COVID-19 UPDATES AS ON 12.2.2021

 

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

India records a sharp decline in the Active Caseload; stands at 1.35 lakh today

No New Cases reported by 4 States/UTs in the last 24 hours

More than 75 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated against COVID19

India fastest to cross the 7 million Vaccination mark

Posted On: 12 FEB 2021 10:53AM by PIB Delhi

 

The country’s total Active Caseload has seen a sharp decline, falling to 1.35 lakh (1,35,926) today.

The total positive cases of the country now comprise only 1.25% of the total cases. The day on day change of active cases in the last few weeks shows a consistent decline.

The distribution of new cases in India in the last 24 hours shows a positive picture with only 1 State reporting over 1000 cases while the rest of the States and UTs reporting less than 1000 new cases. 4 States/UTs have not reported any new cases in the last 24 hours. These D&NH, Daman and Diu, Ladakh, Tripura and A& N Islands.

The distribution of daily deaths among States/UTs in the last 24 hours, also reflects a significant decline in the daily deaths with 18 States/UTs not reporting any new deaths in the last 24 hours. 13 States/UTs have reported between 1-5 new deaths.

9,309 new confirmed cases were recorded in the last 24 hours in the country. 15,858 new recoveries were registered in the same period.

National Recovery rate (97.32%) continues to be one of the highest globally. The continued high rise in the recoveries has led to progressively improving  national Recovery Rate.

The total recovered cases are 1,05,89,230. The gap between active cases and recovered cases is continuously increasing and stands at 1,04,53,304.

As on 12^thFebruary, 2021, till 8 AM, more than75 lakh (75,05,010) beneficiaries have received the vaccination under the countrywide COVID19 vaccination exercise.

 

S. No.	State/UT	Beneficiaries vaccinated
1	A & N Islands	3,454
2	Andhra Pradesh	3,43,813
3	Arunachal Pradesh	14,322
4	Assam	1,17,607
5	Bihar	4,48,903
6	Chandigarh	7,374
7	Chhattisgarh	2,33,126
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	2,698
9	Daman & Diu	1,030
10	Delhi	1,62,596
11	Goa	11,391
12	Gujarat	6,45,439
13	Haryana	1,90,390
14	Himachal Pradesh	72,191
15	Jammu & Kashmir	93,570
16	Jharkhand	1,74,080
17	Karnataka	4,77,005
18	Kerala	3,33,560
19	Ladakh	2,761
20	Lakshadweep	920
21	Madhya Pradesh	4,87,271
22	Maharashtra	6,08,573
23	Manipur	15,944
24	Meghalaya	11,642
25	Mizoram	11,046
26	Nagaland	8,371
27	Odisha	3,83,023
28	Puducherry	4,780
29	Punjab	97,668
30	Rajasthan	5,90,990
31	Sikkim	8,316
32	Tamil Nadu	2,11,762
33	Telangana	2,70,615
34	Tripura	59,438
35	Uttar Pradesh	7,63,421
36	Uttarakhand	97,618
37	West Bengal	4,53,303
38	Miscellaneous	84,999
Total		75,05,010

 

The total cumulative vaccination coverage of 75,05,010 includes 58,14,976 healthcare workers (HCWs) and 16,90,034 frontline workers (FLWs). 1,54,370 sessions have been conducted so far. India is the fastest country to cross the 70 lakh (7 million) vaccination mark.

On day 27^th (11^th Feb 2021) of the vaccination drive, 4,87,896 beneficiaries (HCWs- 1,09,748 and FLWs- 3,78,148) were vaccinated across 11,314 sessions.

The number of beneficiaries being vaccinated every day has shown a progressive increase.

10 States/UTs have vaccinated 69% of the total beneficiaries. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 10.2% (7,63,421) of the total beneficiaries.

86.89% of the newly recovered cases are recorded in 6 States.

Maharashtra has contributed the highest number to the newly recovered cases (6,107), followed by Kerala(5,692) and Chhattisgarh (848).

79.87% of the new cases are from 6 States.

Kerala has reported the highest daily new cases at 5,281. It is followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu with 652and 481 new cases, respectively.

87case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours. Six States account for 75.86% of these.

Maharashtra has reported the maximum casualties with 25new fatalities. It is followed by Kerala with 16 new daily deaths.

