NEW DELHI: Public health activists fear that India, Brazil and other developing countries could be caving in to US pressure going by the latest version of the UN’s draft political declaration on tuberculosis (TB). The declaration to be adopted by heads of state at a high-level meeting in New York …
NEW DELHI: Public health activists fear that India, Brazil and other developing countries could be caving in to US pressure going by the latest version of the UN’s draft political declaration on tuberculosis (TB). The declaration to be adopted by heads of state at a high-level meeting in New York …
In India, deaths due to AIDS have been reduced by nearly 55 per cent over the last decade and new HIV infections have been reduced by 66 per cent since 2000. India has said that achieving global targets of ending AIDS epidemic requires political will that ensures expansion of community-led …
Nipah outbreak in Kerala: With the last casualty being reported on May 30 and no new cases till now, officials say the virus scare has been averted to a large extent. Health officials in Kozhikode and Malappuram, districts most affected by the Nipah virus infection in Kerala, appear confident that …
TRICHY: The district administration has set a target of 2.41 lakh children to be covered under the Vitamin A liquid drive which will be carried out in the district for six days from Monday. Vitamin A in the liquid form will be administered to the children in the age group …
The mosquito-borne tropical disease had claimed its first victim in the city this year on August 1, when a 12-year-old boy died of dengue shock syndromes at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH). The season for vector-borne diseases has come to an end, with a municipal report on Monday saying …
CHENNAI: DMK working president M K Stalin on Tuesday asked Tamil Nadu health secretary J Radhakrishnan to clarify if nilavembu kudineer, which is distributed in the state to prevent dengue, could cause infertility. Nilavembu kudineer is a poly herbal formula that controls all types of fever associated with body ache. …
Bhopal: Around 58 new cases of dengue and chikungunya have been reported from Bhopal in the past one week - making the situation as alarming as last year. In 2016, Bhopal reported more than 1,000 cases of dengue and chikungunya - the highest ever. At the start of October last …
As many as 39 persons have tested positive for dengue in the district this year. Most of the cases have been reported from the city. So far, 630 suspected dengue patients have been admitted to hospitals in the district. Of them, 39 patients have tested positive for dengue. Of the …
COALITION of Civil Society Organisations under the aegis, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PSN-PACFaH) has raised alarm over rising cases of diarrhoea and pneumonia among children in Lagos State despite the availability of effective drugs to combat the scourge. The coalition which made …
