18.97 |
8.06 |
64.8 |
575 |
575 |
547 |
|
10 |
|
2.62 |
1.01 |
8.8 |
250 |
200 |
200 |
|
11 |
|
21.42 |
10.18 |
28.5 |
3000 |
2500 |
2402 |
|
12 |
Haryana |
8.05 |
2.31 |
26.3 |
423 |
423 |
334 |
|
13 |
Himachal
Pradesh |
3.35 |
1.77 |
9 |
500 |
500 |
365 |
|
14 |
|
9.79 |
5.09 |
27.8 |
908 |
908 |
648 |
|
15 |
Jharkhand |
5.11 |
2.66 |
28.2 |
460 |
460 |
280 |
|
16 |
Karnataka |
16.46 |
5.39 |
49.7 |
2025 |
2025 |
1189 |
|
17 |
Kerala |
7.00 |
1.49 |
39.5 |
480 |
471 |
430 |
|
18 |
Ladakh |
1.50 |
0.79 |
6 |
130 |
130 |
88 |
|
19 |
Madhya
Pradesh |
14.19 |
8.17 |
54 |
1459 |
679 |
591 |
|
20 |
|
29.61 |
12.93 |
97.2 |
4434 |
4427 |
3559 |
|
21 |
Manipur |
2.02 |
0.79 |
5.7 |
97 |
97 |
32 |
|
22 |
Meghalaya |
1.45 |
0.52 |
4.75 |
54 |
54 |
12 |
|
23 |
Mizoram |
1.36 |
0.31 |
4.2 |
115 |
115 |
56 |
|
24 |
Nagaland |
1.35 |
0.25 |
3.75 |
120 |
120 |
45 |
|
25 |
Odisha |
8.50 |
2.53 |
13.5 |
567 |
567 |
177 |
|
26 |
Puducherry |
3.19 |
1.56 |
4.7 |
107 |
107 |
90 |
|
27 |
|
5.87 |
3.18 |
20.7 |
810 |
509 |
289 |
|
28 |
Rajasthan |
16.10 |
7.48 |
63 |
1700 |
1500 |
1274 |
|
29 |
|
1.50 |
0.52 |
3.25 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
30 |
Tamil
Nadu |
17.96 |
5.39 |
72.3 |
1450 |
1445 |
1221 |
|
31 |
Telangana |
13.85 |
2.41 |
42.5 |
1400 |
1400 |
1287 |
|
32 |
Tripura |
3.01 |
1.43 |
5.5 |
92 |
92 |
34 |
|
33 |
Uttarakhand |
3.36 |
1.89 |
8 |
700 |
700 |
321 |
|
34 |
Uttar
Pradesh |
21.36 |
12.92 |
89.4 |
4016 |
1988 |
1413 |
|
35 |
|
17.68 |
4.85 |
43.5 |
1120 |
1052 |
543 |
|
36 |
|
0.42 |
0.20 |
2.25 |
57 |
0 |
0 |
|
37 |
Central
Institutions |
38.38 |
19.60 |
102.516 |
2894 |
1997 |
1396 |
|
Total |
345.93 |
142.66 |
1113.77 |
36,825 |
30,893 |
23,699 |
|
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar
Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here
today.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
OPD services under Rashtriya
Arogya Nidhi (RAN) and Ayushman Bharat Yojana (ABY)
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:54PM by PIB
Government is implementing Umbrella Scheme of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi
(RAN) to provide financial assistance for treatment of poor patients suffering
from life threatening disease undergoing treatment in Government hospitals.
Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) provides health
cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family per annum for secondary and tertiary care
hospitalization to poor and vulnerable families identified as per
Socio-Economic
Caste Census Database. There is no
proposal to extend the coverage of these schemes to out-patient services.
Sufficient funds have been allocated under AB-PMJAY and Umbrella scheme
of RAN for providing the hospitalization and treatment services to entitled
beneficiaries. The allocation under Budget Estimates (BE) 2020-21 for AB-PMJAY
and Umbrella scheme of RAN are Rs. 6400 crore and Rs. 177.32 crore
respectively. BE 2020-21 for Umbrella scheme of RAN includes Rs. 77.32 crore
for the rare diseases component.
Government has formulated draft of the National Policy for Rare
Diseases 2020 and placed it on the website of Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare inviting comments from all stakeholders. The draft policy inter alia
provides for creation of alternate funding mechanism through
setting up a digital platform for voluntary individual and corporate donors to
contribute to the treatment cost of patients of rare diseases. Government has
already initiated action to create digital platform for the purpose.
Rs. 6400 crore was provided for AB-PMJAY in the BE 2019-20,
which was reduced to Rs. 3200 crore at the Revised Estimates stage and Rs. 2993
crore was disbursed to the
States/UTs.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar
Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Nursing Colleges in
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:54PM by PIB
State-wise number of nursing colleges functional in the
country is at Annexure – I.
Health being a State Subject, opening of new nursing
colleges falls under the purview of the respective State Governments However,
129 proposals have been received in Indian Nursing Council from States/UTs
under Section 13 and 14 of INC Act for opening of B.Sc. (Nursing) programme
across the country in 2020-21. State-wise details are at Annexure-II.
The training being provided in the Nursing Colleges meets
the International standards in health care as is evident from the Indian Nurses
who are able to work efficiently in any country/International health care
facilities.
As per information received from State Government of
Jharkhand, there are 6 private ANM Schools running in Godda District. Also, 2
ANM and 1
Annexure – I
State-wise distribution of Nursing Colleges
as on 31st March,
2020
|
State |
Institutions |
Total |
|
|
Government |
Private |
||
|
Andaman & Nicobar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
12 |
133 |
145 |
|
Arunachal Pradesh |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
4 |
13 |
17 |
|
|
2 |
8 |
10 |
|
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Chattisgarh |
9 |
89 |
98 |
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Daman & Diu |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
7 |
7 |
14 |
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
9 |
94 |
103 |
|
Haryana |
2 |
37 |
39 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
1 |
30 |
31 |
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
4 |
12 |
16 |
|
Jharkhand |
1 |
9 |
10 |
|
Karnataka |
13 |
301 |
314 |
|
Kerala |
12 |
120 |
132 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
8 |
180 |
188 |
|
|
6 |
98 |
104 |
|
Manipur |
2 |
6 |
8 |
|
Meghalaya |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Mizoram |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Nagaland |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Odisha |
4 |
32 |
36 |
|
|
2 |
13 |
15 |
|
|
6 |
102 |
108 |
|
Rajasthan |
11 |
138 |
149 |
|
|
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
5 |
183 |
188 |
|
Telangana |
6 |
80 |
86 |
|
Tripura |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
9 |
102 |
111 |
|
Uttarakhand |
7 |
16 |
23 |
|
|
13 |
17 |
30 |
|
Total |
163 |
1833 |
1996 |
Annexure – II
Proposal received to open B.Sc (Nursing)
programme for the year 2020-21
|
Sl. No. |
State |
Proposal accepted by Indian Nursing Council* |
Proposal rejected by Indian Nursing Council ** |
Total |
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
1 |
8 |
9 |
|
2 |
Arunachal
Pradesh |
1 |
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
4 |
Chhattisgarh |
0 |
|
0 |
|
5 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
7 |
Haryana |
0 |
|
0 |
|
8 |
Himachal
Pradesh |
3 |
|
3 |
|
9 |
|
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
10 |
Jharkhand |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
11 |
Karnataka |
8 |
29 |
37 |
|
12 |
Kerala |
0 |
|
0 |
|
13 |
Madhya Pradesh |
1 |
21 |
22 |
|
14 |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
15 |
Orissa |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
16 |
Pondicherry/Puducherry |
0 |
|
0 |
|
17 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
18 |
Rajasthan |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
19 |
Tamilnadu |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
20 |
Telangana |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
21 |
Uttar Pradesh |
11 |
8 |
19 |
|
22 |
Uttaranchal |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
23 |
|
3 |
4 |
7 |
|
|
Grand Total |
37 |
92 |
129 |
*Accept: Inspection conducted
**Reject: Due to incomplete application/non- availability
of minimum documents- essentiality certificate/SNRC recognition letter/ does
not have parent hospital
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar
Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
TB cases in
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:53PM by PIB
As per the Global TB Report 2019, the estimated number of
cases and death rate in
|
Year |
Incidence |
Mortality |
|
2015 |
217/lakh
population |
36/lakh
population |
|
2016 |
211/lakh
population |
35/
lakh population |
|
2017 |
204/lakh
population |
34/lakh
population |
|
2018 |
199/lakh
population |
33/lakh
population |
The total number of TB cases notified during the last three
years and current year are as under:
|
Year |
Total
No. of notified TB patients |
|
2017 (Jan-Dec) |
1827959 |
|
2018(Jan-Dec) |
2155894 |
|
2019 (Jan-Dec) |
2404815 |
|
2020 (Till Aug 2020) |
1176164 |
The Government of India is committed to End TB by 2025. Ministry has
developed the National Strategic Plan (NSP) for Tuberculosis (2017-2025) with
the goal of ending TB by 2025.