                                                                                                                                               

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

India records a sharp decline in the Active Caseload; stands at 1.35 lakh today

No New Cases reported by 4 States/UTs in the last 24 hours

More than 75 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated against COVID19

India fastest to cross the 7 million Vaccination mark

Posted On: 12 FEB 2021 10:53AM by PIB Delhi

 

The country’s total Active Caseload has seen a sharp decline, falling to 1.35 lakh (1,35,926) today.

The total positive cases of the country now comprise only 1.25% of the total cases. The day on day change of active cases in the last few weeks shows a consistent decline.

The distribution of new cases in India in the last 24 hours shows a positive picture with only 1 State reporting over 1000 cases while the rest of the States and UTs reporting less than 1000 new cases. 4 States/UTs have not reported any new cases in the last 24 hours. These D&NH, Daman and Diu, Ladakh, Tripura and A& N Islands.

The distribution of daily deaths among States/UTs in the last 24 hours, also reflects a significant decline in the daily deaths with 18 States/UTs not reporting any new deaths in the last 24 hours. 13 States/UTs have reported between 1-5 new deaths.

9,309 new confirmed cases were recorded in the last 24 hours in the country. 15,858 new recoveries were registered in the same period.

National Recovery rate (97.32%) continues to be one of the highest globally. The continued high rise in the recoveries has led to progressively improving  national Recovery Rate.

The total recovered cases are 1,05,89,230. The gap between active cases and recovered cases is continuously increasing and stands at 1,04,53,304.

As on 12^thFebruary, 2021, till 8 AM, more than75 lakh (75,05,010) beneficiaries have received the vaccination under the countrywide COVID19 vaccination exercise.

 

S. No.	State/UT	Beneficiaries vaccinated
1	A & N Islands	3,454
2	Andhra Pradesh	3,43,813
3	Arunachal Pradesh	14,322
4	Assam	1,17,607
5	Bihar	4,48,903
6	Chandigarh	7,374
7	Chhattisgarh	2,33,126
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	2,698
9	Daman & Diu	1,030
10	Delhi	1,62,596
11	Goa	11,391
12	Gujarat	6,45,439
13	Haryana	1,90,390
14	Himachal Pradesh	72,191
15	Jammu & Kashmir	93,570
16	Jharkhand	1,74,080
17	Karnataka	4,77,005
18	Kerala	3,33,560
19	Ladakh	2,761
20	Lakshadweep	920
21	Madhya Pradesh	4,87,271
22	Maharashtra	6,08,573
23	Manipur	15,944
24	Meghalaya	11,642
25	Mizoram	11,046
26	Nagaland	8,371
27	Odisha	3,83,023
28	Puducherry	4,780
29	Punjab	97,668
30	Rajasthan	5,90,990
31	Sikkim	8,316
32	Tamil Nadu	2,11,762
33	Telangana	2,70,615
34	Tripura	59,438
35	Uttar Pradesh	7,63,421
36	Uttarakhand	97,618
37	West Bengal	4,53,303
38	Miscellaneous	84,999
Total		75,05,010

 

The total cumulative vaccination coverage of 75,05,010 includes 58,14,976 healthcare workers (HCWs) and 16,90,034 frontline workers (FLWs). 1,54,370 sessions have been conducted so far. India is the fastest country to cross the 70 lakh (7 million) vaccination mark.

On day 27^th (11^th Feb 2021) of the vaccination drive, 4,87,896 beneficiaries (HCWs- 1,09,748 and FLWs- 3,78,148) were vaccinated across 11,314 sessions.

The number of beneficiaries being vaccinated every day has shown a progressive increase.

10 States/UTs have vaccinated 69% of the total beneficiaries. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 10.2% (7,63,421) of the total beneficiaries.

86.89% of the newly recovered cases are recorded in 6 States.

Maharashtra has contributed the highest number to the newly recovered cases (6,107), followed by Kerala(5,692) and Chhattisgarh (848).

79.87% of the new cases are from 6 States.

Kerala has reported the highest daily new cases at 5,281. It is followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu with 652and 481 new cases, respectively.

87case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours. Six States account for 75.86% of these.

Maharashtra has reported the maximum casualties with 25new fatalities. It is followed by Kerala with 16 new daily deaths.

