Thursday, March 22, 2012
Innodata provides a complete portfolio of production and editorial services, from data conversion to composition and authoring to editing. It also provides technology and consulting services, designing and deploying digital publishing, content management and knowledge management systems that help organizations improve information flow.
National Programme on Prevention & Control of Cancer, Diabetes, CVD & Stroke
Considering the rising burden of NCDs and common risk factors to major Chronic Non –Communicable Diseases, Government of India initiated an integrated National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancers, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS). The focus of the programme is on health promotion and prevention, strengthening of infrastructure including human resources, early diagnosis and management and integration with the primary health care system through NCD cells at different levels for optimal operational synergies. National Cancer Control Programme, an on-going programme, has been integrated under NPCDCS.
Considering the rising burden of NCDs and common risk factors to major Chronic Non –Communicable Diseases, Government of India initiated an integrated National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancers, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS). The focus of the programme is on health promotion and prevention, strengthening of infrastructure including human resources, early diagnosis and management and integration with the primary health care system through NCD cells at different levels for optimal operational synergies. National Cancer Control Programme, an on-going programme, has been integrated under NPCDCS.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Bharat Nirman and Flagship Programmes
Read at : http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/fiveyr/11th/11_v3/11v3_ch6.pdf
India sees biggest dip in poverty, but 360 mn remain poor
Rural people have driven India's record decline of 7.4 percentage points in the number of poor since economic reforms were initiated in the early 1990s. The latest poverty estimates by the Planning Commission show that 29.8% or 360 million Indians were poor in 2009-10 as compared to 37.2% or 400 million in 2004-05 — the difference being equal to the population of countries such as Spain, Argentina and Canada.
The plan panel defines the poor as one who spends less than Rs 28 per day in urban areas and Rs 22.5 in rural areas.
These figures are lower than the Rs 32 in urban areas and Rs 26 in rural areas for the year 2010-11, given to the Supreme Court by the panel. The annual fall in poverty during the period under survey was 1.4 percentage points as compared to 0.8 percentage points between 1993 and 2004.
Read more: HT
Rural people have driven India's record decline of 7.4 percentage points in the number of poor since economic reforms were initiated in the early 1990s. The latest poverty estimates by the Planning Commission show that 29.8% or 360 million Indians were poor in 2009-10 as compared to 37.2% or 400 million in 2004-05 — the difference being equal to the population of countries such as Spain, Argentina and Canada.
The plan panel defines the poor as one who spends less than Rs 28 per day in urban areas and Rs 22.5 in rural areas.
These figures are lower than the Rs 32 in urban areas and Rs 26 in rural areas for the year 2010-11, given to the Supreme Court by the panel. The annual fall in poverty during the period under survey was 1.4 percentage points as compared to 0.8 percentage points between 1993 and 2004.
Read more: HT
Monday, February 20, 2012
Joint Information Systems Committee JISC’s vision is one of easy and widespread access to information and resources, anytime, anywhere; a vision with technology and information management at the heart of research and education.
1)Provide cost-effective and sustainable shared national services and resources
2)Help institutions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their corporate and business systems
3)Help institutions to improve the quality of learning and teaching and the student experience
4)Help institutions to improve the quality, impact and productivity of academic research
5)Be a responsive, reflective and learning organisation that demonstrates value for money
1)Provide cost-effective and sustainable shared national services and resources
2)Help institutions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their corporate and business systems
3)Help institutions to improve the quality of learning and teaching and the student experience
4)Help institutions to improve the quality, impact and productivity of academic research
5)Be a responsive, reflective and learning organisation that demonstrates value for money
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) is the largest of the six regional higher education purchasing consortia that operate throughout the UK. SUPC was formed in 1974 when a handful of universities came together for the collaborative purchase of stationery. It has now grown to a membership of over one hundred higher and further education institutions and offers its members a wide range of collaborative purchase agreements covering most commodity areas.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
The NLM produces more than 250 online databases and resources other than the two most used databases PubMed and MedlinePlus. They are free of charge. NLM also offers wide-range of tools and resources used every day by medical professionals, the public health workforce, librarians, biomedical researchers, historians, students and teachers, disaster response and recovery personnel, electronic health record developers, chemists, toxicologists, and patients and their families.
To know more visit our website at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
The NLM produces more than 250 online databases and resources other than the two most used databases PubMed and MedlinePlus. They are free of charge. NLM also offers wide-range of tools and resources used every day by medical professionals, the public health workforce, librarians, biomedical researchers, historians, students and teachers, disaster response and recovery personnel, electronic health record developers, chemists, toxicologists, and patients and their families.