The key focus areas are:
• Early diagnosis of all the TB patients, prompt treatment with quality
assured drugs and treatment regimens along with suitable patient support
systems to promote adherence.
• Engaging with the patients seeking care in the private sector.
• Prevention strategies including active case finding and contact
tracing in high risk / vulnerable population
• Airborne infection control.
•
Multi-sectoral response for addressing social determinants.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey
stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Reduction in Tobacco usage
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:53PM by PIB
Several steps have been taken by the Government to reduce
the prevalence of tobacco use. Some of the major steps are as under;
·
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
has enacted a comprehensive legislation, namely the Cigarettes and Other
Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and
Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (COTPA 2003) to
discourage the consumption of tobacco products in order to protect the masses
from the health hazards attributable to tobacco use. The provisions under
COTPA, 2003 and the Rules made thereunder mandates prohibition of smoking in
public places; ban on sale of tobacco products to and by minors and within 100
yards of educational institutions; prohibition on direct and indirect
advertising of tobacco products and mandatory display of specified health
warnings.
·
The National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP)
was launched by this Ministry in 2007- 08 with the aim to (i) create awareness
about the harmful effects of tobacco consumption, (ii) reduce the production
and supply of tobacco products, (iii) ensure effective implementation of the
provisions under COTPA, 2003 (iv) help people quit tobacco use, and (v)
facilitate implementation of strategies for prevention and control of tobacco
advocated by WHO Framework Convention of Tobacco Control.
·
The stakeholders are being made aware on a
regular basis about the adverse effects of tobacco usage on health through
various anti-tobacco campaigns vide different mode of communication.
·
The Government of India has notified rules to
regulate films and TV programmes depicting scenes of tobacco usage to spread
awareness. Such films and TV programmes are statutorily required to run
anti-tobacco health spots, disclaimers and static health warnings.
·
Specified health warnings on tobacco products
is enhanced w.e.f. 1st April, 2016 to 85% of the principal display area of
tobacco product packs. Quitline number has been included in new specified
health warnings with Quitline number which came into effect on 1st September, 2018.
·
The Ministry has started National Tobacco
Quitline to provide tobacco cessation services to the community and has
launched a pan-India “mCessation” initiative to reach out to tobacco users who
are willing to quit tobacco use and to support them towards successful quitting
through text-messaging via mobile phones. Tobacco cessation centers have also
been set up in Dental Colleges/Institutions across the country.
·
Revised guidelines for Tobacco Free
Educational Institutions (ToFEI) to implement Section-6 of COTPA, 2003 has been
disseminated/implemented.
·
The Government of India prohibited electronic
cigarettes and like devices vide the Electronic Cigarettes (Production,
Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport,
·
The Food Safety and Standards Regulations
(FSSA) issued in 2011 under the Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006 lay down
that tobacco and nicotine cannot be used as ingredients in Food Products.
·
All tobacco products are covered under the
highest slab i.e. 28% under Goods & Service Tax with an additional
compensation cess, excluding bidis.
·
In order to encourage tobacco workers to
shift to alternative vocations, the Ministry of Labour& Employment,
Government of India in collaboration with the Ministry of Skill Development
& Entrepreneurship, Government of India, has initiated ‘Skill Development’
programme for bidi rollers, to facilitate them to shift to alternative
vocations.
·
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation
& Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has extended
Crop Diversification Programme (CDP), an on-going sub- scheme of Rashtriya
KrishiVikasYojna (RKVY) to 10 tobacco growing States w.e.f 2015-16 to encourage
tobacco growing farmers to shift to alternate crops/cropping systems.
As part
of the Global Tobacco Surveillance System (GTSS), three rounds of Global Youth
Tobacco Survey (GYTS) among 13-15 year-old school going children in 2003, 2006
and 2009 and two rounds of Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) among 15 years
and above in 2009-10 and 2016-17 have been undertaken. These surveys are
global standards for systematically monitoring adult and youth tobacco use
(smoking and smokeless) and track the key tobacco control indictors.
The National Monitoring framework for
Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD), stipulates relative
reduction in prevalence of current tobacco use by 15% and 30% by 2020 and 2025
respectively, to the baseline levels of 2010. The National Health Policy (NHP),
2017 also reiterates the relative reduction of 15% in tobacco use by 2020 and
of 30 percent by 2025, which is in line with the above Targets and Indicators
under the NCD Frame Work.
As per the Report of the second round of the Global Adult
Tobacco Survey (GATS-2), there has been 17.3% relative
reduction in prevalence of tobacco use from 34.6% to 28.6% from 2009-10 to
2016-17. As such, the target set for 2020 has been achieved.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar
Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here
today.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Guidelines for use and disposal of
face mask
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:52PM by PIB
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in its guidelines
on rational use of personal protective equipment (PPE) has issued
specifications and standards to be followed for Personal Protective Equipment
including medical mask for use by healthcare workers and other front-line
workers. These specifications are available in public domain through the
website of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
Government of
From no indigenous manufacturer to begin with, 1100
indigenous manufacturers of PPE kits have been developed by the Government till
date, most of them being from MSME sector. As per the current assessment, the
production capacity of PPE coveralls is nearly 5 lakh per day with potential
for additional capacity creation to meet demand.
Health is a State subject and States need to follow the
detailed guidelines for bio-medical waste management as already issued.
Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change has issued guidelines for handling, treatment and
disposal of waste generated during treatment/diagnosis/ quarantine of COVID-19
patients both in facility based and home settings.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar
Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Cancer and Kidney related Diseases
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:51PM by PIB
The information regarding estimated incidence of cancer cases in the
country is based on National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP) of Indian Council
of Medical Research. The latest report of NCRP is for the year 2020, which is
based on data for the period 2012-16, as compared to earlier report of 2016,
which was based on data for the period 2012-14. Also, the year 2020 report is
based on an increased coverage in terms of more number of Population Based
Cancer Registries (PBCRs) or expansion of some existing PBCRs. As a result of
above changes, the annual figures of estimated incidence of cancer in the
country in the year 2020 report have undergone revision as compared to previous
report of NCRP of 2016, and the revised year-wise figures for India, Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana are as under:
|
Year |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
|
|
12,60,427 |
12,92,534 |
13,25,232 |
13,58,415 |
|
Andhra
Pradesh |
64,371 |
64,839 |
67,370 |
68,883 |
|
Telangana |
43,129 |
44,230 |
45,335 |
46,464 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
As per ICMR report “
Public Health and Hospitals is a State subject. The Central
Government, however, supplements the efforts of the State Governments to
prevent and control cancer and to provide affordable and accessible care. To
tackle the challenge of Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) the Government is
implementing National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes,
Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS), with focus on strengthening
infrastructure, human resource development, health promotion & awareness
generation, early diagnosis, management and referral to an appropriate level
institution for treatment. Besides setting up of NCD Clinics at the District
and Community Health Center (CHC) levels, activities under NPCDCS also include
population level initiative for prevention, control and screening for common
NCDs (diabetes, hypertension and common cancers viz. oral, breast and cervical
cancer). Screening of common NCDs including three common cancers i.e. oral,
breast and cervical is also an integral part of service delivery under Ayushman
Bharat - Health and Wellness Centres. Tertiary Cancer Care facilities are being
strengthened through setting up of State Cancer Institutes (SCI) & Tertiary
Care Cancer Centres (TCCC) under NPCDCS and setting of new All India Institute
of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Setting up of National Cancer Institute at Jhajjar
in Haryana and strengthening of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute,
Kolkata, are also steps in the same direction.
For free dialysis services to Below Poverty Line (BPL)
patients, Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme (PMNDP) is being implemented
as part of National Health Mission (NHM) for which States/UTs are supported
through their Programme Implementation Plan (PIP).
As informed by Department of Science and Technology,
various projects have been undertaken under Indo-US Science & Technology
Forum (IUSSTF), focusing on cancer and kidney disease. Department of
Biotechnology (DBT) and Cancer Research UK (CRUK) have signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) for a Cancer Research Initiative, “Affordable Approaches to
Cancer”.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar
Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Nursing Colleges
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:41PM by PIB
State-wise number of nursing colleges functional in the
country is given below:
State-wise distribution of Nursing
Colleges as on 31st March, 2020
|
State |
Institutions |
Total |
|
|
Government |
Private |
||
|
Andaman
& Nicobar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Andhra
Pradesh |
12 |
133 |
145 |
|
Arunachal
Pradesh |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
4 |
13 |
17 |
|
|
2 |
8 |
10 |
|
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Chattisgarh |
9 |
89 |
98 |
|
Dadra
& Nagar Haveli |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Daman
& Diu |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
7 |
7 |
14 |
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
9 |
94 |
103 |
|
Haryana |
2 |
37 |
39 |
|
Himachal
Pradesh |
1 |
30 |
31 |
|
Jammu
& Kashmir |
4 |
12 |
16 |
|
Jharkhand |
1 |
9 |
10 |
|
Karnataka |
13 |
301 |
314 |
|
Kerala |
12 |
120 |
132 |
|
Madhya
Pradesh |
8 |
180 |
188 |
|
|
6 |
98 |
104 |
|
Manipur |
2 |
6 |
8 |
|
Meghalaya |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Mizoram |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Nagaland |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Odisha |
4 |
32 |
36 |
|
|
2 |
13 |
15 |
|
|
6 |
102 |
108 |
|
Rajasthan |
11 |
138 |
149 |
|
|
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
Tamil
Nadu |
5 |
183 |
188 |
|
Telangana |
6 |
80 |
86 |
|
Tripura |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Uttar
Pradesh |
9 |
102 |
111 |
|
Uttarakhand |
7 |
16 |
23 |
|
|
13 |
17 |
30 |
|
Total |
163 |
1833 |
1996 |
Health being a State Subject, opening of new nursing
colleges falls under the purview of the respective State Governments However,
129 proposals have been received in Indian Nursing Council from States/UTs
under Section 13 and 14 of INC Act for opening of B.Sc. (Nursing) programme
across the country in 2020-21. State-wise details are given below:
Proposal received to open B.Sc
(Nursing) programme for the year 2020-21
|
Sl. No. |
State |
Proposal accepted by Indian Nursing Council* |
Proposal rejected by Indian Nursing Council ** |
Total |
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
1 |
8 |
9 |
|
2 |
Arunachal
Pradesh |
1 |
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
4 |
Chhattisgarh |
0 |
|
0 |
|
5 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
7 |
Haryana |
0 |
|
0 |
|
8 |
Himachal
Pradesh |
3 |
|
3 |
|
9 |
|
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
10 |
Jharkhand |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
11 |
Karnataka |
8 |
29 |
37 |
|
12 |
Kerala |
0 |
|
0 |
|
13 |
Madhya Pradesh |
1 |
21 |
22 |
|
14 |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
15 |
Orissa |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
16 |
Pondicherry/Puducherry |
0 |
|
0 |
|
17 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
18 |
Rajasthan |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
19 |
Tamilnadu |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
20 |
Telangana |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
21 |
Uttar Pradesh |
11 |
8 |
19 |
|
22 |
Uttaranchal |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
23 |
|
3 |
4 |
7 |
|
|
Grand
Total |
37 |
92 |
129 |
*Accept: Inspection conducted
**Reject: Due to incomplete application/non- availability
of minimum documents- essentiality certificate/SNRC recognition letter/ does
not have parent hospital
The training being provided in the Nursing Colleges meets
the International standards in health care as is evident from the Indian Nurses
who are able to work efficiently in any country/International health care
facilities.
As per information received from State Government of
Jharkhand, there are 6 private ANM Schools running in Godda District. Also, 2
ANM and 1
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh
Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here
today.
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Ministry
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Objectives of National Rural Health
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:41PM by PIB
As per Rural Health Statistics-2019, as on 31.03.2019, a
total of 1,57,411 Sub-centres, 24,855 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and 5,335
Community Health Centres (CHCs) have been functional in the rural areas of the
country. Out of this, 9,949 Sub-centres, 1,899 PHCs and 150 CHCs have been
functional in
The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched to
provide accessible, affordable and quality healthcare to the rural population,
especially the vulnerable groups. Key features of the Mission include making
the public health delivery system fully functional and accountable to the
community, human resources management, community involvement, decentralization,
rigorous monitoring & evaluation against standards, convergence of health
and related programmes from village level upwards, innovations and flexible
financing and also interventions for improving the health indicators.