 

                                                                                                                                               

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Setting up of New Cancer Hospitals

Posted On: 12 FEB 2021 5:39PM by PIB Delhi

To enhance the facilities for tertiary care of cancer, the Central Government is implementing Strengthening of Tertiary Care for Cancer Scheme, under which setting up of 19 State Cancer Institutes (SCIs) and 20 Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCCs) have been approved.

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) in its meeting held on 28.02.2019 had approved the continuation of the Scheme till year 2020 only with 35 SCIs/TCCCs and setting up of 4 more indentified SCIs including these institutions. In addition, following Cancer Centres under the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India are operational across the country:

 

1.         Maharashtra

         I.            Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Parel, Mumbai

        II.            Advance centre for treatment and Research in Cancer (ACTREC), Kharghar, Navi Mumbai

2.         Andhra Pradesh

         I.            Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre (HBCH&RC), Visakhapatnam

3.        Uttar Pradesh

(i)         Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital (HBCH) , Varanasi

(ii)        Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya  (MPMMCC), Varanasi

4.        Punjab 

          i.            Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital (HBCH), Sangrur

5.        Assam

          i.            Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati

 

Further, Oncology is also one of the focus areas in case of new AIIMS and many upgraded institutions under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). 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.

 

 

 

Estimated Incidence of cancer cases in India by different State/UT - All sites (ICD10: C00-C97) - (2017 to 2019)* - Both Sexes
States	2017	2018	2019
Jammu & Kashmir	16480	17351	18267
Himachal Pradesh	8348	8679	9022
Punjab	33781	35137	36546
Chandigarh	1335	1398	1465
Uttaranchal	12995	13640	14317
Haryana	32049	33558	35140
Delhi	20899	21821	22781
Rajasthan	86675	90686	94877
Uttar Pradesh	257353	270053	283355
Bihar	137656	145051	152830
Sikkim	485	490	496
Arunachal Pradesh	1292	1313	1334
Nagaland	1309	1318	1329
Manipur	3082	3168	3257
Mizoram	1687	1723	1759
Tripura	2229	2260	2291
Meghalaya	3376	3442	3509
Assam	32177	32530	32883
West bengal	112466	117220	122177
Jharkhand	43071	45289	47618
Odisha	51763	53936	56197
Chattisgarh	33477	35223	37058
Madhya Pradesh	93754	98403	103273
Gujarat	77097	80820	84725
Daman & Diu	504	579	668
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	542	591	647
Maharashtra	138271	144032	150016
Telangana	43787	45713	47732
Andhra Pradesh	60472	62978	65595
Karnataka	76867	80381	84056
Goa	1801	1881	1964
Lakshadweep	96	104	112
Kerala	44566	47382	50475
Tamil Nadu	83554	86180	88875
Pondicherry	1687	1783	1884
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	443	458	473
Total	1517426	1586571	1659003
Ref: Three-year Report of the PBCRs: 2012-2014, Bengaluru, 2016
*Projected cancer cases for India were computed using a projected incidence rates and the population (person-years)

 

 

 

 

 

State/UT-wise list of approved State Cancer Institutes (SCI) and Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCCs).

 

