Mental Healthcare Bill to come up for consideration in Lok Sabha supriya kashyap kashyap24 Nov 2016 12:29 PM ISTNew Delhi  :  The Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 will come up for consideration and passage in the Lok Sabha, where Union Health Minister JP Nadda will...
Sri Lanka aims to be HIV free by 2030 supriya kashyap kashyap20 Nov 2016 9:33 AM ISTColombo  :  Sri Lanka is making timely interventions in its efforts to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals,...
Nagaland Health Minister expresses concern over HIV prevalence savita thakur thakur31 Oct 2016 5:04 PM ISTKohima : Nagaland Minister of Health and Family Welfare P Longon has expressed serious concern in view of the current status of HIV in the states,...
Global life expectancy stands at 72 years: Lancet savita thakur thakur9 Oct 2016 9:51 AM ISTWashington :Â Globally, life expectancy increased from about 62 years to nearly 72 from 1980 to 2015, thanks to improvements in sanitation,...
Bias against AIDS patients to land people in jail for two yrs savita thakur thakur8 Oct 2016 12:14 PM ISTDiscriminating against people with HIV and AIDS may soon land the offenders in jail for a maximum of two years besides a fine of up to Rs one lakh,...
Cabinet approves amendment to HIV/AIDS Bill savita thakur thakur6 Oct 2016 1:25 PM ISTA draft law, which seeks to protect the interests of persons with HIV and AIDS, got more teeth on Wednesday with the government approving amendments...
WHO Declares Malaria free Sri Lanka savita thakur thakur8 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 savita thakur thakur7 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 savita thakur thakur30 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 savita thakur thakur10 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 savita thakur thakur2 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 savita thakur thakur31 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...
