India, June 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a significant step towards strengthening newborn and child healthcare services across the country, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, today launched the Samagra Shishu Bal Swasthya Karyakram (SSBSK), a unified national programme that provides a seamless continuum of home and community-based care for every child from birth to 36 months of age. The programme embodies the vision of "पì...
India, June 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a major step towards strengthening India's emergency healthcare delivery system, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, today unveiled the Operational Guidelines on National Ambulance Services (NAS), 2026. Developed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Guidelines provide, for the first time, a comprehensive national framework for planning, operating and monitoring ambulance services ...
India, June 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The 16th Conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) was held today under the chairmanship of Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda. The Conference served as a significant platform to review the progress of key national health programmes, deliberate on emerging public health priorities and strengthen Centre-State collaboration for improving healthcare delivery across the co...
India, June 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a landmark step towards accelerating India's efforts to combat anemia, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda today released Anemia Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan Operational Guidelines during the 16th Meeting of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The significant release marks eight years of sustained programmatic progress and charts a sharper, more comp...
India, June 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare & Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda today launched a series of digital health initiatives aimed at strengthening India's Digital Public Infrastructure for Health and accelerating the adoption of interoperable digital health solutions across the country. Dignitaries who attended the event included Shri Prataprao Jadhav, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welf...
India, June 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Many small outpatient clinics face challenges with manual processes and lack of affordable digital solutions. Large HMIS (Hospital Management Information System) are often too complex and costly for these clinics. As a result, clinics struggle with inefficiencies in digitization of health system. The need of having a government backed and an affordable HMIS has been coming from various microsite participants in spite of a large num...
India, June 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda launched the Ayushman Sarathi - PM-JAY Whatsapp Chatbot, here today. Developed by the National Health Authority (NHA), under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, "Ayushman Sarathi" will provide citizens with easy, secure, and 24x7 access to Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) services through WhatsApp. The chatbot enables beneficiari...
India, June 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Medicines are one of the most critical data elements in healthcare delivery. However, across healthcare systems in India, the same drug is often represented using different names and formats, leading to inconsistencies, duplication, data entry errors, and lack of interoperability. This creates challenges in clinical decision-making, e-prescriptions, supply chain management, and continuity of care. To address this gap, Union Minist...
India, June 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Aarogya Setu application was developed by the Government of India during the COVID-19 pandemic as a national digital public good for contact tracing, risk awareness, and citizen engagement. Following the completion of its role as a pandemic response tool, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology formally handed over the application to the National Health Authority for repurposing and long-term use within India's d...
India, June 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Service What citizens can do Blood Bank Discovery Check real-time blood availability by group and type across blood banks nationwide, integrated with e-RaktKosh. PMJAY Empanelled Hospital Search PMJAY beneficiaries can find empanelled hospitals by geography and specialty through the Health Empanelment Module (HEM). Jan Aushadhi Kendra Discovery Locate nearby Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendras to access affordable generic me...