WHO Declares Malaria free Sri Lanka savita8 Sept 2016 9:31 AM ISTColombo: In a remarkable public health achievement, Sri Lanka has been certified as malaria free island country by World Health Organisation...
2234 get HIV via blood transfusion in India, Govt claims ignorance savita7 Sept 2016 1:18 PM ISTAs many as 2,234 people contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after receiving blood transfusions in hospitals between October 2014 and...
India should double coverage of HBV vaccine at birth: WHO savita30 July 2016 12:41 PM ISTCoverage of Hepatitis B vaccine at birth in India should be doubled by 2020 from the current 45 per cent by addressing the administrative and logistic...
80 percent drugs to combat AIDS supplied by India: JP Nadda savita10 Jun 2016 3:47 PM ISTUNITED NATIONS: India has said that over 80 per cent of the drugs used globally to combat the deadly AIDS are supplied by Indian pharmaceutical firms...
WHO urges nations to intensify efforts on universal health coverage savita2 April 2016 9:09 AM ISTNew Delhi: The WHO on Thursday urged the Southeast Asian nations to intensify efforts to make the Universal Health Coverage a reality, and ensure that...
First HIV to HIV liver transplant performed savita31 March 2016 1:15 PM ISTMiami: The world's first liver transplant from a donor infected with HIV to an HIV-positive recipient was announced by US doctors, three years after a...
Elimination of HIV from DNA raises hope for AIDS cure savita24 March 2016 9:20 AM ISTWASHINGTON: Using a specialised gene editing system, scientists have shown that they can eliminate HIV from the DNA of human cells, paving the way for...
Exclusive hospitals for AIDS patients- SC notice to Govt, WHO savita19 March 2016 12:28 PM ISTThe Supreme Court issued a notice to the central government on a plea seeking establishment of the hospitals in every state and union territory for...
17 AIIMS, 20 cancer treatment institutes to be opened: JP Nadda savita22 Feb 2016 11:53 AM ISTGUWAHATI: Union Health Minister J P Nadda said the NDA government had already started the process of establishing 17 new AIIMS and 20 cancer...
Injecting drug users main reason for spread of HIV in NE: J P Nadda Meghna A Singhania7 Feb 2016 9:39 AM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 6: Union Health Minister JP Nadda today said injecting drug users continue to be the prime factor for the spread of HIV-AIDS in...
Banaras Hindu University conducts successful cochlear implants savita20 Jan 2016 11:35 AM ISTSir Sunderlal Hospital, Banaras Hindu University have recently conducted two successful cochlear implants on two deaf and mute kids. The doctors at...
Modeling shows a vaccine is essential to conclusively end HIV/AIDS savita9 Jan 2016 10:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: A new modeling paper has revealed that adding a vaccine to the comprehensive HIV/AIDS response is essential to conclusively end the...
