At 67,385, India records highest number of babies born globally on New Year's Day: UNICEF Medical Dialogues Bureau3 Jan 2020 4:02 AM GMTNew Delhi: Nearly 400,000 babies were born around the world on New Year's Day with India recording the highest number of these births worldwide at...
WHO congratulates Sri Lanka for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV, Syphilis Medical Dialogues Bureau12 Dec 2019 3:51 AM GMTWorld Health Organization has congratulated Sri Lanka for achieving the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital...
1.4 lakh patients died from measles worldwide in 2018: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau8 Dec 2019 3:30 AM GMTNew Delhi: More than 140,000 people died from measles worldwide in 2018, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and US authorities said on December 5,...
India saw 2nd-highest number of pneumonia deaths of children under age five: UN Garima15 Nov 2019 10:32 AM GMTUnited Nations: India had the second-highest number of deaths of children under the age of five in 2018 due to pneumonia, a curable and preventable...
Pneumonia epidemic is deadliest child killer: aid groups Garima12 Nov 2019 11:55 AM GMTParis: Pneumonia is the world's deadliest child killer, with a 'forgotten epidemic' claiming one young life every 39 seconds, international health and ...
New Delhi's air pollution "visible killer": UN official Garima9 Nov 2019 11:28 AM GMTUnited Nations: India is grappling with a 'public health disaster' and the air pollution levels in New Delhi are a 'visible killer', a senior UN...
Providing right food key to addressing malnutrition: Minister Garima3 Nov 2019 4:10 AM GMTWest Bengal: Calling for a change in the way malnutrition is understood, West Bengal Women and Child Development Minister on 1st November said...
Malnutrition behind 69 per cent deaths among children below 5 years in India: UNICEF Medical Dialogues Bureau21 Oct 2019 9:53 AM GMTMalnutrition caused 69 per cent of deaths of children below the age of five in India, according to a UNICEF report released on Wednesday.In its report ...
Policy being drafted to build breastfeeding, childcare rooms: Delhi Govt apprises High Court Medical Dialogues Bureau11 Sep 2019 4:30 AM GMTThe move to build baby-feeding rooms is aimed at creating the environment that supports, protects and enables the mother to nurse her child in a safe, ...
International Midwife Day: 30 trained Midwives from Govt's public health facilities receive graduating certificate Medical Dialogues Bureau6 May 2019 3:30 AM GMTHyderabad: As many as 30 trained Midwives from state government’s public health facilities graduated from a specially designed 18-month program...
Step up efforts to eliminate measles outbreak: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau27 April 2019 3:45 AM GMTWhile rubella causes irreversible birth defects, measles is a killer disease. New Delhi: Amidst increasing cases and outbreaks...
29 lakh children in India miss first dose of measles vaccine: UNICEF Medical Dialogues Bureau26 April 2019 4:00 AM GMTAn estimated 169 million children missed out on the first dose of the measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017, or 21.1 million children a year on an aver...
