Narayana Hospital Whitefield rolls out Know Your BP campaign savita thakur thakur14 May 2017 9:40 AM ISTBengaluru: Narayana Multispecialty Hospital, a unit of Narayana Health in Whitefield near ITPL has embarked on a week-long awareness campaign  at the...
Private Hospitals with CGHS will have to display C-Section figures savita thakur thakur13 May 2017 11:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: Concerned over a drastic rise in caesarean deliveries, the government may make it mandatory for private hospitals empanelled under the...
Yemen cholera outbreak kills 25 people in a week - WHO supriya kashyap kashyap12 May 2017 9:04 AM ISTSANAAÂ : Â A cholera outbreak in Yemen killed 25 people this week, the World Health Organization said, as two years of war continues to wreak havoc on...
Maharashtra govt ties up with WHO for eradication of Rubella supriya kashyap kashyap7 May 2017 10:17 AM ISTMumbai  : Maharashtra government has tied up with World Health Organisation (WHO) for eradication of Rubella measles and will start vaccination drive...
India, neighbours push for leprosy, kala-azar elimination by 2020 savita thakur thakur27 April 2017 1:44 PM ISTNEW DELHI: Countries in the WHO South-East Asian Region including India resolved to fast-track efforts to eradicate and eliminate neglected tropical...
Govt to set up telemedicine centres in rural areas-Naidu savita thakur thakur25 April 2017 1:09 PM ISTChennai: The Centre is in the process of setting up telemedicine centres in rural areas to allow patients have consultation with specialist doctors,...
Cases of hepatitis B and C hit 325 million: WHO savita thakur thakur23 April 2017 12:34 PM ISTGeneva: An estimated 325 million people are living with hepatitis B or C and few are aware of their condition, with death tolls from the viruses...
India develops National Action Plan to combat Antimicrobial Resistance: Nadda savita thakur thakur22 April 2017 11:40 AM IST“Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to global public health that requires action across all government sectors and society and is driven by...
India changes definition of blindness as per WHO, Check out details savita thakur thakur20 April 2017 12:09 PM ISTNEW DELHI: India has changed its over four- decade-old definition of blindness, bringing it in line with the WHO criteria, a step that would...
Drug to treat MDRTB to be made available across the country: Government savita thakur thakur12 April 2017 1:06 PM ISTNEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to expand the availability of Bedaquiline, a drug used for treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis, across the...
Govt revisits strategy to combat tuberculosis: Nadda savita thakur thakur10 April 2017 10:09 AM ISTDharamshala:Â The government is revisiting its strategy to combat tuberculosis after setting an ambitious target to eradicate the dreaded disease from...
Brain samples on display on World Health Day savita thakur thakur8 April 2017 12:57 PM ISTNew Delhi:Â In a unique exhibition here, around 20 brain samples of people who died after having some neurological disorder will be on display.All...
