Mexican president seeks to revamp health care for poor Medical Dialogues Bureau16 Dec 2018 9:00 AM ISTMEXICO CITY: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced a $5.7-billion, two-year plan Friday to revamp the country's health care system...
UNICEF praises PM Modi for investing political time in Swachh Bharat Medical Dialogues Bureau9 Oct 2018 9:38 AM ISTMumbai: Unicef Executive Director Henrietta Fore has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for investing the "political time and efforts" in issues...
UN Secretary General 'deeply impressed' by Delhi's Mohalla Clinics project Medical Dialogues Bureau8 Sept 2018 11:08 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Mohalla Clinic project of the Aam Aadmi Party government drew huge praise Friday from former United Nations secretary-general Ban...
UNICEF warns of HIV crisis in teen girls, with 20 cases every hour Medical Dialogues Bureau27 July 2018 9:01 AM ISTLONDON: Teenagers, and particularly girls, are bearing the brunt of the global AIDS epidemic with around 30 adolescents becoming infected with HIV...
India sees major reductions in HIV infections: UN report Medical Dialogues Bureau22 July 2018 9:31 AM ISTUNITED NATIONS: India saw a major reduction in the number of new HIV infections, AIDS-related deaths and people living with HIV from 2010 to 2017 on...
Dangers of poor quality healthcare revealed in all countries by WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau8 July 2018 9:39 AM ISTUnited Nations:Â Ineffective health care is a global phenomenon which increases the burden of illness and wastes scarce resources, UN experts have...
India contributes USD 100,000 to UN for Haiti cholera relief savita thakur thakur25 Jan 2017 12:11 PM ISTUnited Nations: India has contributed USD 100,000 to a UN trust fund designed to support Haiti in recovering from the ravages of the 2010 Cholera...
Health ministry plans social media campaign for HIV Pooja Bhatia Bhatia6 Jan 2016 10:48 AM ISTSet with a strong objective to do away with the social stigma associated with HIV, the ministry of health and family welfare is now resorting to...
Seven infants die within 10 hours at state-run hospital in Malda savita thakur thakur20 Dec 2015 11:42 AM ISTMalda: Seven infants died within 10 hours at a state-run hospital in Malda District of West Bengal.Malda Medical College and Hospital, which provides...
Indian scientist Yusuf Hamied appointed to high-level panel on health Meghna A Singhania22 Nov 2015 3:16 PM ISTUnited Nations: An eminent Indian scientist has been named by UN chief Ban Ki-moon to a high-level panel on health technology innovation and access,...
UN declares end to Somalia polio outbreak Meghna A Singhania23 Oct 2015 9:07 AM ISTMogadishu, Oct 22 (IANS) UN agencies on Thursday declared an end to the 2013-2014 polio outbreak in Somalia, which affected nearly 200 people, most of...
UN launches strategy for health of women, children Meghna A Singhania27 Sept 2015 1:07 PM ISTUnited Nations:Â The UN launched an ambitious public-private strategy to end preventable deaths of women, children and adolescents.UN launched an...