To know more visit our website at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Friday, February 3, 2012
The M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries in UK is a collaborative organisation that works to improve library and information services within the M25 region and more widely across the East and Southeast. The Consortium now has 57 member institutions. Its aim is to provide services and resources for the benefit of learners and researchers.
MEDICAL LIBRARIES
Anglia Ruskin University
University Library: Chelmsford
University Library, Fulbourn
University Library, Peterborough
University of Bedfordshire
Park Square Learning Resources Centre, Luton
Healthcare Learning Resources Centre, Luton
Healthcare Learning Resources Centre, Aylesbury
University of Brighton
Falmer Library
Queenwood Library
Brunel University
Library
Canterbury Christ Church University
Mansion Library
The Library
City University
University Library
University of East London
Stratford Campus Library and Learning Centre
University of Greenwich
Avery Hill Library
Medway, Drill Hall Library
Imperial College London
Charing Cross Campus Library
Chelsea and Westminster Campus Library
Royal Brompton Campus Library
Institute of Development Studies
British Library for Development Studies
London Metropolitan University
Ladbroke House Library
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The Library
London South Bank University
Havering Campus Library
Perry Library
Middlesex University
Health Campus - Archway Healthcare Library
Health Campus - Chase Healthcare Information Centre
Hendon Campus - The Sheppard Library
The Open University
The Library and Learning Resources Centre
Oxford Brookes University
Headington Library
University of Reading
University of Reading Library
Roehampton University
University Library
Royal Holloway, University of London
Bedford Library
St. George's University of London
St. George's Library
University of Surrey
University Library
Thames Valley University
Hanover House LRC (Reading)
Paragon House LRC (London)
Paul Hamlyn LRC (Slough)
The Wellcome Library
Wellcome Library
University of Westminster
Cavendish Library
Read more :http://www.m25lib.ac.uk/
MEDICAL LIBRARIES
Anglia Ruskin University
University Library: Chelmsford
University Library, Fulbourn
University Library, Peterborough
University of Bedfordshire
Park Square Learning Resources Centre, Luton
Healthcare Learning Resources Centre, Luton
Healthcare Learning Resources Centre, Aylesbury
University of Brighton
Falmer Library
Queenwood Library
Brunel University
Library
Canterbury Christ Church University
Mansion Library
The Library
City University
University Library
University of East London
Stratford Campus Library and Learning Centre
University of Greenwich
Avery Hill Library
Medway, Drill Hall Library
Imperial College London
Charing Cross Campus Library
Chelsea and Westminster Campus Library
Royal Brompton Campus Library
Institute of Development Studies
British Library for Development Studies
London Metropolitan University
Ladbroke House Library
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The Library
London South Bank University
Havering Campus Library
Perry Library
Middlesex University
Health Campus - Archway Healthcare Library
Health Campus - Chase Healthcare Information Centre
Hendon Campus - The Sheppard Library
The Open University
The Library and Learning Resources Centre
Oxford Brookes University
Headington Library
University of Reading
University of Reading Library
Roehampton University
University Library
Royal Holloway, University of London
Bedford Library
St. George's University of London
St. George's Library
University of Surrey
University Library
Thames Valley University
Hanover House LRC (Reading)
Paragon House LRC (London)
Paul Hamlyn LRC (Slough)
The Wellcome Library
Wellcome Library
University of Westminster
Cavendish Library
Read more :http://www.m25lib.ac.uk/
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Declining popularity of libraries
Delhi is home to some of the oldest libraries in the country. Spread across the entire City, the many libraries here are a rich source of knowledge and learning and serve as an invaluable source of information to various students, researchers and management graduates. But in this day and age when information is available at the click of a mouse, are libraries still popular.
Read more:The Deccan Herald
Library census, reading habit survey from Feb
A national level census of libraries across India to assess the state of our library network and survey the reading habits of Indians will be conducted as part of an ambitious project to revive and strengthen the community library movement in India.
Read more:The Indian Express
Delhi is home to some of the oldest libraries in the country. Spread across the entire City, the many libraries here are a rich source of knowledge and learning and serve as an invaluable source of information to various students, researchers and management graduates. But in this day and age when information is available at the click of a mouse, are libraries still popular.
Read more:The Deccan Herald
Library census, reading habit survey from Feb
A national level census of libraries across India to assess the state of our library network and survey the reading habits of Indians will be conducted as part of an ambitious project to revive and strengthen the community library movement in India.
Read more:The Indian Express
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Malnutrition
Malnutrition limits development and the capacity to learn. It also costs lives: about 50 per cent of all childhood deaths are attributed to malnutrition.
Malnutrition is more common in India than in Sub-Saharan Africa. One in every three malnourished children in the world lives in India.
Read more: UNICEF India
Need to overcome Malnutrition
As reported in TOI there are nearly 16 crore children in India below the age of six years. According to Hon'ble Manmohan Singh, the health of the economy and society lies in the health of "this generation".