Sl. No.	State	Name of the institute	SCI/ TCCC
1	Andhra Pradesh	Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool	SCI
2	Assam	Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati	SCI
3	Bihar	Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna	SCI
4	Chhattisgarh	Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur	SCI
5	Delhi	Lok Nayak Hospital	TCCC
6	Gujarat	Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, Ahmedabad	SCI
7	Goa	Goa Medical College, Panaji	TCCC
8	Haryana	Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt	TCCC
9	Himachal Pradesh	Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla	TCCC
10		Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Medical College, Mandi	TCCC
11	Jammu & Kashmir	Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar	SCI
12		Government Medical College, Jammu	SCI
13	Jharkhand	Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi	SCI
14	Karnataka	Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology (RCC), Bangaluru	SCI
15		Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya	TCCC
16	Kerala	Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram	SCI
17		Government Medical College, Kozhikode	TCCC
18	Madhya Pradesh	G.R. Medical College, Gwalior	TCCC
19		Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur	SCI
20	Maharashtra	Rashtrasant Tukdoji Regional Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Nagpur	TCCC
21		Government Medical College, Aurangabad	SCI
22		Vivekanand Foundation & Research Centre, Latur	TCCC
23	Mizoram	Mizoram State Cancer Institute, Aizawl	TCCC
24	Nagaland	District Hospital, Kohima	TCCC
25	Odisha	Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre, Cuttack	SCI
26	Punjab	Government Medical College, Amritsar	SCI
27		Civil Hospital, Fazilka	TCCC
28	Rajasthan	S P Medical College, Bikaner	TCCC
29		SMS Medical College, Jaipur	SCI
30		Jhalawar Medical College & Hospital, Jhalawar	TCCC
31	Sikkim	Multispecialty Hospital at Sochygang (Sichey), near Gangtok, Sikkim	TCCC
32	Tamil Nadu	Cancer Institute (RCC), Adyar, Chennai	SCI
33	Telangana	MNJ Institute of Oncology & RCC, Hyderabad	SCI
34	Tripura	Cancer Hospital (RCC), Agartala	SCI
35	Uttar Pradesh	Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow	TCCC
36	Uttarakhand	Government Medical College, Haldwani	SCI
37	West Bengal	Government Medical College, Burdwan	TCCC
38		Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, Berhampore, Murshidabad	TCCC
39		Sagore Dutta Memorial Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata	TCCC

 

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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Policy for Child Nutirition

Posted On: 12 FEB 2021 5:38PM by PIB Delhi

Nutrition lies in the domain of Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) including its implementation and policy. With focus on nutrition, the Government is implementing Anganwadi Services under the Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme. It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme which is implemented by the States/UTs with the objectives to improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group 0-6 years; lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child; reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout; achieve effective co-ordination of policy and implementation amongst the various departments to promote child development; and to enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health and nutritional needs of the child through proper nutrition and health education.

 

Under the Scheme six services namely Supplementary Nutrition, Health & Nutrition Education, Pre-school Education, Immunization, Referral Services and Health Check-up are provided at the AnganwadiCentres (AWCs). Supplementary Nutrition is provided to the different categories of beneficiaries, as per the details given below:

 

 

S. No	Categories	Type of meal or food as per the nutritional standards specified in Schedule II of the act
1	Children (Between  6 to 36 months)	Take Home Ration as per Integrated Child Development Services guidelines in conformity with the provisions of the Act
2	Malnourished children (Between 6 to 36 months)	The same type of Take Home Ration as above with food supplement of 800 calories and 20-25 grams of protein
3	Children (Between 3 to 6 years)	Morning snacks and hot cooked meal as per Integrated Child Development Services norms
4	Malnourished children (Between 3 to 6 years)	Additional 300 calories of energy and 8-10 grams of protein in addition to the meal or food provided to children between three to six years

Further, all children studying in  Classes, I-VIII  of  Government,  Government-Aided  Schools, Special  Training  Centres  including  Madarsas and Maqtabs,  supported  under  SamagraShiksha  are covered under Mid-Day Meal Scheme (MDMS), a Centrally-Sponsored Scheme of Government of India.

 Mid-Day Meal Guidelines  2006  envisages  that  the  cooked  mid-day  meal should provide  prescribed  nutritional contents through  prescribed  amounts  of food  articles as mentioned  below:

S. No.	Items	Primary	Upper Primary
A) Nutritional Norms (Per child per day)
1	Calorie	450	700
2	Protein	12 gms	20 gms
B) Food Norms (Per child per day)
1	Foodgrains	100 gms	150 gms
2	Pulses	20 gms	30 gms
3	Vegetables	50 gms	75 gms
4	Oil and Fat	5 gms	7.5 gms
5	Salt and condiments	As per need	As per need

In addition, with the aim to ensure safe and wholesome food for school children, Food Safety Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has notified Food Safety and Standards (Safe food and balanced diets for children in school) Regulations, 2020 delineating what is healthy for children and what is not.

With the aim to create awareness about nutrition and healthy food etc. ‘Rashtriya POSHAN Maah’ is celebrated across the country in the month of September. Similarly, 8-22 March is celebrated as POSHAN Pakhwada. The POSHAN Maah and Pakhwada witnessed wide participation and enthusiasm from convergent Ministries, States/UTs, field functionaries, community groups, Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and others.

