The state health minister Narrotham Mishra has launched ‘Swasth Gram Abhiyaan’, a campaign to improve village health services in Madhya Pradesh. Once implemented, the government hopes it would be able to guarantee as much as 17 health services, making Madhya
During the centenary celebrations of Sadvaidyasala in Mysore, the Nanjangud toothpaste, an herbal product and a sibling of Nanjangud toothpowder, the product that is a household name was released. District minister V Srinivas Prasad, who represents Nanjangud in the legislative
Even as the government of Kerala is busy preparing an E-Health Programme to bring all health related information of hospitals and patients into a centralized information system to ensure continuity in healthcare, the ayurvedic fraternity including the government doctors is
The Dr. NRS Government Ayurvedic College, Vijayawada, is all set to be the first victim of the impending bifurcation of the State. The Department of AYUSH has put on hold lecturer promotions which will cost the college five post-graduate (PG)
The Global Ayurveda Festival (GAF-2014), scheduled to begin in Kochi from February 20, will feature a galaxy of reputed international speakers who have carved a name in the field of research and healthcare. Among the international luminaries expected to take
The Kottakkal Arya Vaidyasala, a century old healthcare institution engaged in the practice and propagation of Ayurveda in Kerala, is now planning to set up one branch in the industrial city of Indore in Madhya Pradesh. The new branch in
Every year, an estimated 6.7 million foreign tourists visit India. The sharp fall in the rupee, which is currently hovering around 62 rupees against the greenback, also makes India attractive for holidaymakers. Kerala attracts a major chunk of them, mainly
The State Medicinal Plant Board (SMPB) in Kerala and the Ayurveda Medicine Manufacturers of India (AMMOI) have together carved out a business strategy to resolve the burning issues prevailing in the medicinal plant sector in Kerala. MoUs were signed between
Allopathy practitioners may be up in arms against the Maharashtra state government’s move to allow homeopaths to prescribe Allopathy medicines, but if the number of doctors registered annually across India is any indication, alternative medicine clearly dominates the scene. Of the seven
The Union health and family welfare ministry has asked the Allahabad National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), authorities to ascertain the essential items needed by Ayush doctors to practice in health facilities in the district. NRHM authorities have provided medicines of
