Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
ZIMBABWE recorded nearly 200,000 new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the first eight months of this year, the ministry of health and child care has indicated. Over two million people were tested between January and August this year, ministry official Sinokuthemba Xaba revealed this Monday. He was speaking at a …
Nagpur: Over 700 persons lost their lives to swine flu in Maharashtra, while 6,061 were infected with the virus in 10 months from January to October. This was revealed by public health and family welfare minister Dr Deepak Sawant in reply to a starred query by Amin Patel, Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, …
Meerut: The UP health department’s decision to make it mandatory for pharmacists to routinely provide details of people buying 13 tuberculosis drugs falling under Schedule H1 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act comes in the wake of an increasing number drug-resistant patients. According to a 2016 study conducted by the …
With nip in the air, the threat of swine flu looms large over the city. The Health Department is all geared up to tackle any situation. It will set up isolation corners at all hospitals to handle swine flu patients. Fiftyfive confirmed cases (18 deaths) of swine flu have been …
Experts also recommend take-home rations apart from cash benefit About 35 lakh identified tuberculosis patients across the country will soon get ₹500 every month from the Centre as social support. Sunil D Khaparde, Deputy Director General (TB) and Head of the Central TB Division, told The Hindu that although the …
Bareilly: The state government has directed the chief medical officers of 25 “high risk” districts to conduct a door-to-door survey to for early detection, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Officials said that these surveys will be started from December 26. In a recent letter to CMOs, Padmakar Singh, director general, …
Jodhpur : With 5 deaths in 4 days, the Swine Flu has again rearing its head in Jodhpur. The deadly virus has claimed 16 deaths this year out of 119 tested positive putting all the affiliated hospitals of the S N Medical College. Incharge of Swine Flu ward, Suman Bhansali …
According to a senior health ministry official, daily treatment regimen is likely to be more effective with lesser relapses and it is expected to reduce drug-resistance with greater compliance. On the lines of its anti-polio drive, the health ministry has launched a 15-day door-to-door campaign across the country for early …
Women mostly in the age group of 20-40 yrs have this condition. Hyderabad: Malnutrition, immune-suppression, diabetes, chemotherapy, improper drug compliance and monotherapy are some of the reasons for the occurance of abdominal tuberculosis (TB), which accounts for 11 per cent of the cases of extra-pulmonary TB. Abdominal TB is an …
The district Health Department has written to higher authorities for the delivery of swine flu testing kits before the onset of the season. The officials said they have sent a demand for the testing kits. The swine flu lab at Government Medical College here had become operational around two years …
The campaign will cover 24 districts, continue till Dec 18 Rural areas of Pune, for the first time, will be covered as part of the third round of the central government’s intensive drive to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) from the country by 2025. The drive, which will continue till December 18, …
Nagpur: After creating havoc in the city for the whole year, swine flu seems to have finally disappeared from the city. In the last 22 days, no new positive cases have come up. However, two deaths of patients undergoing treatment for over a month have been registered in this period. …
The Bhai Mani Singh Civil Hospital authorities claim that are fully prepared to deal with the dreaded swine flu virus, but the current state of affairs at the hospital tells a different story. Though the possibility of swine flu outbreak reduces in winter, it has been observed that such cases …
Governments must do far more to include the needs of young people in the global fight against HIV and AIDS, according to a new report. Despite progress in tackling the disease, it is estimated that 1,700 new HIV infections occur every day among young people around the world, and the …
Lagos and Abuja — Senate President Bukola Saraki has inaugurated the National Coalition Against AIDS (NASSCOA) to curb HIV/AIDS scourge by 2030. Speaking yesterday at the inauguration in Abuja, Saraki who was represented by the Leader of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan noted that the right to health was a fundamental …
About 10% of Namibians or 247 126 people are living with HIV, according to 2016 statistics, health minister Bernard Haufiku said on Friday during World AIDS Day commemorations at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi region. This year's World AIDS Day was marked under the theme 'The Right To Health', and …
AIDS has become leading causes of death in Africa with a total of 15,116 Ghanaians killed by the disease in 2016, while 20,418 new infections were recorded, the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has said. Of the new HIV infections, 17,375 representing 85 percent were made up of adults above 15 …
11% sufferers in poor countries risk becoming resistant to AIDS-prevention drugs, dying from condition Hope for vaccine as two American-funded clinical trials launch in Africa, discovery puts brakes on virus’ ability to infect Cancer drug triggers decrease in patient’s viral load as vagina ring provides protection for women with cheating …
The fresh 2,387 tuberculosis cases this year have spurred the zilla parishad (ZP) to conduct a door-to-door campaign to eradicate the disease in the district. The number was part of the findings of a government study till October. The campaign will be conducted from December 4-18 in seven talukas- Hatkanangle, …
Cape Town — One of the crucial aspects of the largest HIV prevention trial in the world is nearing an end, with HIV counsellors wrapping up four years of door-to-door visits to many thousands of homes in and around Cape Town and the Winelands region. Over the past four years, …
