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New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): The Government of India has been working towards effective COVID-19 management in rural India by a sustained strengthening of the rural health infrastructure and through focussed public health measures in active collaboration with the States, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Saturday.
Crucial to prevent morbidities and deaths from other health conditions amid Covid, says Health Minister
May 25, 2021
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‘India has reduced premature NCD related mortalities from 503 to 490 per 100,000 population from 2015 to 2019’
Being overwhelmed with the demands of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic, the healthcare system is not able to provide essential healthcare services like before and hence it is vital to scale up action to prevent morbidities or deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said during a panel discussion on “Continuity on Health Services during COVID-19 Crisis” on Tuesday.
“Our health facilities and workforce are currently inundated by a plethora of activities related to controlling the pandemic. In doing so, essential health services which communities expect from the health system do get compromised,” Vardhan said.
Five critical areas of action were discussed for addressing the needs and challenges of the recent phase of the COVID 19 pandemic in these states, which have seen an unprecedented surge in the number of daily cases and increased mortality.
Centre review Covid preparedness of five eastern states
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Wed, May 5 2021 21:57 IST |
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New Delhi, May 5 : The Centre on Wednesday reviewed preparedness of five eastern states to address needs and challenges of the current phase of the Covid pandemic.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, along with NITI Aayog s Member Health, Dr V.K. Paul, chaired a high-level meeting with Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand to assess the arrangements put in place by these eastern states for containment and management of the pandemic.
Evidence suggests that the pandemic is moving eastward and a rise has been observed in the number of daily cases in these states along with rising mortality.