Geographic Information System (GIS) plays a crucial role in decision support for the control of vector-borne diseases in India. Here are several ways in which GIS is applied to enhance decision-making and control measures: Spatial Analysis of Disease Patterns: GIS allows health authorities to analyze and visualize the spatial distribution of vector-borne diseases. This helps […]
ICTpost News NetworkNew Delhi: September 2, 2021 India’s healthcare policy indeed plays a critical role in shaping the nation’s health outcomes. Focusing on long-term healthcare priorities is essential for building a resilient and sustainable healthcare system. Here are key areas that could be prioritized in India’s healthcare policy: Primary Healthcare Strengthening: Prioritize strengthening the primary […]
ICTpost Health IT Bureau Tele-clinics indeed have the potential to bring about drastic and positive changes in rural India, addressing healthcare challenges and improving access to medical services. Here are several ways in which tele-clinics can make a significant impact in rural areas: Increased Access to Healthcare: Tele-clinics enable residents in remote and underserved rural […]
ICTpost mHealth Bureau In spite of the advancements in medical technologies and a general increase in income levels, healthcare continues to pose challenges of affordability, complexity and access across the world. In developed markets, per capita healthcare expenditures have risen faster than both income levels and inflation rates over the past decade due to rising […]
By Dr. S. B. Bhattacharyya, SBB’s Blog The abominably low success rates (< 4%) of healthcare IT implementations worldwide can be attributed to two principal reasons. (1) Improper leveraging of the actual end users, and (2) lack of having qualified experts to mentor, if not actually do the review and final testing.Let me go ahead […]
AFP | New DelhiPUBLISHED ON MAY 09, 2021 A Covid-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and may be dodging vaccine protections, contributing to the country’s explosive outbreak, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist said. In an interview with AFP, Soumya Swaminathan warned that “the epidemiological features that we see in India today do […]
Nature Governments that ignore or delay acting on scientific advice are missing out on a crucial opportunity to control the pandemic. Last week, Brazil’s total death toll from COVID-19 passed 400,000. In India, the pandemic is taking around 3,500 lives every day and has prompted a global response, with offers of oxygen, ventilators, intensive-care beds […]
The Lancet The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged and, in many cases, exceeded the capacity of hospitals and intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide. Health-care workers have continued to provide care for patients despite exhaustion, personal risk of infection, fear of transmission to family members, illness or death of friends and colleagues, and the loss of many […]
By Nirupam Bajpai, John Biberman and Manisha Wadhwa (Centre for Sustainable Development) Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has emerged as one of the key players in fighting the COVID-19 situation in India. The unprecedented crisis due to COVID-19 has accelerated the process of digitalization of many services and businesses including healthcare services, education, online delivery […]
By World Health Organisation In the first 3 months of 2020, nearly 6 000 people around the globe were hospitalized because of coronavirus misinformation, recent research suggests. During this period, researchers say at least 800 people may have died due to misinformation related to COVID-19*. At its extreme, death can be the tragic outcome of what […]
