Kerala Affairs
Kerala: Urban family health centres now national quality assurance standards certified
With two moreurban family Health centresreceiving national quality assurance standards (NQAS) recognition,Thrissurhas become the first district in the country with all the centres achieving this recognition.
According to the district health officials, the twourbanfamily health centres which have won NAQS recognition now are located at Porkkalangad and Gausayikunnu. Altogether, there are seven urban family health centres, and the remaining five of them located at Anappuzha, Kacheri, V R Puram, Paravattani andGuruvayur, had won the NQAS recognition earlier. The urbanfamily health centresprimarily cater to the healthcare requirements of the slum areas in their vicinity.
Another eight hospitals, including a taluk hospital, have won NQAS recognition in the district. Altogether, 119 healthcare institutions, including three district hospitals and four taluk hospitals, have received NQAS recognition in the state.
The NQAS recognition is granted after evaluating a host of parameters, including the quality of Services provided by the health centres as well as the quality of . The accreditation is given after inspecting eight parameters like service provision, patients rights , support services, clinical care, infection control, quality management and outcome.
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Jackfruit has recently been in the news. A shipment of fresh jackfruit from Tripura was shipped to London. It is a significant step toward maximising the export potential of agricultural and processed food products from the northeastern region.
Jackfruit is a tree species that belongs to the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit families (Moraceae).
It is a multi-fruit made up of hundreds to thousands of individual flowers and fleshy petals.
Artocarpus heterophyllus is the scientific name for this plant.
India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Nepal are the world’s major producers.
Kerala, Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, and Assam are the major production states in India.
Kerala is the world’s largest producer of jackfruit.
Kerala and Tamil Nadu have it as a state fruit.
The Ministry of Ayush recently launched the Ayush Clinical Case Repository (ACCR) portal and the third version of the Ayush Sanjivani App.Ayush Clinical Repository (ACCR) portal:
It will serve as a resource for both Ayush practitioners and the general public.
Aim: To collect data on clinical outcomes achieved by Ayurvedic practitioners on a large scale.
It is expected to document the capabilities of Ayush systems in the treatment of a variety of disease conditions.
It has a section dedicated to reporting and publishing information about Covid 19 cases treated by Ayush Systems.