Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Asha Devi, Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Bhagwanpur, Khand Chhanchhrauli, Yamunanagar Vs State of Haryana dated 18/09/2019 regarding industrial pollution in village Bhagwanpur, Tehsil Chhachhrauli, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana on account of ply wood and chemical factories operating in violation of environmental …
Is the world about to watch 750,000 Somalis starve to death? The United Nations’ warnings could not be clearer. A drought-induced famine is steadily creeping across Somalia and tens of thousands of people have already died. The Islamist militant group the Shabab is blocking most aid agencies from accessing the …
AHMEDABAD: Since Monday, foot soldiers of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) - the link workers of the health department - have been on strike. This development is being viewed as a disaster of sorts. The city tops the disease chart in the state with the highest number of malaria and typhoid …
The United Nations announced Monday that Somalia’s famine had spread to a sixth area within the country, with officials warning that 750,000 people could die in the next few months unless aid efforts were scaled up. Somalis lined up for food at a camp for the displaced south of Mogadishu. …
AHMEDABAD: The high rate of malaria cases in the state is a grim sign of the fight lost out to mosquitoes. Ahmedabad city has recorded 596 malaria cases in the latest weekly disease assessment of the state, the highest and has even overtaken Surat city which has recorded 543. Ahmedabad …
Heavy rain during the last couple of weeks triggered flash flood in Khulna, Satkhira and Jessore districts, marooning at least seven lakh people. Flood has damaged over 200 educational institutions, aman plants, seedbeds and vegetables on over one lakh acres of land and washed away several thousand shrimp enclosures in …
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice, returnable in four weeks, to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Chairman seeking a report on the news items that stated contaminated water was being supplied in many areas in the city due to cracks in the pipeline. The Commission wanted …
With Typhoid and Hepatitis raising its ugly head in Colombo again, the Public Health Department (PHD) of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) with the assistance of the local police have commenced raids on eateries and star class hotels in the metropolis. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the CMC Dr. Pradeep …
AALO: An Aalo-based NGO, Aalo East Youth Welfare Association has leased out a plot of land measuring 3000 sq m at Gorak area under Torak village about 12 kms from here free of cost for the purpose of garbage disposal. The noble endeavour of the association has come as a …
With the monsoon having arrived, the threat of water-borne diseases is looming large over the city with the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board failing to supply potable drinking water to all citizens. Water samples collected from various localities in the city by the Institute of Preventive Medicine (IPM), …
Trust for Vaccines & Immunisation (TVI) shared the results of its Typhoid Vaccination Campaign, recently conducted in Jamshed Town, at a debriefing session held at a local hotel here. The session was presided over by Dr Sagheer Ahmed, Provincial Health Minister government of Sindh while the honourable guests included representatives …
New Delhi: Students at IIT-Delhi have been falling ill. The reason, they claim, is the contaminated water in their hostels, which has resulted in many coming down with typhoid. College authorities, however, deny the charge. Surender Prasad, director IIT-D, said that though some cases of typhoid and gastroenteritis have been …
NEW DELHI: Welcoming guests who have come to the Capital for the Commonwealth Games, the Delhi Medical Association has brought out a health advisory to help the tourists enjoy their stay here.
Hundreds of people have been taken ill due to viral fever and typhoid spreading in Parbat, Baglung and Myagdi districts for the last two weeks. The Parbat District Public Health Office and other health centres are struggling to cope with the number of patients. Scores of patients suffering from viral …
Hyderabad, Aug. 29: With the monsoon in full swing, cases of seasonal diseases like viral fever, dengue, malaria, typhoid and diarrhoea are increasing and continue to claim lives in the districts. In Krishna district alone, seasonal diseases have claimed around 15 lives including that of four children in the last …
Rajahmundry, June 14: Health authorities are initiating measures to contain the outbreak of seasonal fevers like malaria, dengue, cholera, typhoid, gastro and others in both East and West Godavari districts as several parts in both the districts are witnessing rainfall for past few days. Drains are overflowing especially in urban …
Chandigarh With the dry and hot weather spell gripping the region, cases of gastric problems, typhoid and other related illnesses are pouring in at city hospitals and civil dispensaries. Doctors say more than 10 to 15 such cases are being reported daily at OPDs and most patients are from peripheral …
Nearly ten cases of typhoid have been reported from Sector 2 in the last ten days. While the Health department has expressed ignorance, residents claim that contaminated water being supplied to the area is the cause of the disease outbreak. Most patients are children in the age group of five …
A clinical trial okays an expensive vaccine for India typhoid is the fifth common disease in India; children are particularly vulnerable. But no vaccine to prevent this contagious disease has been part of the country
New Delhi: A vaccine against typhoid, that not only protected those vaccinated but also people around them, has passed the test in India. The inexpensive vaccine against typhoid fever offers protection across age groups, particularly in pre-school-age children. A study conducted in the slums of Kolkata has also shown that …
