Health Ministry

  My doctor scheme was launched by the government of Tamil Nadu for individuals or partners. This is one of the loan scheme for the qualified Medical practitioners. The Scheme is available for all medical streams like-Allopathy, Homeopathy, Ayurvedic, Dental etc.  Objectives: To help the doctors to set up clinic/nursing ...

IMNCI programme is being implemented by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to prevent and manage five major childhood illnesses i.e. Acute Respiratory Infections, Diarrhoea, Measles, Malaria and Malnutrition to bring down the infant mortality rate in India. The integrated approach ensures that all relevant needs of the child ...

In order to effectively improve the health status of women and children and fulfil the unmet need for Family Welfare services in the country, especially the poor and under served by reducing infant child and maternal mortality and morbidity, Government of India launched the RCH Programme during 1997-98. Goals: Currently ...

Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK) has been registered as an autonomous society of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The Government has provided a Rs 100 crore Corpus fund to signify its commitment to the activities of the Kosh. JSK has to use the interest on the Corpus and also ...

National Programme for Control of Blindness was launched in the year 1976 as a 100% centrally sponsored programme. The purpose of the programme is to develop eye care infrastructure and to provide appropriate eye care services to reduce the prevalence of blindness. Objectives: Develop Eye Care infrastructure throughout the country ...

Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is a government- run health insurance scheme for the BPL family under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. It provides cashless insurance for hospitalization in public as well as selected private hospitals. The objective of RSBY is to provide protection to BPL households from financial ...

NPHCE programme is to provide separate, specialized and comprehensive health care to the senior citizens at various level of State health care delivery system including outreach services. The NPHCE is sponsored and its implementation is monitored by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. Benefit Types: Free, specialised health care ...

The National Tobacco Control Cell (NTCC) at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is responsible for overall policy formulation, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the different activities envisaged under the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP). The National Cell functions under the direct guidance and supervision of the ...

Under the Family Planning Indemnity Scheme, States/UTs would process and make payment of claims to accepters of sterilization in the event of death/failures/complications/Indemnity cover to doctors/health facilities. It is envisaged that States/UTs would make suitable budget provisions for implementation of the scheme through their respective State/ UT Program Implementation Plans ...

Fluorosis, a public health problem is caused by excess intake of fluoride through drinking water/food products/industrial emission over a long period. It results in major health disorders like dental fluorosis, skeletal fluorosis and non-skeletal fluorosis. With an aim to prevent and control Fluorosis cases, Government of India initiated the National ...