Performance of the National Health Mission on major indicators is given below:
Achievements during the period of
2005-06 to 2019-20 under National Health Mission (NHM)
|
S. No. |
INDICATORS |
2005-061 |
2019 -202 |
|
1 |
|
254 (SRS
2004-06) |
113 (SRS
2016-18) |
|
2 |
Infant
Mortality Rate (IMR) |
58 (SRS
2005) |
32 (SRS:
2018) |
|
3 |
Neonatal
Mortality rate (NMR) |
37 (SRS
2005) |
23 (SRS
2018) |
|
4 |
Under 5
Mortality rate (U5MR) |
69 (SRS
2008) |
36 (SRS
2018) |
|
5 |
Total Fertility
Rate (TFR) |
2.9 (SRS
2005) |
2.2 (SRS
2018) |
|
6 |
Health Human Resources
Augmentation3 |
26,475 |
2.59 lakh |
|
7 |
Accredited Social Health
Activists (ASHAs) |
4.6
lakh |
10.56
lakh |
|
8 |
No of PHCs working on 24X7
basis |
6,550 |
9,468 |
|
9 |
Functional First Referral
Units (FRUs) |
901 |
3,122 |
|
10 |
Mobile Medical Units (MMUs)
operational |
NA4 |
1,669 |
|
11 |
Ambulances services
(Operational) |
NA4 {11,661
in 2013} |
26,489 |
|
12 |
Setting up Rogi Kalyan
Samitis (Patient Welfare Societies) in public health facilities |
13,445 |
33,376 |
|
13 |
Constitution of Village
Health Sanitation and Nutrition Committees (VHSNCs) at village level |
17,318 |
5.54
lakh |
|
14 |
|
19.6
lakh |
11.65
crore |
Note: - 1 Cumulative figures as on NHM-MIS report
2005-06.
2 Cumulative figures as on NHM-MIS report
2019-20.
3 Includes include GDMOs, ANMs, Staff
Nurses, Specialists, AYUSH Doctors and Paramedics.
4 Data not available for year 2005-06.
To provide major thrust for creation of advanced tertiary
healthcare infrastructure with super specialty health care facilities, Pradhan
Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) is implemented for expanding/
augmenting tertiary healthcare capacity in the underserved areas of the
country. 25 new All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) and 73
Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) with Super Specialty Hospitals/ Trauma
Centres have been built under the scheme and equipped with modern healthcare
facilities including Intensive Care Units (ICUs) throughout the country
including in rural areas. States generally considered “backward” with respect
to the broad socio-economic indicators are given priority while finalising
projects. Further, to augment tertiary healthcare facilities including ICUs
across the country, Central Government is also establishing 157 new Medical
Colleges by up-gradation of District Hospitals.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh
Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here
today.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Guidelines for Caesarean Deliveries
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:40PM by PIB
As per NFHS-4 (2015-16), the rate of caesarean deliveries in the
country is 17.2% which is lower than the developed countries viz. Latin America
and the Caribbean countries (40.5%), North America (32.3%), Oceania (31.1%),
Europe (25%),
The details of the C-section deliveries performed during
the last three years and current year, State/UT-wise including Barabanki, Uttar
Pradesh is given below:
|
Sr. No |
States/UTs |
Number of
C-section deliveries conducted at public facilities |
Number of
C-section deliveries conducted at private facilities |
||||||
|
|
|
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
Apr20-June20 |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
Apr20- June20 |
|
|
AllIndia |
1,756,951 |
1,897,546 |
1,860,189 |
365161 |
1,831,636 |
2,051,481 |
2,032,486 |
383437 |
|
1 |
A&NIslands |
922 |
1,030 |
785 |
104 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
AndhraPradesh |
89,514 |
94,202 |
92,261 |
20997 |
148,128 |
176,474 |
141,190 |
29942 |
|
3 |
ArunachalPradesh |
2,640 |
2,027 |
2,430 |
354 |
773 |
998 |
1,062 |
259 |
|
4 |
|
62,993 |
68,092 |
67,707 |
11869 |
50,094 |
52,808 |
56,975 |
11116 |
|
5 |
|
24,710 |
29,316 |
29,930 |
4979 |
15,964 |
16,531 |
17,476 |
1347 |
|
6 |
|
9,413 |
9,595 |
9,218 |
1193 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
Chhattisgarh |
19,374 |
20,179 |
21,597 |
5899 |
55,912 |
55,222 |
51,288 |
9633 |
|
8 |
Dadra&NagarHaveli |
2,141 |
2,356 |
2,443 |
419 |
446 |
496 |
583 |
142 |
|
9 |
Daman&Diu |
763 |
1,045 |
1,044 |
260 |
182 |
144 |
179 |
51 |
|
10 |
|
52,544 |
55,204 |
53,475 |
9491 |
23,393 |
29,457 |
28,566 |
4300 |
|
11 |
|
3,589 |
3,430 |
3,234 |
902 |
4,133 |
4,313 |
4,618 |
1014 |
|
12 |
|
55,252 |
55,694 |
60,973 |
10791 |
132,062 |
131,979 |
142,580 |
19647 |
|
13 |
Haryana |
31,665 |
35,919 |
36,889 |
7112 |
52,023 |
52,045 |
50,718 |
10877 |
|
14 |
HimachalPradesh |
11,330 |
12,769 |
11,753 |
2848 |
5,801 |
5,722 |
5,894 |
1789 |
|
15 |
Jammu&Kashmir |
57,863 |
62,388 |
63,889 |
14895 |
12,850 |
15,014 |
14,062 |
3915 |
|
16 |
Jharkhand |
16,810 |
19,788 |
20,759 |
3308 |
36,954 |
36,400 |
32,014 |
3123 |
|
17 |
Karnataka |
123,144 |
137,244 |
143,549 |
31605 |
133,139 |
142,641 |
144,780 |
31904 |
|
18 |
Kerala |
56,563 |
57,853 |
55,033 |
13385 |
128,429 |
139,843 |
127,853 |
27407 |
|
19 |
|
323 |
353 |
327 |
109 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
20 |
MadhyaPradesh |
71,622 |
81,073 |
78,713 |
17023 |
58,521 |
53,623 |
55,731 |
7854 |
|
21 |
|
161,836 |
175,366 |
183,711 |
35865 |
188,963 |
225,528 |
236,823 |
49458 |
|
22 |
Manipur |
4,200 |
4,626 |
6,582 |
1050 |
3,012 |
3,339 |
3,691 |
1001 |
|
23 |
Meghalaya |
2,437 |
2,465 |
2,744 |
682 |
4,155 |
4,767 |
5,420 |
1122 |
|
24 |
Mizoram |
1,858 |
1,976 |
1,906 |
360 |
1,262 |
1,295 |
462 |
308 |
|
25 |
Nagaland |
1,612 |
1,412 |
1,588 |
94 |
1,242 |
1,442 |
1,441 |
385 |
|
26 |
Odisha |
68,306 |
75,679 |
71,283 |
16058 |
26,042 |
60,104 |
50,804 |
10577 |
|
27 |
Puducherry |
9,132 |
8,940 |
8,367 |
1591 |
4,950 |
5,100 |
1,122 |
200 |
|
28 |
|
51,298 |
50,712 |
51,278 |
9604 |
77,192 |
84,361 |
86,914 |
18820 |
|
29 |
Rajasthan |
89,504 |
98,754 |
95,358 |
17518 |
57,990 |
53,941 |
55,994 |
14045 |
|
30 |
|
1,472 |
1,293 |
1,702 |
453 |
691 |
1,194 |
1,038 |
376 |
|
31 |
TamilNadu |
201,158 |
209,781 |
175,524 |
42482 |
211,022 |
223,019 |
173,399 |
36500 |
|
32 |
Telangana |
129,273 |
142,477 |
126,840 |
30560 |
138,508 |
165,307 |
158,114 |
36101 |
|
33 |
Tripura |
8,474 |
8,768 |
8,500 |
1973 |
2,699 |
2,348 |
4,476 |
1069 |
|
34 |
UttarPradesh |
97,282 |
98,407 |
112,089 |
16181 |
55,733 |
91,358 |
188,779 |
29199 |
|
35 |
Uttarakhand |
9,804 |
10,683 |
11,540 |
2068 |
7,138 |
9,527 |
6,640 |
1641 |
|
36 |
WestBengal |
226,130 |
256,650 |
245,168 |
31079 |
192,233 |
205,141 |
181,800 |
18315 |
|
Sr. No |
State-District |
Number of C-section deliveries conducted at public
facilities |
Number of C-section deliveries conducted at
private facilities |
||||||
|
|
|
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
Apr 20 - June 20 |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
Apr 20 - June 20 |
|
1 |
UP-Barabanki |
2887 |
2786 |
3419 |
420 |
1497 |
1980 |
2297 |
32 |
Source: HMIS
The standards declared by WHO for Caesarean deliveries
state that at population level, caesarean section rates higher than 10% were
not associated with reductions in rates of maternal and newborn mortality. It
recommended the adoption of the Robson classification system, which facilitates
comparison and analysis of caesarean rates within and between
different facilities, and across countries and regions.
