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In a remote tribal village in Dumarthar in the state of Jharkhand, Sapan Patralekh, the headmaster of a middle school, has come up with an innovative teaching method in a region plagued by poor connectivity. He has converted the walls of adjacent houses into blackboards, allowing 300 students to continue learning while maintaining social distance.
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NDHB Committee acknowledges privacy risks of digitizing medical infrastructure
NDHB Committee acknowledges privacy risks of digitizing medical infrastructure
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J Satyanarayana, Chairman, National Digital Health Blueprint (NDHB) committee in his keynote address at the IAMAI 15th India Digital Summit (IDS) outlining the conceptual underpinnings of NDHB, on 20 January, said that the committee was driven by the goal of elevating standards of care across the healthcare sector, by defining guidelines for technology-driven capacity building.
The chairman defined the goals of the blueprint as ‘Universal health coverage, quality, and continuum of care’ during the India Digital Summit 2021 (IDS 2021) organised by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).
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Health digitisation raises privacy concerns
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The storage of health data, without sufficient safeguards on who accesses it, can lead to a premature end to the privacy debate
On August 15, 2020, on the occasion of India’s 74th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM).
The NDHM, according to the government, is the first step in strengthening India’s health system and moving it toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3: achieving universal health coverage. It aims to digitise the health records of all individuals clinical tests, illnesses, medical prescriptions, and reports under one health identification.
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