Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo; 26 deaths in single day Medical Dialogues Bureau2 May 2019 9:00 AM ISTIt 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 a single day...
Deaths due to Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria infections will skyrocket in 20 years: Warns WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau30 April 2019 9:30 AM ISTUN Ad hoc Interagency Coordinating Group on Antimicrobial Resistance warned that if no action is taken, drug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million...
ICMR launches Malaria Elimination Research Alliance India Medical Dialogues Bureau29 April 2019 12:00 PM ISTThe purpose of MERA India is to identify, articulate, prioritize and respond to the research needs of the country to eliminate malaria from India by...
One child dies from malaria every 2 minutes: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau28 April 2019 9:15 AM IST“Every two minutes a child dies from this preventable and treatable disease”, said WHOUnited Nations: After more than a decade of steady advances in...
Step up efforts to eliminate measles outbreak: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau27 April 2019 9:15 AM ISTWhile rubella causes irreversible birth defects, measles is a killer disease. New Delhi: Amidst increasing cases and...
29 lakh children in India miss first dose of measles vaccine: UNICEF Medical Dialogues Bureau26 April 2019 9:30 AM ISTAn estimated 169 million children missed out on the first dose of the measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017, or 21.1 million children a year on an...
WHO releases first guideline on digital health interventions Medical Dialogues Bureau18 April 2019 2:37 PM ISTWHO today released new recommendations on 10 ways that countries can use digital health technology, accessible via mobile phones, tablets and...
Measles cases rise up by 300 percent consecutively for past two years Globally: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau17 April 2019 9:15 AM ISTPreliminary global data shows that reported cases rose by 300 per cent in the first three months of 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. This...
Only Medical colleges with three year functioning hospitals to be permitted by MCI: Report Garima16 April 2019 5:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: With numerous medical colleges failing inspections on the grounds of infrastructural and organizational deficiencies, the Medical Council...
UK experts collaborate with Indian Medicos to counter Surgical Infection Threat Medical Dialogues Bureau16 April 2019 10:00 AM ISTEach year, 4.2 million people die within 30 days of operation, half of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries such...
Total Shortage of 6 Lakh doctors, 20 Lakh nurses in India: Report Medical Dialogues Bureau15 April 2019 11:21 AM ISTIn India, there is one government doctor for every 10,189 people (the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a ratio of 1:1,000) or a deficit of...
Mental health experts mentored by AIIMS counsel 7,000 Tihar inmates Medical Dialogues Bureau14 April 2019 9:45 AM ISTThe Delhi Prison Administration in collaboration with an NGO - Mental Health Foundation and mentored by AIIMS had started the intensive counselling...
