The Health Professional Registry (HPR) is a comprehensive repository of all healthcare professionals involved in the delivery of healthcare services across both modern and traditional systems of medicine.
Endemic diseases resulting from infection or lack of nutrition continue to account for almost two-thirds of mortality and morbidity in India.At the same time, there is a persistent shortage of trained and certified health workers throughout the country, particularly in rural areas. The Healthcare infrastructure too challenges to deliver optimum care.
The NGOs opine that such people should be vaccinated without the requirement of any government IDs.
More than 60% of dependents of Covid-19 victims in the city haven’t applied for the ex-gratia payment, as per the data compiled by the city corporation.
Considering the difficulties that they may encounter, the health department has appealed to people using home kits for testing to approach the nearest health centre with the result, and the staff there will do the needful.
In order to facilitate faster re-opening of economic activities while also ensuring safety of people during the pandemic, the CoWin has launched a new software interface (API) that will make it easier for organisations to know or verify the vaccination status of their employees
If you had inadvertently made errors in your name, date of birth, gender or photo ID number - while filling up the details the first time, there is a one-time opportunity to fix it. Now you can edit details in your CoWin certificate and download a new one.
Experts believe that COVID-19 would not be the last pandemic to strike humanity. The Centre and State governments must create adequate health infrastructure provisions to sustain growth, develop resilience and build confidence that the country is always prepared to respond to future pandemics.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Saturday asserted that no one should be denied vaccine, medicine, hospitalisation or treatment just because they do not have an Aadhaar.
Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, authorities are testing a facial recognition system based on the Aadhaar ID for authentication in the eastern state of Jharkhand, and plan to roll it out nationwide, a senior official said last week.
Special arrangements have been made to vaccinate MPs and their family members, above 60 years and those aged between 45-60 with co-morbidities, against Covid-19 from March 9, a day after the Houses reconvene following the recess during the Budget session.
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