"In the years to come, these children will join our workforce as scientists, farmers, teachers, data operators, artisans and service providers. We cannot hope for a healthy future for our country with a large number of malnourished children," Singh said.
The results of this survey are both worrying and encouraging, according to Singh. "The survey reports high levels of malnutrition, despite impressive growth in our GDP. But it also indicates that one child in five has reached an acceptable healthy weight during the last seven years in 100 focus districts. This 20% decline in malnourishment is better than the rate of decline reported in National Family Health Survey 3," Singh said.
Read More : TOI
Integrated Child Development Services
Malnutrition limits development and the capacity to learn. It also costs lives: about 50 per cent of all childhood deaths are attributed to malnutrition.
Malnutrition is more common in India than in Sub-Saharan Africa. One in every three malnourished children in the world lives in India.
Read more: UNICEF India
Need to overcome Malnutrition
As reported in TOI there are nearly 16 crore children in India below the age of six years. According to Hon'ble Manmohan Singh, the health of the economy and society lies in the health of "this generation".
"In the years to come, these children will join our workforce as scientists, farmers, teachers, data operators, artisans and service providers. We cannot hope for a healthy future for our country with a large number of malnourished children," Singh said.
The results of this survey are both worrying and encouraging, according to Singh. "The survey reports high levels of malnutrition, despite impressive growth in our GDP. But it also indicates that one child in five has reached an acceptable healthy weight during the last seven years in 100 focus districts. This 20% decline in malnourishment is better than the rate of decline reported in National Family Health Survey 3," Singh said.
Read More : TOI
Integrated Child Development Services
Monday, January 9, 2012
Over 2.5L books in PU library have no takers
PATNA: Even as the basic laws of library science state that books are for use and that every book has its readers, books worth crores of rupees are decaying in Patna University (PU) Central Library for want of readers. More than 2.5 lakh books and journals of different subjects stacked in this 90-year-old library are seldom consulted by faculty members or students.
Read more@ TOI
PATNA: Even as the basic laws of library science state that books are for use and that every book has its readers, books worth crores of rupees are decaying in Patna University (PU) Central Library for want of readers. More than 2.5 lakh books and journals of different subjects stacked in this 90-year-old library are seldom consulted by faculty members or students.
Read more@ TOI
Govt sets target to skill 500 million people by 2022
The Indian government has set a target to skill 500 million people by 2022. In India, approximately 12.8 million people join the job market every year. This number comprises people who are highly skilled, who form a minuscule part, and who are semiskilled or not skilled. The last category is the bulk of the population entering the workforce every year. The current skill capacity of the country is about five million - a deficit of more than seven million annually.
Read more:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/11420731.cms
The Indian government has set a target to skill 500 million people by 2022. In India, approximately 12.8 million people join the job market every year. This number comprises people who are highly skilled, who form a minuscule part, and who are semiskilled or not skilled. The last category is the bulk of the population entering the workforce every year. The current skill capacity of the country is about five million - a deficit of more than seven million annually.
Read more:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/11420731.cms
Shelter for homeless
NEW DELHI: At least 3 million homeless people across the country are having to sleep outdoors in the bitter winter this year and state governments have done scant little to provide shelters for them, the Supreme Court commissioners have said in their 'National Report on Homelessness'.
They noted that all 15 states studied were in partial or complete violation of SC orders to set up permanent shelters for the homeless before the onset of winter.
Delhi, ironically one of the better performers, was required to set up 129 permanent shelters for the homeless but only 64 have come up even as peak winter is here. Of these, only 41 were permanent in nature and 21 were found shut.
Read more:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/11420731.cms
NEW DELHI: At least 3 million homeless people across the country are having to sleep outdoors in the bitter winter this year and state governments have done scant little to provide shelters for them, the Supreme Court commissioners have said in their 'National Report on Homelessness'.
They noted that all 15 states studied were in partial or complete violation of SC orders to set up permanent shelters for the homeless before the onset of winter.
Delhi, ironically one of the better performers, was required to set up 129 permanent shelters for the homeless but only 64 have come up even as peak winter is here. Of these, only 41 were permanent in nature and 21 were found shut.
Read more:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/11420731.cms
Saturday, January 7, 2012
News Digest
24x7 pharmacy opens at AIIMS, offers big savings
NEW DELHI: There's good news for 10,000-odd patients, who visit AIIMS' OPD daily.
In a first-of-its-kind venture in a government hospital, a 24x7 pharmacy shop opened at the hospital this week has the mandate to provide all medicines and surgical consumables prescribed by an AIIMS doctor to an OPD patient at a 56% discount on MRP across the board.
