India witnessed 51 percent mortality reduction from measels: Report savita thakur thakur14 Nov 2016 2:58 PM ISTIndia witnessed about 51 per cent mortality reduction from measles between 2000 and 2015 but the country is still among the six nations accounting for...
Sugar Tax key to tackling obesity epidemic: Australian doctors savita thakur thakur12 Nov 2016 11:48 AM ISTA coalition of Australia's most respected doctors' groups called for a tax on sugar.They claim that obesity, which is often brought on by excessive...
Kerala: Private hospitals declared tobacco smoke free savita thakur thakur10 Nov 2016 9:20 AM ISTKochi: Kerala's private healthcare sector today declared all its institutions tobacco smoke-free as part of its patient-welfare and public health...
WHO urges SE Asian countries to strengthen vigilance against stroke savita thakur thakur30 Oct 2016 10:41 AM ISTNew Delhi : The World Health Organisation (WHO) urged the countries of the Southeast Asian region to strengthen their health care system to tackle the...
Health Alert against Bird flu Outbreak savita thakur thakur26 Oct 2016 9:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: With birds in some parts of the country testing positive for avian influenza, the Centre issued a health advisory to states asking them to...
Thailand makes abortion legal in case of birth defect cases linked to Zika savita thakur thakur7 Oct 2016 4:18 PM ISTBANGKOK: Predominantly Buddhist Thailand will relax its strict rules against abortion to cover fetuses with proven birth defects linked to the Zika...
Diseases death toll rises to 32, WHO urges for better representation of data savita thakur thakur16 Sept 2016 11:38 AM ISTNew Delhi: As the death toll of patients suffering from dengue and chikungunya rose to 32, union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said he would convene a...
WHO Declares Malaria free Sri Lanka savita thakur thakur8 Sept 2016 9:31 AM ISTColombo: In a remarkable public health achievement, Sri Lanka has been certified as malaria free island country by World Health Organisation...
Short of 5 lakh doctors, India nears a Health Crisis savita thakur thakur3 Sept 2016 11:18 AM ISTNEW DELHI: In Odisha, a man slung his wife's body over his shoulder and carried it 10 km after being denied an ambulance on August 24, 2016.In Kanpur,...
AIIMS to host World Trauma Congress from Aug 17-20 savita thakur thakur8 Aug 2016 4:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Experts in the field of trauma care and allied specialities from nearly 30 countries will gather here later this month for a global...
India should double coverage of HBV vaccine at birth: WHO savita thakur thakur30 July 2016 12:41 PM ISTCoverage of Hepatitis B vaccine at birth in India should be doubled by 2020 from the current 45 per cent by addressing the administrative and logistic...
WHO, World Bank report urges healthcare reforms in China savita thakur thakur24 July 2016 4:01 PM ISTBeijing: Â Though China has achieved a number of milestones in healthcare advancement over the past three decades, further reforms are urgently needed,...
