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GDHS 2026 to focus on implementing AI action
Scheduled for 20-21 November 2026, the Global Digital Health Summit will take place in New Delhi, highlighting the role of artificial intelligence in healthcare. A key feature, The CORTEX Test, will evaluate decision-making from AI, doctors, and collaborative methods.
Academy of Digital Health Sciences launches ‘AI for All’ healthcare initiative
Two new educational programs are being introduced to support this goal. These programs are designed to equip professionals with the skills needed for digital health transformation.
Omicron variant: Health experts are concerned about possible rise in hospitalisation
Some people will require hospitalisation and oxygen, but even they are “unlikely to require ventilators”, he said. Public health experts suggest ho- mecare through primary healthcare teams and volunteers is going to be a critical step in managing a third wave, followed by preparing hospitals for an adequate number of oxygen beds.
Covaxin may provide better defence against Omicron: Top health expert
K Srinath Reddy called for laboratory and clinical tests to understand how the Omicron variant, which has the highest spike protein mutations among all the variants, behaves with vaccines.
Stroke caused 7 lakh deaths in India in 2019: Study
The paper is a collaborative effort between the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and a number of other organisations.
Coronavirus outbreak likely to peak in late April: PHFI President
India’s coronavirus outbreak may peak in late April, said K Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). Reddy, who’s on the executive group of the steering committee of the WHO-led solidarity trial on Covid-19, spoke to Teena Thacker.
Bill Gates meets Rajnath to discuss initiatives of American philanthropies in India
The home minister also suggested that the foundation should concentrate on developing villages and make them "model villages" so that the local people get inspired.
Whether polio or meningitis, India has shown way in health innovation: Melinda Gates, Gates Foundation
"One of the fantastic things I see in India are self-help groups led by women. They're explaining, culturally, to young women why things like exclusive breastfeeding are important", said Gates.
MHA order revoking license of PHFI lists 7 'undesirable activities'
The seven "undesirable activities" include declaring only six of its 151 bank accounts and wrongful declaration of Rs 43 crore received for anti-tobacco lobbying.
Centre grills NGO linked with Gates Foundation
The Centre has asked the Public Health Foundation of India, which lists Gates Foundation as one of its donors, for more details on the utilisation of funds and its financial reports.
Centre shuts health mission gate on Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
NTAGI is crucial to India’s Universal Immunization Programme) — the nationwide rollout of the pentavalent vaccine and introduction of vaccines against rotavirus, IPV and rubella.
Investment in public health yields great returns: Narayana Murthy
Investment in public health produces enormous returns in the long term, Infosys Founder and PHFI's Leadership Council Chairman N R Narayana Murthy said today.
Controversial vaccine studies: Why is Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation under fire from critics in India?
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has funded two entities that have played a key role in the immunization programme and are both under fire for conflict of interest.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: GAVI & PHFI help create incentives for pharma cos to make low-cost vaccines
The project used vaccines that are licensed in India and that have been administered safely around the world tens of millions of times, preventing countless cases of cervical cancer illness and death.
10 per cent hike on tobacco products to reduce consumption: Public Health Foundation of India
The study highlighted that a 10 per cent increase in bidi prices will lead to almost 5 per cent decrease in consumption.
Government to tax tobacco more to reduce consumption
Union health minister Harsh Vardhan is for levying increased taxes on tobacco and tobacco-related products to discourage its consumption.
80% of medicines not covered by price control order
The much-awaited drug price control order (DPCO) 2013, meant to control the price of medicines does not cover over 80% of the medicines in the market.
Sanofi-led new project on diabetes targets `KiDS'
To create awareness about diabetes among children in the country, global healthcare leader Sanofi today joined hands with two other bodies active in the health sector.
Public Health Foundation of India comes under the RTI Act: CIC
PHFI, an autonomous public private partnership project, comes under the ambit of the RTI Act as it is substantial financed by the govt.
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