Health Ministry Clarification: No ties broken with Gates Foundation savita thakur thakur10 Feb 2017 10:09 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Health Ministry termed as “misleading and inaccurate” reports that the collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)...
First Vaccine Against Rotavirus Launched In India savita thakur thakur27 March 2016 9:48 AM ISTAiming to slash the prevalence of violence-borne diarrhoea, the health ministry on Saturday launched the Rotavirus vaccine here, which will be...
AYUSH practitioners likely to practice at primary health care level Pooja Bhatia Bhatia22 March 2016 6:58 PM ISTThe ongoing as well as long- going debate of allowing ISM doctors to practise allopathy seems to be stirring up conversations yet again. It seems like...
Bengaluru: mHealth app launched to help pregnant women Pooja Bhatia Bhatia4 March 2016 9:55 AM ISTBengaluru: mHealth app has been recently launched in Bengaluru aimed at providing pregnant and lactating woman help on mobile to monitor their...
Need to address the issue of Antimicrobial Resistance : JP Nadda savita thakur thakur24 Feb 2016 12:32 PM IST“India is committed to combating Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). However, a collective action is required by all stakeholders within a country and by...
Pakistan, Afghanistan reports 2016's first polio cases savita thakur thakur7 Feb 2016 9:00 AM ISTISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan have reported the first cases of polio for the year 2016, a media report said.In Pakistan, the case was confirmed...
WHO certifies India as free of neonatal tetanus, says Nadda savita thakur thakur3 Feb 2016 9:04 AM ISTJaipur: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has certified India as free of neo-natal tetanus, said Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P....
Srinagar: 12 detained for spreading rumours of death due to polio savita thakur thakur20 Jan 2016 11:24 AM ISTSrinagar: A day after rumours spread in the Valley that polio vaccination caused death of children, which resulted in worried parents rushing their...
Nationwide campaign on safe disposal of syringes savita thakur thakur18 Jan 2016 10:55 AM ISTNew Delhi: Health experts across the country have decided to launch a nationwide drive to prevent the needle-stick injuries caused by unsafe disposal...
Gavi CEO meets PM, discusses strategic partnership in vaccine savita thakur thakur8 Jan 2016 12:03 PM ISTNEW DELHI: Gavi, a global vaccine alliance, proposes to have a new strategic partnership with India for 2016-2021, which will see further fund support...
Government to introduce rotavirus vaccine by March 2016 savita thakur thakur10 Dec 2015 11:16 AM ISTNEW DELHI: The rotavirus vaccine will be introduced by March next in the government's routine immunisation programme for protecting children from...
Gavi to give $500 mn to India for immunisation programme savita thakur thakur10 Dec 2015 11:12 AM ISTNEW DELHI: A global agency has committed to offer $500 million to the Indian government over the next five years for supporting immunisation programme...
