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 …
There had been several newspaper clippings indicating that arsenic contamination in drinking water sources in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh is creating hardship to the local people and several people are suffering from arsenecosis disease. Also, the capacity of the medical doctors is inadequate to diagnose arsenecosis and prescribe preventive …
Scientists said they had produced the first stemcells from endangered species, a breakthrough that could potentially save dozens of animals teetering on the brink of extinction. "The best way to manage extinction is to preserve species and habitats but that is not always working," Oliver Ryder, director of genetics at …
New Delhi: A cup of tea with spicy snacks makes a rainy day perfect, while many cannot get through the day without a tall glass of iced cola. But new health studies reveal that the excessive intake of aerated drinks, caffeine and spicy food causes acid reflux or heartburn cases …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan is at a higher risk of HIV transmission due to geographical and occupational reasons such as tourism, according to World Health Organisation. WHO officials threw light on Rajasthan's status relating to HIV/AIDS at a press briefing on the second day of WHO's South East Asia Region's 64th session …
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 …
More than a million HIV-infected persons in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) remain without access to effective treatment. High cost of drugs and limited capacity of the respective health systems of the member-countries are primarily responsible for this situation which is only compounded by delays in diagnosing the disease and …
People living in developing countries including India have the highest burden of bacterial infections, including antibiotic-resistant infections driven by excessive and inappropriate antibiotic consumption. Also, antibiotic resistance or a bacteria's ability to survive antibiotic treatment is highly prevalent in developing countries of South Asia and Africa, according to the Global …
Guwahati: Assam health department will launch an experimental adult vaccination drive as a preventive against deadly Japanese encephalitis in Sivasagar district of Assam, according to Assam Health Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sharma. He said Assam would be the first state in the country to go for adult vaccination against the …
As the international community mobilizes in response to global climatic changes, climate funds must ensure the equitable and effective allocation of funds for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Women and girls, disproportionately vulnerable to negative climate change impacts in developing countries, have largely been excluded from climate change finance policies …
Launched in 2010, the website is affiliated to the Foundation for Research on Rare Diseases and Disorders, a Chennai non-profit. It provides information on over 400 rare diseases. It also provides basic reviews of the diseases as provided by volunteers, patients and their family members, and health experts. The site …
In Pakistan about half of the population is likely to have active symptoms allergy till 2015, this was the crux of the media briefing conducted by Dr Zulkifar Awan, Head of ENT department at Federal Government Services Hospital (Polyclinic), on Allergic Rhinitis and its prevention. The media conference was arranged …
Prolonged breast-feeding is widely believed to protect infants against developing eczema and other allergic diseases. But a new study has found no evidence for the belief. Researchers in Britain gathered data on more than 50,000 children ages 8 to 12 in 21 countries, assessing the prevalence and severity of eczema …
Scientists have made a promising advance for controlling dengue fever, a tropical disease spread by mosquito bites. They've rapidly replaced mosquitoes in the wild with skeeters that don't spread the dengue virus. More than 50 million people a year get the dengue virus from being bitten by infected mosquitoes in …
KOKRAJHAR: The Japanese Encephalitis which has been spreading in a rapid manner has claimed the lives of seven people since July 13 in Kokrajhar district. Several patients have been admitted at RN Brahma Civil Hospital and many others have been referred to Bongaigaon for better treatment. Kokrajhar is now identified …
Flood situation in southwestern Satkhira district remained unchanged Saturday with waterborne diseases spreading fast in the worst affected areas of Kolaroa upazila. Diarrhoea has broken out in different areas of the upazila due to use of contaminated water in the absence of pure water and intake of adulterated and stale …
President Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Sadako Ogata and Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates recently announced a strategic partnership to ensure continued progress in the fight against polio. As a first step of the formal partnership, Ogata and Gates announced an innovative financing agreement to …
Hand, foot and mouth disease, a dangerous intestinal virus, has killed 81 children in Vietnam this year, prompting the prime minister to order ministries and agencies to redouble efforts to stop its spread. The country recorded 32,588 cases of the disease this year, and the deaths happened in 17 provinces …
Oral vaccines have played huge part in the global battle to wipe out polio. When the WHO endorsed the goal of eradicating polio in 1988, some 350,000 children in 125 countries were being paralysed by the virus that caused the disease. That number has dropped precipitously and there were only …
Non-governmental organizations have to play a key role in the promotion of rural health care, especially at a time when the State is faced with an increase in the number of various lifestyle disease cases, said Prof P.J.Kurien, Congress(I) chief whip in the Rajya Sabha. Prof Kurien was inaugurating the …
The government is drawing up a five-year health plan with focus on strengthening rural health care and bringing down the death rate of newborns and their mothers. Mamata Banerjee, who holds the health portfolio, went to the health headquarters in Salt Lake today to be briefed by officials about “Plan …
