On March 11, 2020, there were more than 1,18,000 cases in 114 countries, and 4,291 people had lost their lives. A year down, the numbers had surged nearly 1,000-fold.
The association s reaction came after Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that the country is in the end game of the COVID-19 pandemic .
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L-R: Health Minister Frank Anthony, Prime Minister Mark Phillips, Indian High Commissioner KJ Srinivasa and Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd at CJIA on Sunday morning to receive the vaccines.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana Guyana’s immunisation campaign to protect citizens against the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic got a major boost with the donation of 80,000 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines from Indian Government.
The vaccines arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Sunday, where Indian High Commissioner KJ Srinivasa officially handed over the batch of vaccines to Guyana.
Prime Minister (PM) Mark Phillips, who is also the coordinator of the National COVID-19 task force, along with Health Minister Frank Anthony and Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Hugh Todd were at the airport to receive the jabs.
South Asian nations keen to replicate India s NCD screening programme
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Last Updated: Mar 09, 2021, 04:30 PM IST
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Introduced in 2017 by the Union health ministry, the NCD screening programme has so far enrolled 80 million persons across 29 states and Union territories, and has already screened about 30 million for common NCDs like diabetes, hypertension and certain cancers, the statement said.
The programme is currently being deployed in 503 districts and will be able to track health trends across the country.
The health ministry s non-communicable diseases (NCD) screening programme has attracted several South Asian countries, with Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Myanmar evincing interest in the programme, according to a statement released on Tuesday. The programme runs a cloud-based mobile, web and analytics solution application developed by Dell, while Tata Trusts supports implementation of the programme in the states through training and programme management ac