Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday informed that 90 per cent of India's adult population has been fully vaccinated with both vaccine doses against Covid-19.
Time has come for the Indian pharmaceuticals industry to move from 'volume' to 'value' leadership to capture global market and the government is committed to supporting companies with industry-friendly policies, Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday. Addressing an interactive session with Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, the Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Health & Family Welfare also asked the homegrown firms to learn from global best practices and develop own models to meet domestic demand while increasing international footprint. "Let us move from 'Volume' to 'Value' leadership to capture global pharmaceutical market," an official statement said, quoting Mandaviya. He further said, "It is time to accumulate knowledge from global best practices in research, manufacturing and innovation and develop our own models focused on accelerating production to meet the domestic demand while increasing our global footprint." The minister also pushed for making the .
The development comes at a time when the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation has been accused of a bribery scandal allegedly involving a senior Biocon executive
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will interact and felicitate top 25 rank holders in the NEET PG exam of both medicine and dental courses
The country also developed a "robust and strong mechanism to counter the public health issues," he said.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will chair a review meeting on Thursday to discuss the spike in the number of Covid cases in the country
Mansukh Mandaviya said that the goal of the Central Government is to work holistically in the health sector with synergy between preventive healthcare and modern medical facilities
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday suggested G20 members for an institutional framework to enable rapid sharing of genome sequencing data along with a neutral & aggregate data-sharing model amongst countries.
The cumulative vaccine doses administered in the country have exceeded 195.67 crore, according to the Health Ministry's provisional reports till 7 am on Thursday.
As per the data, as of 7 a.m. on June 12, India had administered 1,95,07,08,541 total doses of the Covid-19 vaccine overall
Fertiliser demand usually peaks between April and June for the kharif harvest; between October and December for the rabi sowing season
The Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister said the prices of fertilisers have dropped in the international market and hoped that rates would further decline in the next six months
India considers healthcare a "Seva" and the country is ready to take a leading global role in providing healthcare services to the world through its trained and competent manpower
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya lauded the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) for announcing the results in record 10 day
A total of 182,318 candidates had taken the exam
Davos [Switzerland], May 29 (ANI): Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Saturday has appreciated India's vaccination drive in a meeting with Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland's Davos.Gates said, "It was great to meet Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya and exchange perspectives on global health. India's success with the vaccination drive and the use of technology to drive health outcomes at scale offers many lessons for the world."On May 25, Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya shared photos with Bill Gates and wrote, "A pleasure to interact with @Billgates at #WEF22. He appreciated India's success in #Covid19 management and mammoth vaccination efforts."Mandaviya further wrote, "We discussed a wide range of subjects relating to healthcare including the promotion of digital health, disease control management, creation of mRNA regional hubs, and strengthening the development of affordable and quality diagnostics & medical devices,
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said that over 88 per cent of India's adult population have been fully vaccinated against Covid.
He elaborated on role of technology and innovations in building resilience in global food systems and also highlighted various efforts of the PM Modi-led government in modernising agriculture sector
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said India is committed to Africa in taking the journey from vaccine availability to vaccination.
In another tweet, Mandaviya said that over 70 per cent of teenagers between 12-14 age bracket have also received the first dose of vaccine