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 …
Salmonella is a leading cause of foodborne diseases and the role of ready-to-eat products including plantderived food is increasingly recognized. The present survey reviewed recent literature on Salmonella-related outbreaks caused by spices and herbs and on the occurrence of Salmonella in these food matrices. Spices and herbs contaminated with Salmonella …
People who harbor ulcer-causing bacteria in their stomachs may be protected against some diarrheal diseases, according to an Israeli study. Some previous studies had suggested that being infected with the bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, increases the risk of diarrhea, while others have reported finding the opposite, said researchers from Tel Aviv …
When it comes to health, which is more important, nature or nurture? You may well think your genes are a more important predictor of health and ill health. Not so fast. In fact, it transpires that our everyday environment outweighs our genetics, big time, when it comes to measuring our …
Lucknow In what comes as a shot in the arm for the Mayawati government in UP, battling allegations of widespread misappropriation of NRHM funds and unsolved murders of two CMOs and a deputy CMO, the World Bank has approved a $152-million loan to help the poll-bound state to build infrastructure …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the central government's response on a petition filed by students of a private school in south Delhi seeking a ban on the sale of junk food and carbonated drinks within 1,500 feet radius of their institution. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice …
Management of slaughter house waste and other solid wastes are among the top projects that have a common thread among the people in the district. According to the projects that have been sent to the district Health as part of the Comprehensive Health Plan under the 12 {+t} {+h} Five-Year …
AHMEDABAD: Here is another instance of a suspected cover up by the state health department. If the figures given out by the directorate of national vectorborne disease control program (NVBDCP) are to be believed then there were just 14 malaria deaths in the state between January and October this year. …
Janakiya Samithi to block garbage trucks from Wednesday With agitators at Villappilsala declaring that they will not allow garbage-laden trucks from the capital city to cross the panchayat limits from December 21 and that they are in no mood to grant the government or the City Corporation any more time …
Vietnam says an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed 156 people, mostly children, and sickened more than 96,000 through late November. An official at the Ministry of Health says the average number of weekly cases dropped from about 3,000 in September to 2,460 in November. The U.S. …
Visit of doctors from national institutions to worst-affected regions recommended Even as New Delhi grappled with the increasing incidence of Japanese encephalitis — a disease reported for the first time — the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has recommended that Japanese encephalitis vaccination be included in the national …
Setting the alarm bells ringing for the MCD, 17 blood samples collected from pigs in the national capital by the civic body have tested positive for the Japanese Encephalitis virus. MCD health committee chairman Dr V.K. Monga said the civic body has decided to send another 100 samples for testing. …
Dismissing reports of the deaths of children after administration of pentavalent vaccine in Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Pakistan as unrelated, the Centre has decided to introduce this vaccine as part of the routine immunisation programme in Kerala on Wednesday. The vaccine, that will prevent children from five life-threatening diseases, will …
Ahmedabad: Cancer is on the rise in India, with an estimated 5.35 lakh people dying of the disease this year, minister of state for health Sudip Bandyopadhyay informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. In Gujarat, 26,588 people have succumbed to the disease. The minister said that figures recorded with the …
The World Malaria Report 2011 summarizes information received from 106 malaria-endemic countries and a range of other sources. It analyses prevention and control measures according to a comprehensive set of indicators, and highlights continued progress towards global malaria targets. This year's report builds primarily on data received from countries for …
Ambient air pollution is associated with numerous adverse health impacts. Previous assessments of global attributable disease burden have been limited to urban areas or by coarse spatial resolution of concentration estimates. Recent developments in remote sensing, global chemical-transport models, and improvements in coverage of surface measurements facilitate virtually complete spatially …
Ensure that civic solid waste is cleared expeditiously in urban and semi-urban areas during monsoon to prevent spread of communicable and infectious diseases, Monitoring Officer for monsoon preparedness in the district and Principal Secretary Apurva Verma told officials here on Friday. Reviewing the monsoon related preparedness and relief works following …
GUWAHATI: On the occasion of World AIDS Day, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi assured that the government may soon take initiatives to provide affordable treatments to the patients who have been suffering from HIV-HCV co-infection. The theme of this year’s World AIDS Day is ‘Getting to zero-new HIV infection, zero-discrimination …
The prevalence is 18 per cent in South India, says UNAIDS report India houses half of Asia's HIV patients and is way ahead of China in disease burden. It also finds a place in the list of 22 countries prioritised for preventing mother to child transmission infection, according to the …
60 pc of the affected are in the age group of 20 to 45 years The number of persons infected with HIV is increasing in Hassan district. Even as the district prepares to observe World AIDS Day today, Channarayapatna has become the capital of HIV infected persons in the district. …
India is currently in the limelight for its expertise in the Medical Devices and Equipment Industry and the rising influx of this sector has reinforced the existing Healthcare in our country. In the past years, innovation in medical devices has contributed to reduction in death rate by playing a significant …
