The Bihar Health Department has issued the notification of Bihar Epidemic Diseases Covid-19 Rules 2023 regarding effective control over Bihar Epidemic Covid-19. In the new rules, the responsibility of all the hospitals from the state level to the district level has been fixed for its control. In the manual prepared …
For the first time scientists have been able to remove the HIV virus' DNA from living tissue, in a reportedly breakthrough experiment. The research result could act as a curative approach for HIV patients, and could even be the steps to finding an outright cure. At the moment, HIV patients …
Five infants have been born with Zika-related microcephaly in Colombia since officials began monitoring the outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus, the country's health authorities said Saturday. The first two Zika-related cases of microcephaly—infants born with abnormally small heads and brains—were reported in mid-April, and three more were reported Saturday in …
Digital payments to emergency workers saved time and more than $10m in costs during the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, a United Nations-backed initiative has found. The study by the ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’ (BTCA), a partnership of governments, companies and international organisations, found that most of the cost savings …
THE Zika virus, an infectious disease linked to severe birth defects in babies, may spread to Europe as the weather gets warmer, although the risk is low, health officials said yesterday. In its first assessment of the threat Zika poses to the region, the World Health Organization’s European office said …
The National AIDS Commission of Liberia and partners will Thursday launch the National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan (NSP) 2015-2020.The document is an evidence-based strategic plan that provides a framework on how Liberia as a nation plans to address the epidemic of HIV and AIDS during the period (2015-2020). The …
Scientists from KU Leuven, Belgium, present a new therapeutic approach that may make it possible for HIV patients to (temporarily) stop their medication. The findings shed a completely new light on the search for a cure for HIV. Existing antiviral inhibitors can suppress the replication of the HIV virus, but …
GUANGZHOU - South China's Guangdong province reported a new Zika case Sunday, bringing the total number of imported infections in the province to 12. A 37-year-old male, a Chinese citizen residing in Venezuela, developed a skin rash and a fever after returning to Enping city on April 28 and tested …
The worst yellow fever epidemic in Angola since 1986 is rapidly spreading, including the capital, Luanda. In Angola, the epidemic began in December 2015 and the laboratory-confirmed outbreak was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on January 21, 2016.1 Angola has had 2023 suspected cases and 258 deaths as …
The health emergency precipitated by the Zika virus is a salutary reminder: global preparedness for emerging pathogens with endemic or pandemic potential is crucial and needs an overhaul. These crises are not rare — Lassa fever, Ebola virus, Middle East respiratory syndrome, H1N1 influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) …
GUATEMALA CITY – The office of Guatemala’s Human Rights Ombudsman warned on Thursday that the country is in danger of losing $97 million in funding for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. The office expressed concern that the Public Health Ministry will miss a deadline to sign an extension of Guatemala’s agreement …
Just one shot of a lab-produced antibody protected macaques against a sort of monkey HIV for nearly six months, said a study Wednesday into a potential vaccine alternative. Exposed to simian HIV (SHIV) once a week, non-treated monkeys contracted the virus after just three weeks on average, the researchers said, …
Brazil has confirmed 91,387 cases of Zika so far this year, including 7,584 pregnant women at risk of having babies with birth defects, according to an epidemiology bulletin released Tuesday by the Health Ministry. The ministry said the number leads to the conclusion that the incidence of Zika in Brazil …
The unfolding story of Zika virus in the Americas is much more than a mosquito-borne disease that may affect fetal development. It is the story of a disease that exposed problems and raised challenges that the affected health systems and governments cannot ignore. Next, based largely on lessons provided by …
The species of mosquito that carries the Zika virus has been found in mainland Chile for the first time in six decades, the country’s health minister said Monday. Chile was, with Canada, one of just two states in the Americas said to be free of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which …
AN ESTIMATED 17 000 youths between 10 and 19 years are living with HIV in Namibia. This was revealed at an event hosted by the NGO Positive Vibes (PV) in the capital on Friday. According to Annemarie Nitschke, a director in the health ministry, "Namibia is still one of the …
LIMA – The first domestic case involving sexual transmission of the Zika virus has been identified in Peru, Health Minister Anibal Velasquez said. A 32-year-old woman who lives in Lima contracted the virus when she had sexual intercourse with her 39-year-old husband, who was infected during a trip to Maturin, …
Colombia has confirmed the first two cases of a rare birth defect associated with the spread of Zika. The National Institute of Health on Thursday said that of the 33 cases of microcephaly reported so far this year, two have been confirmed to have been caused by the mosquito-borne virus. …
Saurimo — At least 617 new cases of Hiv/Aids were reported on children, youths and pregnant women in northeastern Lunda Sul province during the first quarter of this year. The information was released on Tuesday in Saurimo by the supervisor of the provincial programme against the epidemic, Luísa Charles. Speaking …
Sierra Leone called Sunday for increased vigilance to prevent a resurgence of the Ebola virus after new cases in neighbouring Liberia and Guinea, but cautioned against shutting off borders between the west African states. The alert came after the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed a link between a fatality in …
China, India and USA are among the top three countries with a high number of diabetic population shows this new study published in Lancet. It finds that there is a fourfold rise in the number of diabetics – from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. One of …
