Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/02/2025. The Supreme Court (SC), February 24, 2025 has directed all states to file their affidavits addressing concerns raised about antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs …
Ebola vaccinations will begin on Monday in the two rural areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo where the latest deadly outbreak was declared this month, the health ministry said on Saturday, as the number of confirmed Ebola cases rose to 35, including 10 deaths. A vaccination campaign is already …
Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are to begin an immunisation campaign in an attempt to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. The experimental vaccine proved effective when used in limited trials during the outbreak in West Africa in 2014-16. At least 25 people are believed …
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its ex-post-facto for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the India and Swaziland on cooperation in the field of health and medicine respectively. The MoU was signed on April 9, during President Ram Nath Kovind's visit to the …
NEW DELHI: There is no medicine or vaccine that can prevent dengue. Only vector control can help check its spread, chief of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), Dr PK Sen, said this on Wednesday. Dr Sen said that civic authorities alone cannot control mosquito breeding and that …
HYDERABAD: Alternative therapy for preventing cancer, including yoga and Ayurveda and other healing therapies were showcased at the Aarogya 2018 conference held in the city on Sunday. Speakers highlighted the importance of nutritious diet and exercise, and the need to go back to the ancient Indian ways of consuming food. …
The Egyptian Parliament approved on Sunday a draft law submitted by the government to govern organising medical clinical research trials, known as clinical trials, some of the articles in which have been opposed. Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal said that the draft “supports the Egyptian pharmaceutical industry” and has “a …
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is propagated by irrational use of antibiotics by healthcare practitioners and the uninformed public. This study assessed a select cohort of 504 urban Indians for their knowledge, awareness and practice of antibiotic use and AMR. Forty seven per cent were unaware of the differences between over-the-counter drugs …
Though the government is spending a fortune on propagating the use of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) for children suffering from diarrhoea, doctors at government dispensaries in Punjab and Haryana are giving antibiotics, instead of ORS. “Drug prescription behaviour: A cross-sectional study in public health facilities in Punjab and Haryana” conducted …
CHENNAI: Claiming that overwhelming dependence of drugs and raw materials from China, particularly those for cancer treatments, could prove harmful those for the health sector in India, a Chennai-based pharmaceutical company has approached the Madras high court to direct the Centre to provide more preference to indigenous manufacturers in procurement …
MUMBAI: South Africa seems to be keen to take a leaf out of India's book in its bid to fight infectious diseases like tuberculosis (TB). A team from the healthcare ministry of the province of Western Cape in South Africa will visit Dharavi for clues on Friday to understand how …
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health has directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to immediately cease the importation of codeine. The ban is specifically in respect of codeine as an active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough preparations. The directive is meant to curb an addiction crisis …
To determine trends, mortality rates, and costs of antimicrobial resistance in invasive bacterial infections in hospitalized children, we analyzed data from Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia, for 2007–2016. A total of 39,050 cultures yielded 1,341 target pathogens. Resistance rates were high; 82% each of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella …
Straight after the MBBS result was declared, our batch was given the order to start the internship/housestaff-ship of twelve months' duration. It is laid down by the Medical Council of India as a mandatory precondition to become a fully registered medical practitioner. At present, the clamour for internship is growing …
In this cluster-randomized trial, we assigned communities in Malawi, Niger, and Tanzania to four twice-yearly mass distributions of either oral azithromycin (approximately 20 mg per kilogram of body weight) or placebo. Children 1 to 59 months of age were identified in twice-yearly censuses and were offered participation in the trial. …
Despite India’s enormous technological potential, indigenous medicinal knowledge and various initiatives by the government and industry at translational cycle, the country carries a global disease burden of 21%, majorly contributed by dual disease burden. Public health faces the major anomalies of 3A (accessibility, affordability, availability) of the healthcare sector, possibly …
JAIPUR: The investigation into illegal clinical trials on 15 labourers from Churu is hitting a dead end. Jaipur’s Vishawakarma police station had taken suo motu cognizance of the case on April 20 but has failed to get to the basis so far. The medical test of 15 victims is vital …
For last forty-five years, the author as a doctor has watched the progress and development in medical science from close quarters. Diabetes and cancer stand out prominently among the ailments. Why? For diabetes, we know the answer, but for the exponential rise in the incidence of cancer it is difficult …
CHENNAI: The state health department rolled out a new nine-month drug antibiotic regimen for drug-resistant TB instead of the old two-year course. The drugs that will be available free of cost in government hospitals will improve outcomes, reduce dropout rate and help Tamil Nadu move towards elimination before 2022, health …
NEW DELHI: Indian scientists have formulated an ayurvedic drug to cure dengue, claimed to be the first in the world, and the medicine is likely to be available in the market by 2019. The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), an autonomous body under the ministry of AYUSH …
KOLKATA: A 28 year old IT employee was recently rushed to a private hospital near city's EM bypass road. The young woman, who had initially complained of acute chest pain, showed symptoms of a heart attack. However, doctors were unable to find any blockage in her arteries during the angiography …
