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 …
GENEVA (AP) " The World Health Organization says at least 8,153 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The Geneva-based body said Monday that the total number of confirmed, probable and suspected deaths from the disease comes from 20,656 cases in the three most affected countries " …
The mortality (death) rate of swine flu shot up last year though doctors say the H1N1 virus has become endemic. In 2014, 115 people contracted the infection and 43 died (mortality rate 37%) as against 643 confirmed cases of infection and 149 casualties (mortality rate 23%) in the state in …
32-Year-Old Man's Spinal Cord Was Damaged Due To Tapeworm Infection. If you thought eating green leafy vegetables and salads may be healthy , here's the bummer. If not washed or cooked properly , it can land you in big trouble as unwashed vegetables may be tapeworm infested. Manoj Gautam, a …
AIZAWL, Dec 1 – At least 9,637 people in Mizoram have been found to be HIV-positive while 587 AIDS patients died in the State in the last 24 years, according to Mizoram State AIDS Control Society. MSACS officials said that 2,97,375 blood samples have been tested since October 1990 till …
India has initiated the process of formulating standardised clinical guidelines for managing extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, which occurs outside lungs. In collaboration with the Union health ministry, a team of around 50 specialists from across the country will formulate the guidelines under AIIMS’ centre of excellence for extra-pulmonary TB. According to medical …
THE United States Government has launched a US$25million project towards HIV/AIDS prevention in Zambia. The project aims at maintaining the existing HIV/AIDS services and scale-up of treatment as prevention, strengthening the health system and supporting Government priorities. Speaking during the launch of the Zambia Prevention, Care and Treatment Partnership (ZPCT …
Monrovia — The World Bank has signed an additional US$115M financing grant agreement of the Ebola Emergency Response Project with the Government of Liberia (GoL). The fund will not only be used for the fight against the virus, but also for the restoration of key health services in the country. …
The city may be fretting over a dengue outburst but malaria is not too far behind. This season it has claimed nine lives, which is one less from the year's official dengue casualty . It has also affected at least 10 times the number of people attacked by the dengue …
Ebola has substantially impacted all sectors of employment in the Liberian economy, in both affected and non-affected counties, according to the most recent round of mobile phone surveys conducted by the World Bank Group in partnership with the Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services and the Gallup Organization. In …
Friday, the UN health agency had reported 5,177 deaths and 14,413 cases The World Health Organisation has said that 5,420 people had so far died of Ebola across eight countries, out of a total 15,145 cases of infection, since late December 2013. On Friday, the UN health agency had reported …
India has among the highest prevalence of stunting in the world, and represents 38 per cent of the global burden of chronic under-nutrition. Over 6 million children around the world and under the age of five die each year, and approximately 165 million children have stunted growth, jeopardising subsequent physical …
Released on 18 November ahead of World AIDS Day, the UNAIDS report outlines new targets for the five-year window UNAIDS says is crucial to ending the global threat of HIV. The 40-page report begins with a bold quote arguing that the world has just five years to scale up HIV …
The global Ebola infection tally has surpassed 15,000. Sierra Leone confirmed 533 new cases in the week to November 16, accounting for much of the increase. Cases of Ebola reached 15,145, with 5,420 deaths, through November 16 - almost all in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, which reported the steepest …
Four months ago, when Nigeria reported its first Ebola case it shocked the world health community . They feared an `apocalyptic urban outbreak' since the patient was traced in Lagos -Africa's largest city with population almost as large as Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone combined. But the leadership and engagement …
Protective Gear Missing, LNJP Ward Needs Major Changes India has been caught napping on its preparedness for mass screening and treatment of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Despite several warnings issued by World Health Organisation , it has not been able to ramp up its infrastructure to quarantine international passengers at …
Environment undersecretary Christine Loh Kung-wai said the city needed to understand its long-term preparedness and where the risks lay as the earth's atmosphere changed. Hong Kong will take stock of its efforts to adapt to extreme weather brought about by a warming planet, in order to assess its resilience to …
The Federal Ministry of Health has launched the National Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis (TB) Control, 2015-2020 and the Dissemination of the First National TB Prevalence Survey Report. While delivering his keynote address at the event lately, the Supervising Minister of Health and Minister of State for Health, Khaliru Alhassan (Dr) …
The European Union is continuing to scale up its response to the Ebola epidemic as its Coordinator for the emergency, Commissioner Christos Stylianides together with Vytenis Andriukaitis, Commissioner for Health, return from a four-day mission to the affected countries. New funding of €29 million will be made available by the …
Londuimbali — At least 36 new cases of HIV/AIDS were diagnosed from January until the first half of November this year, in the commune of Alto-Hama Hospital, 66 kilometers north off Huambo city, compared to 15 recorded in the same previous period. Speaking to ANGOP, the head of the Centre …
Resistance to drugs is a global threat The 28th South Zone conference of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics and the 43rd meet of its Kerala chapter, held here recently, urged the government to formulate an antibiotic policy. The events observed that antibiotic resistance was a global threat and increasingly making …