Awareness generation activities such as “Eat Right India” campaign are also undertaken with the objective to create awareness about ‘Eating Healthy’ ‘Eating Safe’ and ‘Eating Sustainably ‘among school children and the community at large.

 

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the LokSabha here today.

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Healthcare Scheme for SC/ST Women

Posted On: 12 FEB 2021 5:37PM by PIB Delhi

“Public Health and Hospitals” being a State subject, the primary responsibility to provide quality healthcare in public healthcare facilities including to SC/ST category women and their children lies with the respective State Governments.

To address the healthcare challenges, particularly in rural areas, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched in 2005 to supplement the efforts of the State/UT Governments to provide accessible, affordable and quality healthcare to all those who access public health facilities. Currently, NRHM is a sub-mission of National Health Mission (NHM).

The States are given flexibility to propose specific interventions for SC/ST areas and beneficiaries including for women and their children and are supported under National Health Mission, based on their proposals.

NHM support is also provided for provision of a range of free services including for SC/ST women and children, related to maternal health, child health, adolescent health, family planning, universal immunization programme and for other major diseases such as Tuberculosis, vector borne diseases like Malaria, Dengue and Kala Azar, Leprosy, etc.

Other major initiatives supported under NHM include Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) (under free drugs, free diagnostics, free blood and diet, free transport from home to institution, between facilities in case of a referral and drop back home is provided), Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RSSK) (which provides newborn and child health screening and early interventions services free of cost for primary defects, diseases, deficiencies and developmental delays to improve the quality of survival), Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) to improve coverage of ANC and improved identification and tracking of high risk pregnancies and Mission Indradhanush (MI) and Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) in improving immunisation coverage.

Various interventions that are implemented for better healthcare in SC/ST areas and beneficiaries are as follows;

·                                 The population norms for setting up Health Facilities in tribal areas are relaxed. Against the population norms of 5,000, 30,000, and 1,20,000 for setting up of Sub Centre, PHC and CHC respectively, in tribal and desert areas its 3,000, 20,000 and 80,000.

·                                 Relaxed norms for Mobile Medical Units (MMUs).

·                                 All tribal majority districts whose composite health index is below the State average have been identified as High Priority Districts (HPDs) and these districts receive more resources per capita under the National Health Mission (NHM) as compared to the rest of the districts in a State.

·                                 Implementation of Free Drugs and Free Diagnostics Service Initiatives.

·                                 SC/ST households are covered under Ayushman Bharat, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) for health coverage up to Rs 5 Lakh per family per year as per Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC).

 

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the LokSabha here today.

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Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR)

Posted On: 12 FEB 2021 5:36PM by PIB Delhi

 

As per the Sample Registration System (SRS) report by Registrar General of India (RGI) for the last three years, Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) of India has reduced from 130 per 100,000 live births in SRS  2014-16 to 122 in SRS 2015-17 and to 113 per 100,000 live births in SRS 2016-18.

State/ UT Wise Details of Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)  During Last Three Years Period

 

India & bigger States	Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)
	SRS 2014-16	SRS 2015-17	SRS 2016-18
India	130	122	113
Assam	237	229	215
Bihar	165	165	149
Jharkhand		76	71
Madhya Pradesh	173	188	173
Chhattisgarh		141	159
Odisha	180	168	150
Rajasthan	199	186	164
Uttar Pradesh	201	216	197
Uttarakhand		89	99
EAG AND ASSAM SUBTOTAL	188	175	161
Andhra Pradesh	74	74	65
Telangana	81	76	63
Karnataka	108	97	92
Kerala	46	42	43
Tamil Nadu	66	63	60
SOUTH SUBTOTAL	77	72	67
Gujarat	91	87	75
Haryana	101	98	91
Maharashtra	61	55	46
Punjab	122	122	129
West Bengal	101	94	98
Other states	96	96	85
OTHER SUBTOTAL	93	90	83

 

Source-Sample Registration System (SRS) report of Registrar General of India(RGI).

 

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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Medical Research for Treatment of Infectious Disease

Posted On: 12 FEB 2021 5:35PM by PIB Delhi

With a view to encourage and promote medical research in the country including research for treatment of diseases, the Department of Health Research has the following schemes/sub-schemes:

 

1.        Grant-in-aid scheme for Inter-sectoral Coverage & Coordination for Promotion and Guidance on Health Research with a view to provide support in the form of grant-in-aid for carrying out research studies to identify the existing knowledge gaps and to translate the existing health leads into deliverable products. There is a special focus on encouraging innovation, their translation and implementation by collaboration and cooperation with other agencies.

