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These include a robust health surveillance system through use of technology, collection and sharing of health data with research institutes, and several significant suggestions for putting in place long-term infrastructure to combat any epidemic that may break out in the years ahead.
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WHO has declared Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) one of the top ten global public health threats and a long-term policy is needed to deal with it.
A comprehensive report of the World Health Organisation and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad on the fightback against Covid-19 in Gujarat has made several far-reaching suggestions to create a roadmap for dealing with such epidemics in future.
WHO hails Gujarat for responding to second wave of COVID-19 By Sahil Pandey | Updated: Feb 11, 2021 21:23 IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): As Gujarat conducted the Intra-Action Review (IAR) in December 2020 for its COVID-19 preparedness and response, World Health Organisation (WHO) country representative to India, Dr Roderico Ofrin on Thursday lauded the efforts by the state government in countering the second wave of the virus with the help of this mechanism. Hats off to Gujarat government to take this review on pandemic as something to provide better information and tweak the response which they have especially during the second wave. Gujarat is one of the best performing states in vaccinations. It would be great if other states also start doing the same review exercise of their response, Ofrin exclusively told ANI.
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India is the fastest country to reach mark of 4 million vaccinations, Union Health Ministry said (File)
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Eighteen days into India s vaccination drive, the daily numbers are witnessing a dip again. Over the last week, the vaccination figures have dropped from 5.7 lakh to 1.8 lakh a day. The number of average beneficiaries per site has also slipped from 57 to 49 over the last few days.
On January 28, the average number of beneficiaries per site was 56, the total number of vaccinations was above 5.7 lakh (5,72,074).
On January 31, the average number of beneficiaries per site was 57 - the total number of vaccinations was 14,509.
On February 2, the average number of beneficiaries per site was 49 - down from 54 on February 1. The total number of vaccinations was above 1.8 lakh (1,88,762) - down from Monday s 1.9 lakh (1,91,313).
Health budget may get a healing touch in pandemic shadow
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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to focus on the underfunded healthcare sector when she unveils the Union budget for fiscal 2021-22 in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic.
The pandemic global health crisis has transformed into an economic and social contingency, stretching India’s healthcare systems beyond its limits. A stressed healthcare infrastructure, limited diagnostic capacity and constrained manpower made it all the more difficult to deal with the pandemic. The highly infectious disease seems to be now receding in the country, with fewer cases being recorded each day. It has, however, left the government pondering that the sector needs a major boost to stay prepared for such pandemics.