It said of the total deaths of 957, 33 were health workers who had succumbed to the disease. Butembo: Twenty-six people died of Ebola in […]...
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Step up efforts to eliminate measles outbreak: WHO
While rubella causes irreversible birth defects, measles is a killer disease. New Delhi: Amidst increasing cases and outbreaks of measles globally, t...
29 lakh children in India miss first dose of measles vaccine: UNICEF
An estimated 169 million children missed out on the first dose of the measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017, or 21.1 million […]
Total Shortage of 6 Lakh doctors, 20 Lakh nurses in India: Report
In India, there is one government doctor for every 10,189 people (the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a ratio of 1:1,000) or […]
New York mandates vaccine to contain Brooklyn measles outbreak
The resurgence of the once-eradicated, highly-contagious disease is linked to a growing anti-vaccine movement in richer nations — which the Worl...
Union Health Ministry pledges to Universal Health Coverage: Forms Human Chain
April 7 of each year marks the celebration of World Health Day. This year’s World Health Day will focus on […]
Dr Vikram Patel conferred with prestigious John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award
“This prize is a recognition of the tremendous effort of innovators in low resource settings to transform our understanding of […]
Fighting Opioid Addiction: AIIMS launches mobile methadone vans to take treatment to inner city neighbourhoods
AIIMS mobile methadone dispensing unit plans to bridge this gap and improve retention of patients into treatment enabling them to […]
Make advanced cancer treatment accessible and affordable to all sections: Vice President
Chennai: Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, India’s first multi-speciality chain of hospitals today opened the Apollo Proton Cancer Centre (APCC), giving ca...
Chief Custom Commissioners to follow Health Ministry advisory on e cigarettes ban
The Union health ministry had issued an advisory to all states last year to ensure ENDS are not sold, manufactured, distributed, traded, […]
