What is Fortification of Food? Fortification is the addition of key vitamins and minerals such as iron, iodine, zinc, Vitamin A & D to staple foods such as rice, milk and salt to improve their nutritional content. These nutrients may …
What is TB? Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB is an ancient disease and has been documented to have existed in Egypt as early as 3000 BC. TB most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary …
About the scheme POSHAN Abhiyaan (also known as National Nutrition Mission) is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development that aims to improve nutrition amongst children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. Launched in 2018, it is …
About The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) was launched by the Government in 2020 for promoting digitization of healthcare and creating an open interoperable digital health ecosystem for the country. It aims to do so by prescribing common health data …
Why in News: Doctors have sounded an alarm over the emergence of a new non-life-threatening virus called tomato flu among the children below five years of age, in India. What causes it The ‘tomato flu’ is caused by Coxsackie virus …
What’s in the news? The Indian government has launched a new campaign – Paalan 1000 National Campaign – to reduce child mortality, including a Parenting App. India has taken rapid strides in reducing child mortality since 2014 – when it …
What is it? The virus, named Langya henipavirus (LayV), can cause respiratory symptoms such as fever, cough, nausea and headaches and fatigue, and is closely related to two other henipaviruses known to infect people — Hendra virus and Nipah virus. …
About Diabetes Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) disease that occurs when the pancreas is no longer able to make insulin, or when the body cannot make good use of the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone made by the …