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 …
The country has registered strides in the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) with more than 80 percent HIV free babies born from HIV positive mothers. Ministry of Health Spokesperson, Adrian Chikumbe said this in an interview on Friday. “The country has become role model where other countries are …
Research consortium brings stakeholders to develop tools The India Tuberculosis Research Consortium (ITRC), formed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), here convened its second International Scientific Advisory Group (ISAG) meeting which concluded earlier this week. Global experts The ISAG comprises global experts in the areas of TB research, …
Gap between TB incidence and notifications is very large in India; rising numbers probably indicate better reporting rather than higher incidence of disease After years of being criticised for not doing enough on tuberculosis, India got a pat on the back this week from the World Health Organisation for increasing …
Domestic resources accounted for 74% of the $525 million that was spent in India last year India’s domestic budget for fighting tuberculosis showed a dramatic jump from about ₹700 crore in 2015 to ₹2,500 crore last year, according to a report from the World Health Organisation (WHO). Typically most of …
At 27.9 lakh, India’s TB incidence in 2016 was down marginally from the previous year’s 28.4 lakh. The number of TB-related deaths was 4.35 lakh. down 15% from 5.17 lakh. Following a 2012 decision to mandatorily notify TB cases, India has registered a 37% jump in cases between 2013-16, shows …
Dr. Fatorma Bolay, co-principal investigator of the joint clinical research partnership between the Liberian and U. S. governments through the Ministry of Health of Liberia and the US National Institutes of Health, says PREVAIL 1 results have shown that the two test vaccines, cAd3-EBOZ, and rVSV-ZEBOV, pose no major safety …
Indore : District health department on Saturday took a sigh of relief after one of the five samples of suspected Zika virus affected patients tested negative. Concerned over increasing number of patients suffering from disease caused by ‘unknown’ virus in city, district health department on Thursday had collected samples of …
The persistent transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in Taiwan necessitates exploring the risk factors of occurrence of Japanese encephalitis (JE). The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between meteorological factors and the incidence of JE in Taiwan. We collected data for cases of JE reported to …
Dr Rakesh K Kashyap, Chandigarh Director Health Services (DHS), launched the protocol at the Government Multi Specialty Hospital (GMSH) in Sector 16 . The health department on Thursday launched a protocol treatment for tuberculosis (TB). A statement said that treatment of TB has become much easier with the new regimen …
They will be given fixed drug combinations on a daily basis Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao on Wednesday inaugurated the daily regimen of administering medication to tuberculosis patients under the Revised National TB Control Programme at the Government General Hospital here. According to a release, under the new daily drug …
SA’s leading AIDS researchers‚ professors Salim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim‚ have scooped the esteemed Institute for Human Virology (IHV) Lifetime Achievement Award for exceptional public service for their contributions to the global AIDS response. The prestigious award will be presented by Dr Robert Gallo‚ who discovered HIV as the cause …
CHENNAI: The fight against dengue "has to be a people's movement", and school children need to get involved, said Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research, who was recently appointed the World Health Organisation's (WHO) deputy director general, programmes. Dr Swaminathan is well-known for her research …
HYDERABAD: Telangana has recorded the seventh highest number of swine flu cases this year so far and as per the latest data Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Delhi have recorded more number of cases. Last year, Telangana stood at fifth position. So far a total of 14,365 …
Dodoma — The number of Tanzanians who are turning out for voluntary counseling and testing for HIV/Aids has increased from 1,898 in 1997 to 42, 021,146 by June, this year. Moreover, in a period of twenty years (from 1997 to 2017) the government in cooperation with the private sector has …
Neema Rusibamayila, director for preventive services at the east African nation's Ministry of Health, attributed the achievement to government efforts to persuade pregnant women to test for HIV in clinics. She told the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS in the country's political capital Dodoma that the ministry was implementing various interventions …
On October 18, six cases confirmed to be positive from the 100 samples. Despite huge fluctuations in the temperature, swine flu cases continue to register in government and private hospitals in the city. On October 18, six cases confirmed to be positive from the 100 samples that were sent to …
This report presents the UN-IGME's latest estimates, up to year end of 2015, of under-five, infant and neonatal mortality and assesses progress towards MDG 4 at the country, regional and global levels. Estimates to year end of 2016 will be published in September 2017.
In first 11 days of September, the BMC had recorded 102 dengue and 271 malaria cases. This month, till October 15, 124 dengue and 287 malaria cases have been recorded In first fortnight of October, the civic health department recorded 124 confirmed dengue cases, a slight drop from September, when …
Only three H1N1 cases were detected in the first two weeks of October. This year, in August the number of swine flu cases were 122 and in September there were 33 cases. Of the 33 cases last month, 27 cases were detected till September 15. The number of swine flu …
AHMEDABAD: With temperatures not ceasing to go down, cases of vector-borne infections, especially those of dengue and chikungunya have increased in the city in the past month and a half. According to the weekly health report by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's (AMC) health department, 69 cases of dengue and chikungunya were …
