A Central team from the National AIDS Control Organisation, New Delhi, which is in the State to evaluate the care, support and treatment programmes implemented by Tamil Nadu, has said that there are lessons here for the rest of the country to follow.

Mass public campaign a success but experts warn of need for continued vigilance

Not even superstition can render this Friday the 13th unlucky for India. Today, the nation will reach a major milestone in the history of polio eradication – a year without any case of wild polio being recorded. For a nation that notoriously had, only two years ago, the largest number of polio cases in the world (741), this is clearly an unprecedented achievement.

Among the things that the AIADMK government headed by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa can be proud of in the 100 days since it took power, are significant announcements in the health care sector: increased coverage under the health insurance scheme, a new multi-specialty hospital and a new medical college.

It may be split into three instalments
CHENNAI: The poll promise of increasing the maternity assistance amount for pregnant women will mean nearly doubling the budget as the State prepares to dole out Rs.12,000.

Hitherto, Rs.6000 was being given to pregnant women, split into instalments of Rs.3000, during maternity and after delivery for every live birth.