 

2.        Human Resource Development for Health Research with the aim to create a pool of talented health research personnel in the country by upgrading skills of faculty of Medical Colleges/ Institutes, mid - career Scientists, medical students, etc., by specialized training in priority areas of health research in leading national and international institutions, encourage and support the trainees to develop and take up research projects for addressing critical national and local health problems and financial assistance to Institutions for up- gradation of infrastructure to enable such Institutions to provide training with state of the art technologies.

 

3.        Establishment of Network of Laboratories for Managing Epidemics and Natural Calamities through establishment of Viral Research & Diagnostics Laboratories across the country for creating infrastructures for developing capacity for identification of novel and unknown viruses; providing training to health professionals and undertaking research for identification of emerging and newer genetically active/ modified agents.

 

4.        Establishment of Multi-Disciplinary Research Units (MRUs) in Government Medical Colleges/Institutes with the view to encourage and strengthen an environment of medical research in Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Government Medical Colleges, bridge the gap in the infrastructure inhibiting health research in the Medical Colleges and ultimately to improve the overall health status of the population by creating evidence-based application of diagnostic procedures/processes/methods.

 

5.        Establishment of Model Rural Health Research Units (MRHRUs) in States, in close proximity to the PHCs/CHCs to undertake medical research by creating infrastructure for transfer of technology to the rural level for improving quality of health services to rural population.

6.        Health Technology Assessment in India (HTAIn) for providing evidence based guidelines on cost-effectiveness of technologies, namely, treatments, devices and technologies for providing access to quality healthcare at affordable cost. 

 

Besides this, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), an apex and premier research organisation, which is an autonomous body under the Department of Health Research, is engaged in Medical/Health research through the network of its 26 research institutes and funding of extra-mural research projects through the medical colleges, other research institutions, etc. Apart from Department of Health Research, the Departments of Biotechnology, Science & Technology, Health & Family Welfare, etc., also provide fellowships and grants for carrying out biomedical research.

 

Indian Council of Medical Research has cooperation arrangements in the area of biomedical research with several countries such as USA, UK, France, Germany Sweden, Australia, Switzerland, Norway, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Africa, Myanmar and Nepal to facilitate and strengthen research collaboration in several areas of mutual interest between India and foreign countries. These arrangements are in partnership mode for collaborative research projects and capacity building in biomedical research.

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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Eradication of TB

Posted On: 12 FEB 2021 5:34PM by PIB Delhi

The National Strategic Plan (2017-25) was approved by Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare on 8th May 2017 and is being implemented in the entire country with the goal of Ending TB by 2025.

Under the National Strategic Plan (NSP) for Tuberculosis (2017-2025), 20%, 22% and 24% of the funds have been earmarked for social welfare assistance in years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively.

 

	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Amount (In crores)	612.60	907.53	1223.94
As % of total budget	20%	22%	24%
Total NSP proposed budget	3135.61	4115.64	5075.95

 

The following ongoing schemes are being implemented under the National TB Elimination Programme:

·                                 Support of 750 rupees is being provided to all TB patients in tribal notified blocks towards travel support

·                                 Treatment Supporters’ honorarium are provided to Community treatment Supporters who support patients during the treatment, leading to a successful outcome @Rs.1000 for Drug Sensitive TB , Rs 2000  for completion of Intensive Phase and Rs.3000 on completion of Continuation Phase of treatment for Drug Resistant TB.

Following new schemes are also being implemented:

·                                 Nikshay Poshan Yojana is being implemented from 01st April 2018, wherein 500 rupees per month is being provided to All TB patients towards nutritional support for the duration of their treatment.

·                                 Incentives for Private sector Providers (Private Practitioners, Hospital, Laboratory & Chemist) who notify TB patient on Nikshay are provided Rs.500 on notification and another Rs.500 for updating the patient’s treatment outcome.

 

The Ministry has established an Inter-Ministerial Coordination committee under the chairpersonship of Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) with representation from 18 Ministries including Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and Ministry of Labor & Employment, etc. for smooth linkages between the TB programme and various ministries.

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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