India to issue guidelines for antibiotics prescription Pooja7 Sept 2015 9:21 AM ISTIn order to prevent its misuse and safeguard its effectiveness by reducing inappropriate prescription and overuse, India will soon have its own...
Jharkhand ranks lowest in achieving a stable maternal mortality ratio Pooja31 Aug 2015 11:26 AM ISTAmidst the recent flare in the national media set up by the government setting new targets to achieve a stable maternal mortality ratio in India, the...
WHO efforts to comprehend vaccine hesitancy Pooja22 Aug 2015 10:00 AM ISTIn a special issue of the journal Vaccine published by the WHO recently, the health organisation makes an effort to understand the statistics and the...
WHO thanks health workers on World Humanitarian Day 2015 Meghna A Singhania19 Aug 2015 7:41 PM ISTOn this 12th World Humanitarian Day, 19 August, WHO is drawing the world’s attention to the contributions and sacrifices of health workers who respond...
Need to rescue Indian medical research from its moribund state Meghna A Singhania17 Aug 2015 12:10 PM ISTWhy is there so much of night blindness in Rajasthan, so many women suffer from cervical cancer and so many people die of malaria and other...
Thousands of Ebola survivors face severe pain, possible blindness Meghna A Singhania8 Aug 2015 9:47 PM ISTLondon:Â Thousands of West Africans who were infected with the Ebola virus but survived it are suffering chronic conditions such as serious joint pain...
UN announces closure of emergency mission for Ebola Meghna A Singhania2 Aug 2015 12:48 PM ISTUnited Nations, Aug 1 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the closure of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), a...
2.6 million Cases of TB in India, ranks it 14 out of 22 counties Meghna A Singhania1 Aug 2015 2:26 PM ISTTuberculosis in India is prevalent with 2.6 million cases, thus making our country a rank holder in the total number of recorded cases in 22 TB burden...
India adds to the 30-fold rise in dengue menace across the world, Shripad Naik Meghna A Singhania31 July 2015 11:12 AM ISTWHO has shared the data for South-East Asia Region of which India is a member country, and concluded with the fact that India constitutes 19 percent...
WHO calls for strengthening Malaria Elimination; Says 3.2 billion still at risk Meghna A Singhania30 July 2015 11:48 AM ISTNew Delhi, 29 July 2015 -Â The World Health Organization today called for bolstering efforts for malaria control and elimination by targeting malarial...
No laxity in Polio Eradication Program: JP Nadda Meghna A Singhania25 July 2015 11:56 AM ISTAfter achieving the polio-free status by WHO, there has been no laxity on India’s polio eradication measures, implied the governmentAfter the incident...
EMA gives regulatory nod for world’s first malaria vaccine, Mosquirix Meghna A Singhania25 July 2015 11:07 AM ISTEuropean Medicines Agency has cleared the final regulatory hurdle for Mosquirix after the drug has been under research for more than 30 years,...
