This document is the second in a series of global reports describing progress towards the 2030 targets set in Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: a road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030. It describes a wide range of activities, accomplishments and challenges across the portfolio of …
KOZHIKODE: Health minister K K Shailaja declared Kozhikode and Malappuram districts Nipah-free at a function organized by state health department at New Nalanda auditorium here on Sunday. Health staff and others who had rendered selfless services in fighting the Nipah outbreak was also felicitated at the event, organized to mark …
Poor dietary habits may be putting a number of children at risk for kidney stones, a condition that commonly affects adults. City urologists said that they are observing a significant increase in cases where teens, as young as 10 to 15 years, are getting affected by the disease that occurs …
Low quality healthcare costs time and money says this new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) , Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the World Bank. Poor quality health services are holding back progress on improving health in countries at all income levels, not just low- …
Dog bites, money bites have become a menace in Delhi. According to a data, 19 people lost their lives due to animal bites between 2016 and 2018. Apart from this as many as 3,000 dog bite cases came to the fore till April 2018, as per The Indian Express report. …
Panaji: In India, there are 65 million people living with diabetes and the annual coronary deaths are expected to reach 4 million in 2030, said director, Centre for Chronic Disease Control, professor D Prabhakaran. He was speaking at the ongoing 50thinternational cardiovascular disease prevention training seminar in south Goa. Prabhakaran …
Niger state government has confirmed 7 people dead in the outbreak of Cholera in Bida local government area,even as 74 cases have so far been reported in the area. Commissioner of health,Dr Mustapha Jibril disclosed this yesterday in Minna amidst speculations on the outbreak that was reported to have claimed …
Abortion, bleeding and fever are among signs of Rift Valley Fever in animals. [File, Standard] An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in North Eastern counties has left at least 13 people dead. Hundreds have survived the haemorrhagic disease that leaves victims bleeding from most parts of their bodies including …
PUNE: Scientists at the city’s National Institute of Virology said Nipah virus did not spread through fruits. “Viruses are obligatory parasites. They cannot multiply in fruits. Like any other virus, Nipah virus needs animal or human cells to survive and multiply,” National Institute of Virology (NIV) director and senior scientist …
The Department of Health has released new data on reduction in TB mortality cases from drug resistant Tuberculosis (DR - TB) in South Africa through use of the latest medicine, called Bedaquiline. South Africa has a large number of people with drug resistant tuberculosis, many of whom were diagnosed since …
MUMBAI: Addiction to video games is officially a mental health condition now. World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed 'gaming disorder' as a mental illness, putting it parallel to alcohol and drug abuse, in the revised International Classification of Diseases (ICD) released on Monday. It defined gaming disorder as a pattern …
KOCHI: The Kerala high court on Wednesday lauded the efforts taken by the state government and its health department in tackling Nipah virus outbreak. A division bench comprising of acting chief justice Hrishikesh Roy and justice CT Ravikumar also appreciated the efforts made by the central government in rendering assistance …
Salima — One person has died from cholera in Salima, just a few weeks after the council declared that cholera outbreak was over. Health officials from the local council confirmed on Tuesday that samples taken from the deceased tested positive for cholera. The deceased identified as Justice Machesi, 69, from …
The Ministry of Health has issued an alert on disease outbreaks in several counties. Director of Medical Services Jackson Kioko said on Tuesday that four epidemics had been reported in the country since January. Cholera, measles, Chikungunya and Rift Valley Fever outbreaks have been reported in various parts of the …
Monrovia – The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) is responding to Lassa fever outbreak in the country. According to a release issued in Monrovia, cases of Lassa fever are on the increase in the Lassa belt (Bong, Nimba, and Grand …
At least 22 people have died of rabies in Mulanje as the government needs K17 million to buy vaccines for dogs and cats. Taurayi Mbengo from veterinary office in Mulanje said the deaths have occured from July last year. He said 1600 people had dog bites and were infected with …
The Ministry of Health has issued an alert on disease outbreaks in several counties. Director of Medical Services Jackson Kioko said on Tuesday that four epidemics had been reported in the country since January. Cholera, measles, Chikungunya and Rift Valley Fever outbreaks have been reported in various parts of the …
At least one person has died of cholera in the central lakeshore district of Salima in Malawi, barely a month after Health Ministry declared the country free of the disease. Between November 2017 and April 2018 cholera killed at least 30 people in the central African country with the capital …
Mango growers in Karnataka, who were looking to reap a good bounty by exporting their mango crops, are disappointed as the exportg business has been hit due to Nipah virus scare. BENGALURU: Mango growers in Karnataka, who were looking to reap a good bounty by exporting their mango crops, are …
Addressing a press conference in Kozhikode district after an all-party meet that discussed the situation post-Nipah, state Health Minister KK Shylaja said the virus has been brought under control and its spread checked. The Kerala government on Sunday decided to lift the high alert sounded in northern Kozhikode and Malappuram …
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 …