Health is a State subject. However, MoHFW has taken the
following steps to curb the rise in C-section;
·
Conveyed the WHO Statement to all States/UTs
urging them to share the same with all Obstetricians and Gynaecologists working
in public health facilities in their respective States/UTs.
·
Collaborated with Federation of Obstetrician and
Gynaecologists in India (FOGSI) to share the WHO statement on C-section among
all members.
·
Under “LaQshya”- Labour room & maternity
OT Quality Improvement Initiative, Caesarean section audit has been implemented
in all LaQshya certified public health facilities to ensure that Caesarean
sections are undertaken judiciously in only those cases requiring such surgical
interventions
·
All CGHS empanelled hospitals are directed to
display the information regarding ratio of deliveries by caesarean section.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh
Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here
today.
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Observation of World Blood Donors’
Day
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:40PM by PIB
World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) was observed on 14th June 2020. The theme of World Blood Donor Day 2020 was “Safe Blood Saves Lives”.
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) issued
communications to all State Blood Transfusion Councils (SBTCs) for observance
of WBDD 2020 through conduction of blood donation camps and awareness
generation activities for promoting the cause of Voluntary Blood Donation (VBD)
through a multi-media approach and in partnership with all stakeholders; while
maintaining compliance to the social distancing and other norms as per the
COVID-19 advisories issued from time to time.
There has been no reported instance of shortage of blood in various blood banks causing lot of difficulties to
patients. Though the collection of blood has reduced during this year as
compared to the previous years, there has also been an equivalent reduction in
demand for blood due to deferred elective surgeries and non-urgent clinical
conditions needing blood transfusion.
Communications were issued to all State Health Ministers
from Hon’ble Minister for Health and Family Welfare requesting for their
interventions for augmenting VBD. A National level committee set up by the
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare periodically reviewed the status of
availability and adequacy of blood supplies across different States/
Registration of patients of thalassemia and sickle cell
disease was enabled on eRaktkosh portal to raise their requirement and connect
to blood centres as per availability. Blood centres were encouraged to utilize
the provisions under extant regulations for transfer of tested blood and blood
components between licensed blood centers and to blood storage centers so as to
ensure timely supply of blood to needy patients.
Steps have been taken to engage with different Government
Departments, voluntary organizations like Indian Red Cross Society, blood donor
associations, professional associations and other stakeholders for creating opportunities to donate and raise public awareness on the need
for safe blood donation in the country. The Government
supports various activities like conducting blood donation camps, observance of
events on VBD days and motivating youth groups in coordination with agencies
like Nehru Yuva Kendra Sansthan, National Service Scheme, Red Ribbon Clubs in
various Universities and Colleges, etc. The Government has also made a
provision of two special casual leaves per year that can be availed by Central
Government employees for donating blood.
The policy of the Government is to have at least one blood
centre in each district and blood centre facilities are available across all
except 63 districts in the country. However, even in these districts,
need for blood and blood components are met through the blood centres in
neighbouring districts.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh
Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here
today.
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National Bio-Material Centre
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:39PM by PIB
National Biomaterial Centre has been established at
National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO),
The Government of India is implementing National Organ
Transplant Programme (NOTP) to promote organ donation across the country. Under this programme, an apex level National Organ and
Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) at
There is no such proposal to set up National Human Organ
Donation Bank as organs like Heart, Kidney, etc. need to be transplanted
immediately after retrieval. However, the National Organ and Tissue Transplant
Organisation (NOTTO) has a facility of National Level Tissue Bank (Biomaterial
Centre) for storing tissues. Under the National Organ Transplant Programme
(NOTP), a provision has been made for providing financial support to the States
for setting up of Bio- material centre. As of now a Regional Bio-material
centre has been established at Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant
Organisation (ROTTO), Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Further, funds have been released to
the State of
While, no such proposal is under consideration of the
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at present, the Government is making all
possible efforts to enhance awareness amongst all sections of society including
school children and college students about the importance of organ donation. A
number of activities are organized for school and college students every year
by NOTTO/ROTTOs and State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisations (SOTTOs).
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh
Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here
today.
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Vaccines Being Developed to Combat
Coronavirus
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:39PM by PIB
Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has
informed that it has granted test license permission for manufacture of
COVID-19 Vaccine for preclinical test, examination and analysis to the
following manufacturers in
1.
M/s Serum Institute of
2.
Ms. Cadila Healthcare Ltd.,
3.
M/s Bharat Biotech International Ltd.,
4.
Biological E Ltd.,
5.
M/s Reliance Life Sciences Pvt Ltd., Mumbai
6.
M/s Aurbindo Pharma Limited,
7.
M/s Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Limited, Pune
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), an
autonomous organisation under the Department of Health Research, has informed
that it is facilitating the following studies related to COVID-19 vaccines:
(i) An inactivated whole virion candidate vaccine (BBV152)
for SARS-CoV-2 has been developed by Bharat Biotech International Ltd (BBIL)
using the virus isolate (NIV-2020-770) provided by ICMR-National Institute of
Virology (NIV), Pune. Characterization of the vaccine candidate has been
undertaken at ICMR-NIV followed by safety and tolerability studies in small
animals like rats, mice and rabbits. Status of clinical trials is as follows:
·
Phase I clinical trials alongwith parallel
studies in hamsters and rhesus macaques have been completed. The trial has
revealed excellent safety of the candidate vaccine. Immunogenicity testing is
in progress.
