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India aiming at being a polio-free country by January 2014, health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday said an emergency preparedness and response plan has been put in place and any new case of polio would be declared as a public health emergency. The...
A woman peers out from her home as rickshaw drivers pedal past carrying loudspeakers meant for advertising a polio immunization drive in Amritsar, India, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. India celebrated a full year since its last reported case of polio last... View Photo »
Every year, we have the train either arriving or leaving the capital on World AIDS Day. But this time, we want to dedicate the train to the youth. So it will arrive in January
President was launching the National Pulse Polio Programme for 2012 on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that India is making history in its fight against polio. It is indeed a remarkable...
Wagah and at Attari train station in Punjab and Munabao train station in Barmer district of Rajasthan to ensure that all children under five years of age coming from across the border, are administered polio drops. Disclosing this at a function today at...
The President, at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan, launched the campaign by administering polio vaccine drops to eight children. Speaking on the occasion, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said the government had put in place an Emergency Preparedness...
Indian rickshaw pullers wait next to their rickshaws fitted with a loudspeakers meant for a polio awareness campaign in Amritsar, India, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. India celebrated a full year since its last reported case of polio last month, a major... View Photo »
A common man is well-versed with their political style and exploitation. Public in Jammu and Kashmir are well aware of the fact how PDP sabotaged the coalition government led by Ghulam Nabi Azad even though being part of it
All States bordering neighboring countries have been put on alert and asked to strengthen surveillance for early detection of any imported polio case. Speaking at the launch of a Nationwide Pulse Polio Campaign for 2012 at Rashtrapati Bhawan on...
India reporting no polio cases last year, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Saturday said there will be zero tolerance for any new case and any case will be declared a public health emergency. Speaking at the launch of the National Pulse Polio Programme...
Ghulam Nabi Azad (born March 7, 1949 in Jammu and Kashmir, India) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. He was the Parliamentary Affairs Minister of India in the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh until October 27, 2005, when he was appointed as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. After delivering victories in... Full Article
A woman peers out from her home as rickshaw drivers pedal past carrying loudspeakers meant for advertising a polio immunization drive in Amritsar, India, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. India celebrated a full year since its last reported case of polio last month, a major victory in a global...
View Photo »Indian rickshaw pullers wait next to their rickshaws fitted with a loudspeakers meant for a polio awareness campaign in Amritsar, India, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. India celebrated a full year since its last reported case of polio last month, a major victory in a global eradication effort...
View Photo »Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (C) waves as she walks with Indian Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad (C/top) after her arrival at the Tin Bigha Corridor which goes through India linking two Bangladeshi enclaves, Dahagram and Angarpota, located in Indian territory in the...
View Photo »Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (C) is welcomed by Indian Union Health Minsiter Ghulam Nabi Azad (L) after her arrival at the Tin Bigha Corridor which goes through India linking two Bangladeshi enclaves, Dahagram and Angarpota, located in Indian territory in the Cooch Behar...
View Photo »India's Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad (C) speaks to China's Minister for Health, Chen Zhu (C) and China delegate Ren Minghui (R) after the first BRICS health minister's meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 11, 2011. The BRICS group of...
View Photo »Indian Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad gestures during a press conference in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Azad derided homosexuality as an unnatural "disease" from the West at an HIV/AIDS conference, drawing outrage Tuesday from a U.N. official and activists who said the...
View Photo »Indian Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, left, leaves his residence in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Azad has outraged activists by calling homosexuality a "disease" and "completely unnatural" during a conference on HIV/AIDS. Azad's description of homosexuality as a disease...
View Photo »From left, World Health Organization Director-General Magaret Chan, Indian Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Brazilian Health Minister Alexandre Padilha, Chinese Health Ministser Chen Zhu, Russian Health Minister Tatyana Golikova, South African Health Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi and...
View Photo »(L-R) Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, India's Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Brazilian Health Minister Alexandre Padilha, China's Minister for Health, Chen Zhu, Russian Health and Social Development Minister Tatyana Golikova,...
View Photo »Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (R) speaks to India's Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad before a press conference after the first BRICS health minister's meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 11, 2011. The...
View Photo »This September 17, 2009 file photo shows Indian Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad speaking at a press conference in New Delhi. On July 5, 2011 Indian gay rights activists voiced shock and outrage over public comments by the health minister who said that homosexuality was a 'disease'...
View Photo »In this picture taken on July 4, 2011, Indian Health Minister Gulam Nabi Azad (R) stands besides Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the inauguration of 'National Convention of Zila Parishad Chairpersons and Mayors on HIV and AIDS', in New Delhi. On July 5, 2011 Indian gay...
View Photo »In this Saturday, July 2, 2011 photo, gay rights supporters pose during a gathering to mark the anniversary of the decriminalization of gay sex in India by the Delhi High Court, in New Delhi, India. India's Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has outraged activists by calling homosexuality...
View Photo »In this picture taken on July 4, 2011, Indian Health Minister Gulam Nabi Azad (L) watches as National Advisory Committee Chairperson Sonia Gandhi (C) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) light a lamp during the inauguration of 'National Convention of Zila Parishad Chairpersons...
View Photo »A woman peers out from her home as rickshaw drivers pedal past carrying loudspeakers meant for advertising a polio immunization drive in Amritsar, India, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. India celebrated a full year since its last reported case of polio last month, a major victory in a global...
View Photo »Every year, we have the train either arriving or leaving the capital on World AIDS Day. But this time, we want to dedicate the train to the youth. So it will arrive in January
A common man is well-versed with their political style and exploitation. Public in Jammu and Kashmir are well aware of the fact how PDP sabotaged the coalition government led by Ghulam Nabi Azad even though being part of it
Global meltdown has caused a reduction in funding from international donors and we have also urged some of them to continue the inflow of funds. However, the Indian government is capable of carrying on the programmes, even if it means allocating funds from our budget
We met Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad yesterday and he said the Bill has been sent again to the Law ministry. We want to ask why such an important Bill, on whom so many lives depend, is being shuttled between the two Ministries.
The government will soon bring law against discrimination against HIV/AIDS patients. The Health Ministry will receive the draft law from Law Ministry in next ten days
I would have stayed silent like the chief minister from 2002-2005 (Mufti Mohammad Sayeed). They (PDP) started talking about AFSPA revocation and self rule only after Ghulam Nabi Azad became the chief minister so that his work was hindered and his (popularity) graph did not go up
Each country can learn from the experiences of the other and share best practices and success stories. The MoU would inter alia cover issues of medical services, public health and prophylactics (preventive medicine), medical science and training of medical personnel
We are trying for joint efforts by all departments concerned and will brief them about their roles. We will have meetings and will send recommendation to the cabinet