Portability drives health cover innovation
MUMBAI: Health insurance market has become competitive following the introduction of portability which allows customers to switch companies without losing their "no-claim" benefits. Although prices have not come down, companies are offering better features.
Govt changes norms for cancer docs training
NEW DELHI: India has found a way to increase the number of doctors specifically to treat cancer. The Union health ministry will soon allow every professor of three disciplines - radiotherapy, medical oncology and surgical oncology - to teach three students as against the existing norm of two.
Family doc concept is back
New Delhi: Family physicians medical practitioners that were fast disappearing are now being revived.
With India witnessing a rush of medical students keen on becoming specialists,the health ministry and Medical Council of India (MCI) have notified introduction of a new three-year postgraduate course MD in family medicine.
Chairman of MCIs board of governors,Dr K K Talwar said,The curriculum has been prepared and sent to all state governments that have been told to roll out this broad speciality course.
Free treatment still out of reach of poor patients; panel slams govt
NEW DELHI: Poor patients haven't been able to reap benefits of the free treatment provision in top private hospitals in the city. The monitoring committee looking after the implementation has faulted the government policies vis-a-vis lack of publicity and failure by state-run health institutions to refer the needy.
AIIMS creates 230 new posts to meet crunch
NEW DELHI: The Union health ministry on Thursday sanctioned the creation of 230 new faculty positions in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to tide over acute faculty crunch.
Scaling peaks on prosthetic legs
New Delhi: He lost his legs to frostbite at the age of 23 after remaining trapped in an ice cave for 14 days,but the accident did not dull Mark Inglis love of mountaineering.
In 2006,he conquered Mt Everest on prosthetic legs.Just because I became a double amputee is no reason to stop doing things in life, says the 52-year-old New Zealander,now a successful winemaker,corporate consultant,writer and motivational speaker.
12 AIIMS-like bodies by 2017
NEW DELHI: India will have 12 AIIMS-like institutions by the end of 2017.The report of the steering committee on health for the 12th five year plan (incorporating reports of all working groups and deliberations in Committee meetings) has suggested opening of four new prototypes of premiere All India Institute of Medical Sciences ( AIIMS) in addition to the eight already approved.
Source:TOI
NEW DELHI: There's good news for 10,000-odd patients, who visit AIIMS' OPD daily.
In a first-of-its-kind venture in a government hospital, a 24x7 pharmacy shop opened at the hospital this week has the mandate to provide all medicines and surgical consumables prescribed by an AIIMS doctor to an OPD patient at a 56% discount on MRP across the board.
Portability drives health cover innovation
MUMBAI: Health insurance market has become competitive following the introduction of portability which allows customers to switch companies without losing their "no-claim" benefits. Although prices have not come down, companies are offering better features.
Govt changes norms for cancer docs training
NEW DELHI: India has found a way to increase the number of doctors specifically to treat cancer. The Union health ministry will soon allow every professor of three disciplines - radiotherapy, medical oncology and surgical oncology - to teach three students as against the existing norm of two.
Family doc concept is back
New Delhi: Family physicians medical practitioners that were fast disappearing are now being revived.
With India witnessing a rush of medical students keen on becoming specialists,the health ministry and Medical Council of India (MCI) have notified introduction of a new three-year postgraduate course MD in family medicine.
Chairman of MCIs board of governors,Dr K K Talwar said,The curriculum has been prepared and sent to all state governments that have been told to roll out this broad speciality course.
Free treatment still out of reach of poor patients; panel slams govt
NEW DELHI: Poor patients haven't been able to reap benefits of the free treatment provision in top private hospitals in the city. The monitoring committee looking after the implementation has faulted the government policies vis-a-vis lack of publicity and failure by state-run health institutions to refer the needy.
AIIMS creates 230 new posts to meet crunch
NEW DELHI: The Union health ministry on Thursday sanctioned the creation of 230 new faculty positions in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to tide over acute faculty crunch.
Scaling peaks on prosthetic legs
New Delhi: He lost his legs to frostbite at the age of 23 after remaining trapped in an ice cave for 14 days,but the accident did not dull Mark Inglis love of mountaineering.
In 2006,he conquered Mt Everest on prosthetic legs.Just because I became a double amputee is no reason to stop doing things in life, says the 52-year-old New Zealander,now a successful winemaker,corporate consultant,writer and motivational speaker.
12 AIIMS-like bodies by 2017
NEW DELHI: India will have 12 AIIMS-like institutions by the end of 2017.The report of the steering committee on health for the 12th five year plan (incorporating reports of all working groups and deliberations in Committee meetings) has suggested opening of four new prototypes of premiere All India Institute of Medical Sciences ( AIIMS) in addition to the eight already approved.
Source:TOI
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