·
Phase II clinical trials are ongoing.
(ii) A DNA vaccine (ZyCov-D) has been developed by Cadila
Healthcare Ltd. Pre- clincial toxicity studies were conducted in small animals:
mice, rats, rabbits and guinea pigs. The vaccine has been found to be safe and
immunogenic. Cadila has partnered with ICMR for conduct of parallel
pre-clinical studies in rhesus macaques. Status of clinical trials is as
follows:
·
Phase I clinical trials have been completed.
The trial has revealed excellent safety of the candidate vaccine.
Immunogenicity testing is in progress.
·
Phase II clinical trials are ongoing.
(iii) Serum Institute of India (SII) and ICMR have
partnered for clinical development of two global vaccine candidates:
·
ChAdOx1-S, which is a non- replicating viral
vector vaccine developed by
ICMR and SII have also partnered for clinical development
of a glycoprotein subunit nanoparticle adjuvanted vaccine developed by Novavax
from
As per details provided by Department of Biotechnology
(DBT)/Department of Science and Technology (DST), more than 30 vaccine
candidates have been supported which are in different stages of development.
CDSCO has informed that it has granted permission to
conduct clinical trials in various clinical trial sites such as New Delhi,
Chennai, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Kanpur, Surat, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Ahmadabad,
Bhubaneswar, Patna, Gorakhpur etc. and the trials are on going.
Presently, under Universal Immunization Program (UIP)
vaccine distribution is based on Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN)
system. eVIN is an internet based digital system to track routine immunization,
vaccine stocks, storage temperature in about 25,000 dedicated cold chain
storage points across the country as well as movement of vaccine. The vaccine
is distributed to health facilities and outreach station sites, so as to reach
in all areas. even system is regularly monitored by health authorities at state
and district level. eVIN system is being enhanced to address the needs for
distribution and tracking of COVID 19 vaccine, when it becomes available.
Further, a National Expert Group on COVID 19 vaccine has
been constituted to guide the Government on:-
·
Prioritization of population groups for
vaccination.
·
Selection of COVID 19 vaccine candidates.
·
Inventory management and delivery mechanism
of the vaccine including making of vaccination process.
·
Selection of delivery platforms.
·
Cold chain and associated infrastructure for
roll-out of COVID 19 vaccination etc.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh
Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here
today.
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Guidelines for Use and Disposal of
Face Mask
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:38PM by PIB
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in its guidelines
on rational use of personal protective equipment (PPE) has issued
specifications and standards to be followed for Personal Protective Equipment
including medical mask for use by healthcare workers and other front-line
workers. These specifications are available in public domain through the
website of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. Government of
From no indigenous manufacturer to begin with, 1100
indigenous manufacturers of PPE kits have been developed by the Government till
date, most of them being from MSME sector. As per the current assessment, the
production capacity of PPE coveralls is nearly 5 lakh per day with potential
for additional capacity creation to meet demand.
Health is a State subject and States need to follow the
detailed guidelines for bio-medical waste management as already issued.
Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change has issued guidelines for handling, treatment and
disposal of waste generated during treatment/diagnosis/ quarantine of COVID-19
patients both in facility based and home settings.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh
Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here
today.
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Setting up of COVID Hospitals
Posted
On: 23 SEP 2020 6:38PM by PIB
For appropriate management of COVID-19 cases, Government of
India has advised State governments to setup a three-tier arrangement of health
facilities exclusively for COVID. These are (i) COVID Care Center with
isolation beds for mild or pre-symptomatic cases; (ii) Dedicated COVID Health
Centre (DCHC) with oxygen supported isolation beds for moderate cases and (iii)
Dedicated COVID Hospital (DCH) with ICU beds for severe cases. In addition,
Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has set up large field
hospitals with capacities ranging from 1000 to 10,000 isolation beds in
State-wise
details of COVID treatment facilities (as reported by States/UTs) as on 22nd September, 2020
|
States |
No of Facility |
Total Isolation beds (excluding ICU beds) |
O2 Supported beds |
ICU beds |
No of Ventilators |
|
Andaman &
Nicobar |
23 |
1173 |
165 |
24 |
20 |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
620 |
111497 |
16991 |
4892 |
1511 |
|
Arunachal
Pradesh |
104 |
2854 |
171 |
62 |
16 |
|
|
388 |
30516 |
1694 |
398 |
285 |
|
|
357 |
36617 |
6814 |
650 |
836 |
|
|
21 |
3439 |
885 |
113 |
46 |
|
Chhattisgarh |
235 |
23359 |
1892 |
778 |
532 |
|
Dadra & Nagar
Haveli |
5 |
1190 |
200 |
46 |
46 |
|
Daman & Diu |
7 |
559 |
139 |
21 |
11 |
|
|
162 |
25682 |
10271 |
2700 |
1414 |
|
|
45 |
1678 |
178 |
134 |
184 |
|
|
713 |
49685 |
14755 |
4956 |
3219 |
|
Haryana |
802 |
56486 |
5985 |
2227 |
1068 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
66 |
3413 |
761 |
86 |
119 |
|
|
297 |
23122 |
3213 |
402 |
447 |
|
Jharkhand |
280 |
18241 |
3184 |
411 |
255 |
|
Karnataka |
1485 |
109936 |
16840 |
4847 |
2650 |
|
Kerala |
287 |
37880 |
3741 |
2346 |
937 |
|
Ladakh |
5 |
276 |
109 |
37 |
31 |
|
|
11 |
102 |
21 |
14 |
10 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
964 |
70960 |
14606 |
2673 |
882 |
|
|
3360 |
347890 |
55077 |
15208 |
7105 |
|
Manipur |
38 |
2471 |
358 |
47 |
39 |
|
Meghalaya |
61 |
2384 |
345 |
83 |
87 |
|
Mizoram |
58 |
2734 |
306 |
44 |
65 |
|
Nagaland |
14 |
681 |
142 |
54 |
28 |
|
Odisha |
262 |
32296 |
7540 |
1410 |
661 |
|
Puducherry |
17 |
1318 |
339 |
110 |
76 |
|
|
287 |
26829 |
4284 |
1661 |
719 |
|
Rajasthan |
417 |
43206 |
8449 |
1797 |
955 |
|
|
14 |
1065 |
229 |
20 |
59 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
1281 |
195259 |
26628 |
8835 |
4238 |
|
Telangana |
56 |
15604 |
2794 |
1782 |
518 |
|
Tripura |
32 |
2424 |
250 |
74 |
22 |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
757 |
154428 |
23789 |
5906 |
2552 |
|
Uttarakhand |
436 |
30596 |
2192 |
506 |
558 |
|
|
1225 |
70691 |
12635 |
1284 |
823 |
|
|
15192 |
1538541 |
247972 |
66638 |
33024 |
Government of
In collaboration with the States/UTs Government of India
has deputed multi-disciplinary Central teams to assist State Health
authorities in implementation of public health response to COVID.
Central multi-disciplinary teams have been deployed to 25
States/UTs. Details are given below:
These teams have worked together with State/District
administration to further strengthen and refine containment operations,
COVID-19 testing, management of hospital capacities etc.
