Health & Family Welfare Department

NIC Kerala

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Ascertaining cause of deaths due to COVID-19: Myths & Facts Kerala state has been fighting COVID-19 with an objective to minimise the mortality during COVID-19 pandemic – both due to COVID-19 and other preventable causes of death. Every death is painful whatever the cause may be. Objective of this document is to describe the process followed for the classification ......

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Concept Note
As the world is under one of the worst pandemic of COVID19, it has brought on the forefront the need of collaboration and synergy. Kerala Health has been taking various initiatives, it is felt that a structured mechanism to be established to engage with people that should be direct and transparent. With this objective, a new initiative of solution exchange is planned. The solution exchange platform is introduced in the Kerala health portal www.health.kerala.gov.in

WHAT WORLD IS SAYING ABOUT KERALA HEALTH

Kerala COVID Vaccination highlight
" Till now we have provided 13,10,90,000 dosage to the States and Union Territories. On one hand, we have states like Kerala where there is a zero wastage ( of vaccine) and on the other hand, we have several other states where there is still is 8-9% of wastage."

- Rajesh Bhushan

Union Health Secretary.

The Government of India declared Sub National TB Free Certification Award for Kerala state for reducing the TB incidence by 37.5% over the last 5 years. Kerala is the only state in the state category found eligible for the award. The sub national certification TB Free award was declared after a robust epidemiological evaluation lasting for one month in the state conducted by an independent verification group consisting of ICMR- National Institute of Epidemiology, World Health Organisation and Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine.