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New Indian Express
16-07-2025
- Health
- New Indian Express
World Bank nod for $477 million loan for health infra in Telangana
HYDERABAD: In a major relief to the state government, the World Bank has agreed to lend $477 million (approximately `4,000 crore) to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure in Telangana. The state government had sought the loan in 2024 to upgrade medical facilities, enhance service delivery and address critical health challenges. The bank will extend the loan to the state government under the 'Telangana Strategic Vision for Attaining Sustainable Transformation in Healthcare' project. Sources said that the appraisal of the loan will be in November 2025. Its final approval is expected in February 2026. The state Health, Medical and Family Welfare department (DoHMFW) will act as the implementing agency. The total cost of implementing the project is $1,380.19 million, of which $477 million will be financed by the World Bank. The remaining $904.19 million will be contributed by the state. The proposed programme has identified four entities, namely DoHMFW, Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare, Director of Public Health, and Director of Medical Education, to which the result areas will be linked. The budget lines aligned with programme objectives were identified to define the government programme, valued at $4.9 billion over a six-year period. New OGH among infra projects A subset of these expenditure categories — covering the delivery of primary, secondary, and tertiary health services; reproductive, maternal, newborn, and adolescent health (RMNCH); non-communicable diseases (NCDs); and the supply of medicines — was used to define the proposed programme, valued at $1.38 billion over six years. This represents 28 per cent of the overall government programme. The cost estimate for the proposed programme includes 14 components: trauma care centres; dialysis centres; vascular access centres; simulation and skill labs for emergency care; integrated quality control laboratories; enhancement of diagnostic services; organ retrieval and storage centres (including burn centres and skin and cornea banks); improvements in specialised maternal and child health (MCH) services, including the Arogya Mahila programme and cochlear implant centres; drug de-addiction centres; TIMS and super-specialty hospital equipment; equipment for the new Osmania Hospital; health cards and project management units (PMU); and cancer care services.
Hans India
26-05-2025
- Health
- Hans India
Month-long events to celebrate Yogandhra
Vijayawada: As the 11th International Yoga Day (June 21, 2025) approaches, the State Health, Medical and Family Welfare department is set to launch a series of promotional activities State-wide under the banner 'Yogandhra 2025' on Monday, announced Special Chief Secretary MT Krishna Babu in a statement here on Sunday. Special Chief Secretary of health department Krishna Babu, said in a statement on Sunday, that yoga demonstrations, competitions and training programmes will be held in all the districts across the State for a month, starting from May 21 to June 21. He said this programme will be organised with the aim of increasing awareness among people about yoga practice by organising special yoga demonstrations at famous tourist destinations and historical places. Various programmes will be organised at State, district, mandal and village levels. Yoga gurus, yoga instructors, volunteers, yoga practitioners and the general public can register and participate in these programmes. Theme-based yoga demonstrations, competitions and mass yoga practice will be held at famous tourist destinations across the State. Noteworthy locations for these yoga displays include Bugga Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple in Tadipatri, Anantapur district; Haritha Rock Garden in Orvakal, Kurnool; Gandhi Hill in Vijayawada; and Gundlakamma Reservoir in Prakasam district. As part of this, 2,600 master trainers will be trained and 1,25,000 village and urban level trainers will be made through them. The government has set a target of providing yoga training to 70 lakh people in the state through these trainers. These yoga competitions will be held at various stages from village level to state level. Three age groups can participate in the yoga competitions. Those from 10 to 18 years can participate in Junior category, those from 19 to 35 years in Young category, and those above 35 years in Senior category. Solo yoga will include sections like asanas, Surya Namaskaram, pranayama, and meditation. Group yoga, yoga song, painting, yoga drama and dance, quiz, poster, slogan, essay, short film, photography, and three-part competitions will also be organized. These competitions will be held from 7:30 am to 6 pm. The State-level competitions will be held from 9 am to 6 pm. To create awareness among the people about these programmes, door-to-door campaign, a large-scale rally on May 27, and distribution of pamphlets will be organized. The government has requested representatives of various media outlets to widely publicize these programs in Telugu and English newspapers and television channels. The government appeals to all yoga gurus, yoga instructors, volunteers, yoga practitioners and the general public to actively participate in these programs and make the YogaAndhra 2025 campaign a success. Detailed information regarding this programme calendar was released by medical and health department. For further information, interested people can contact District Collector office and local medical and health officials.