Deployment of Central Teams
|
S.No. |
State |
Date
of deployment |
|
1 |
|
31st May
2020 |
|
2 |
4th August
2020 |
|
|
3 |
Andhra
Pradesh |
2nd May
2020 |
|
4 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
5 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
6 |
|
4th August
2020 |
|
7 |
|
8th April
2020 |
|
8 |
31st May
2020 |
|
|
9 |
4th August
2020 |
|
|
10 |
Chhattisgarh |
31st August
2020 |
|
11 |
|
4th September
2020 |
|
12 |
|
28th April
2020 |
|
13 |
28th April
2020 |
|
|
14 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
15 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
16 |
|
8th April
2020 |
|
17 |
29th April
2020 |
|
|
18 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
19 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
20 |
10th June
2020 |
|
|
21 |
26th June
2020 |
|
|
22 |
Haryana |
16th April
2020 |
|
23 |
4th June
2020 |
|
|
24 |
J
& K |
4th August
2020 |
|
25 |
Jharkhand |
31st August
2020 |
|
26 |
Ladakh |
6th March
2020 |
|
27 |
4th August
2020 |
|
|
28 |
Karnataka |
8th April
2020 |
|
29 |
10th June
2020 |
|
|
30 |
4th August
2020 |
|
|
31 |
|
8th April
2020 |
|
32 |
8th April
2020 |
|
|
33 |
16th April
2020 |
|
|
34 |
22nd April
2020 |
|
|
35 |
22nd April
2020 |
|
|
36 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
37 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
38 |
6th May
2020 |
|
|
39 |
28th June
2020 |
|
|
40 |
M.P. |
10th April
2020 |
|
41 |
31st May
2020 |
|
|
42 |
Odisha |
31st May
2020 |
|
43 |
31st August
2020 |
|
|
44 |
|
4th September
2020 |
|
45 |
Puducherry |
4th August
2020 |
|
46 |
Rajasthan |
8th April
2020 |
|
47 |
22nd April
2020 |
|
|
48 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
49 |
31st May
2020 |
|
|
50 |
4th August
2020 |
|
|
51 |
Tamil
Nadu |
8th April
2020 |
|
52 |
27th April
2020 |
|
|
53 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
54 |
31st May
2020 |
|
|
55 |
9th July
2020 |
|
|
56 |
Telangana |
10th April
2020 |
|
57 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
58 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
59 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
60 |
28th to
29th June 2020 |
|
|
61 |
9th to
10th August 2020 |
|
|
62 |
Tripura |
13th May
2020 |
|
63 |
8th September
2020 |
|
|
64 |
Uttar
Pradesh |
8th April
2020 |
|
65 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
66 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
67 |
31st May
2020 |
|
|
68 |
Uttarakhand |
31st May
2020 |
|
69 |
4th August
2020 |
|
|
70 |
|
16th April
2020 |
|
71 |
2nd May
2020 |
|
|
72 |
10th June
2020 |
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh
Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here
today.
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Virology Laboratories for
Posted
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State/UT wise details of total operational COVID-19 testing
laboratories (as on 20th September, 2020)
|
S. No. |
State/UT |
No. of laboratories |
|
1 |
Andaman and |
5 |
|
2 |
Andhra Pradesh |
94 |
|
3 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
15 |
|
4 |
|
34 |
|
5 |
|
56 |
|
6 |
|
4 |
|
7 |
Chhattisgarh |
37 |
|
8 |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
1 |
|
9 |
|
69 |
|
10 |
|
7 |
|
11 |
|
63 |
|
12 |
Haryana |
36 |
|
13 |
Himachal Pradesh |
30 |
|
14 |
|
27 |
|
15 |
Jharkhand |
40 |
|
16 |
Karnataka |
136 |
|
17 |
Kerala |
94 |
|
18 |
Ladakh |
3 |
|
19 |
|
2 |
|
20 |
Madhya Pradesh |
96 |
|
21 |
|
166 |
|
22 |
Manipur |
11 |
|
23 |
Meghalaya |
14 |
|
24 |
Mizoram |
11 |
|
25 |
Nagaland |
14 |
|
26 |
Odisha |
51 |
|
27 |
Puducherry |
9 |
|
28 |
|
50 |
|
29 |
Rajasthan |
44 |
|
30 |
|
2 |
|
31 |
Tamil Nadu |
176 |
|
32 |
Telangana |
62 |
|
33 |
Tripura |
4 |
|
34 |
Uttar Pradesh |
192 |
|
35 |
Uttarakhand |
23 |
|
36 |
|
99 |
|
Total |
1777 |
|
As per information maintained by ICMR, laboratories in the
following medical colleges of Chhattisgarh are conducting COVID-19 testing by
RT-PCR:
i.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
ii.
Late
iii.
iv.
Late
v.
vi.
Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences,
Bilaspur
vii.
Bharat Ratna Late Shri Atal
viii.
Raipur Institute of Medical Sciences, 4th
Floor,
Government of
The public health actions were taken in a pre-emptive,
pro-active, graded manner based on the evolving scenario. A number of travel
advisories were issued restricting inflow of international travelers, till such
time, commercial flights were suspended on 23rd March, 2020. Till then, a total of
14,154 flights with 15,24,266 passengers have been screened at these airports.
Screening was also done at 12 major and 65 minor ports and land border
crossings. In the initial part of the pandemic, India evacuated a large number
of stranded passengers from then COVID affected countries (China, Italy, Iran,
Japan, Malaysia) and again in the un-lockdown phase, a total of 13,76,090
passengers have been brought back (as reported on 20th September, 2020) and followed up.
Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) is
conducting contact tracing through community surveillance. In the earlier part
of the pandemic, this was done for travel related cases and subsequently for
cases being reported from community as a part of containment strategy. As on 20th September 2020, a total of about 40 lakh
persons have been kept under surveillance.
As on 21st September, 2020, a total of 15,373 COVID treatment facilities
with 13,18,826 dedicated isolation bed without O2 support have been created. Also, a total of
2,35,901 oxygen supported isolation beds and 64,868 ICU beds (including 32,792
ventilator beds).Guidelines on Clinical management of COVID-19 have been issued
and are being updated regularly.
States are being supported in terms of supply of logistics.
So far 1.42 Crore of PPE Kits, 3.45 crores N-95 masks, 10.84 crore tablets of
Hydroxychloroquine, 30,841 ventilators and 1,02,400 oxygen cylinders have been
supplied to States/UTs/ Central Government hospitals so far (as reported on 20th September, 2020).
Various cadres of personnel and volunteers across sectors
and departments for COVID related worksand maintenance of other essential
medical services have been worked out, trained throughresources made available
on the website of MoHFW, iGOT (online platform) by DOPT (https://igot.gov.in/igot/).
MoHFW website is being daily to provide general public with
information on current status of COVID-19 spread in
More than 30 vaccine candidates have been supported which
are in different stages of development, 3 candidates are in advanced stage of
Phase I/II/III trials and more than 4 are in advanced pre-clinical development
stage. A National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 has been
constituted on 7th August, 2020, under NITI Ayog. Thirteen clinical trials of
repurposed drugs have been undertaken to build a portfolio of therapeutic
options for Covid-19 patients.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar
Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Who Guidelines on COVID Tests
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended 0.14
samples per day per 1000 or 140 tests per day per million population. As on 19th September, 2020
Indian Council of Medical Research in its advisory (issued
on 4th September
2020) has allowed for ‘on-demand’ testing. This has been done with the intent
to make COVID-19 testing available and easily accessible to all.
To build the capacities of human resources including the
medical manpower who help managing patients in hospitals; as well as non-medical personnel and field workers involved in
surveillance, logistics etc.,
modules have been made available on iGOT - Diksha (online platform) by DOPT (https://igot.gov.in/igot/).
The training modules have been translated to regional languages. Close
to 29.24 lakh registrations has taken place for various courses. This includes
5,699 doctors, 86,089 Ayush Professionals, 4,102 Nurses, 963 Allied Health
Professionals, 5,881 frontline workers, 2,70,835 volunteers and 25,77,522 other
participants. About 18.96 lakh course completions have taken place on iGOT –
Diksha platform. Training Resources for medical and non-medical
personnel have also been made available on the website of Ministry of Health
& Family Welfare.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh
Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here
today.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Expenditure on Health
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As per the latest available National Health Accounts
Estimates (2016-17), Government Health Expenditure (Centre and States) was 1.2
percent of GDP
Public Health and Hospitals is a State subject, and the
State Governments are primarily responsible for health related issues in their
respective States. However, the Centre provides financial and technical support
to State Governments. The National Health Policy (NHP), 2017 envisages raising
Government health expenditure to 2.5% of GDP in a time-bound manner.
The Government has taken many initiatives to improve access
to healthcare and quality of healthcare, such as
National Health Mission, Ayushman Bharat comprising Ayushman Bharat
Health and Wellness Centres and Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, Janani Shishu
Suraksha Karyakram, Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram, Free Drugs and Free
Diagnostics Service Initiative, Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi
Pariyojana, etc
The National Health Policy 2017 recognizes the importance
of health research in the development of the nation’s health and the need to
constantly improve healthcare based on new knowledge and evidence. The
Policy supports strengthening health research in the country, drug innovation
and discovery, and research collaborations.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh
Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here
today.
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Benefits to Healthcare Workers-
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package
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An additional incentive of Rs. 1000/- per month is being
paid to ASHAs in view of their significant contribution towards COVID-19
pandemic related work. Besides this, States/UTs have been asked to ensure
provision of safety measures like masks and sanitizers for ASHAs.
Further, the State/UT Governments have also been given
flexibility to provide incentive to health workers and staff engaged in COVID
duties as per their context and policies, from the resources made available
under the India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness
Package.
Moreover, under life insurance benefits have been extended
to all healthcare workers, under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package
Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19’ announced on 30 March
2020. Ministry of Health and Family welfare has collaborated with the New
India Assurance (NIA) Company Limited for providing the insurance amount based
on the guidelines prepared for the scheme.
This insurance scheme provides a life insurance cover of
Rs. 50 lakh to healthcare providers, including community health workers, who
may have to be in direct contact and care of COVID-19 patients and therefore
are at risk of being infected. It also includes accidental loss of life on
account of COVID-19 related duty.
The scheme also covers private hospital staff/
retired/volunteer/ local urban bodies/contract/daily wage/ ad-hoc/outsourced
staff requisitioned by States/ Central hospitals/autonomous hospitals of
Central/States/UTs, AIIMS & INIs/ hospitals of Central Ministries drafted
for COVID-19 related responsibilities.
The details of beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Garib
Kalyan Package: Insurance Scheme for Health workers fighting COVID-19,
State/UT-wise as on 20.09.2020 is given:
|
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package: Insurance Scheme |
||
|
States/UTs:
Summary of the claims Paid (as on 20/09/2020) |
||
|
S. No. |
State/UT |
Claims processed |
|
1 |
Andaman &
Nicobar |
0 |
|
2 |
Andhra Pradesh |
4 |
|
3 |
Arunachal
Pradesh |
1 |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
5 |
|
2 |
|
6 |
|
0 |
|
7 |
Chhattisgarh |
1 |
|
8 |
|
1 |
|
9 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
Haryana |
0 |
|
11 |
Himachal Pradesh |
0 |
|
12 |
Jammu &
Kashmir |
0 |
|
13 |
Jharkhand |
0 |
|
14 |
Karnataka |
3 |
|
15 |
Kerala |
3 |
|
16 |
Madhya Pradesh |
2 |
|
17 |
|
13 |
|
18 |
Mizoram |
0 |
|
19 |
Odisha |
0 |
|
20 |
Puducherry |
0 |
|
21 |
|
1 |
|
22 |
Rajasthan |
4 |
|
23 |
Tamil Nadu |
6 |
|
24 |
Telangana |
2 |
|
25 |
Uttar Pradesh |
5 |
|
26 |
|
3 |
|
Total |
63 |
|
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh
Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here
today.
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Centre asks 10 key states to
implement targeted Covid 19 communication campaign
7 districts of Maharashtra including Mumbai, Thane and Pune among focus areas
Thrust of the campaign on inducing ‘Covid appropriate behaviour’
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The Centre has asked 10 key states contributing 76% of all
reported Covid -19 cases to implement targeted public communication campaign at
the grass root level to encourage ‘Covid appropriate behaviour’ among the
people in the worst affected districts. These 10 states are Maharashtra,
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Chhattisgarh,
Odisha, Kerala, Telangana and
Based on feedback and interactions with expers, the
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has identified key communication
pointers covering Covid appropriate behavior like hand hygiene, wearing
of mask and safe distancing, de-stigmatization of disease, dos and
don’ts regarding home isolation, warning against self medication etc.
To facilitate the implementation of the focused
communication strategy, District Administrations have been asked to constitute
District Level Communication Management Teams under the overall supervision of
District Collector, with District Surveillance Officer, District Information
Officer, representative of Information & Broadcasting Ministry and
other experts as members. The District Surveillance Oflicer will be the
Nodal Officer for this purpose.
The focus of the targeted communication campaign will be on
inducing change in behavior and also on educating people on how to live with
Covid 19 in the Unlock phase. All appropriate media vehicles like print
media, electronic media, social media, outdoor media and folk media would be
used to convey the message in an effective manner. DD Sahyadri and All
India Radio would mount special programmes on Covid communication, while the
support of FM radio channels and Community Radio Stations will also be
sought.
The media units of Ministry of Information &
Broadcasting like Press Information Bureau, field offices of the Bureau
of Outreach Communication, Song & Drama troupes, which specialize in
inter-personal communication would work in close coordination with state
government organizations and supplement their efforts. At the state
level, the campaign will be overseen by the Principal Secretary (Public
Health), Government of
Head start in
Meanwhile, the Government of Maharashtra has already
launched a direct contact campaign “Maaze Kutumb, Maazi Jababdari” (My
Family, My Responsibility) aimed at effective health care education for the control
of Covid 19 outbreak. This campaign, being conducted in two phases during
September and October has an ambitious target of reaching out to 2.25 crore
households twice. Besides creating awareness about Covid 19, the campaign
teams also carry out preliminary health checks to identify Covid 19
symptoms. Maharashtra Chief Minister Shri Uddhav Thackerey has appealed
to all the citizens of the state to extend full cooperation for the ‘My Family,
My Responsibility’ campaign.
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