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 …
With another person testing positive for Japanese Encephalitis, the number of people affected by the virus rose to five in the city. 30-year-old Ram Swarth, a resident of Inderpuri in southwest Delhi, is the fifth victim in the city to be diagnosed with the disease that primarily affects the central …
The total number of people affected by dengue in the city has risen to 283, with 72 people testing positive for the mosquito-borne disease in the past one week here. Eight new cases of dengue were reported from different hospitals in the past 24 hours, according to the Municipal Corporation …
SHILLONG: The State Health Department through the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is all set to conduct the Measles Catch-Up Campaign targeting to provide mass vaccination to more than 6 lakhs children (from 9 months of age to 10 years) covering 93-99 per cent of the population especially in the …
This report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and progress in implementing and financing TB prevention, care and control at global, regional and country levels using data reported by 198 countries that account for over 99% of the world’s TB cases.
This special edition is a supplement to the last report, which was brought out for the year 2009 in the form of a mid-term statistical appraisal of the country situation towards attaining the MDG targets. This supplementary issue attempts to present the sub-national situation in terms of the State-level estimates …
The disaster, sparked by monsoon rains last month, has killed 430 people and disrupted the lives of nine million people in the southern province of Sindh, many of whom are camping out in the open with little food, water or shelter. Yet appeals to foreign governments which might potentially give …
The Health Ministry of Sri Lanka has launched a national policy on HIV/AIDS with the aim of controlling the disease and preventing it in the country. Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena launching the programme yesterday has said that although Sri Lanka has been able to control the disease, there was much …
At least four million children are at risk of hunger and disease in Sindh as funding fatigue from rich nations continues to fuel the desperation faced by families, a recent report of Save the Children warned. Pledges to help aid agencies meet the massive needs of displaced communities has been …
The disease engulfs paddy in 5,000 hectares; if not controlled, yield could come down by 60 pc Paddy growers in the district are in distress as bacterial blight disease has afflicted the crop grown in about 5,000 hectares. Paddy is grown predominantly in semi-Malnad regions of Hanagal and Shiggaon taluk …
Four confirmed cases of the disease reported With four confirmed cases of Japanese encephalitis being reported from Jehangirpuri and Bawana in the Capital, the Delhi Government on Tuesday swung into action and said it was committed to controlling the deadly disease. Health Minister A. K. Walia took a review meeting …
KOCHI: Amidst the allegations made against Mullappilly Ramachandran, the Minister of State for Home Affairs for not utilising the funds for hygienic mission, two persons died of rat fever in Tripunithura. Vasanthan(45) of Adampilly Veedu, a Milma agent, admitted in a private hospital in Ernakulam on last Tuesday died with …
KOCHI: With the increasing spread of water borne viral diseases in the state, social activist Mukesh Jain's novel initiative of setting up solar water heaters in schools of the state is in demand. It has also got the approval of the government and education department. Jain has set up solar …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the media after the Cabinet meeting on Monday that experts, who had examined the outbreak of diseases, had warned of serious problems in the absence of proper waste management. Another special meeting of the Cabinet will be held late Tuesday evening to approve an action …
Rajasthan Medical and Health Minister Aimaduddin Ahmed Khan has laid emphasis on expansion of Indian systems of medicine and improving the standard of their drugs to maintain people's faith in these streams for treatment of serious diseases. Addressing a meeting with private drug manufacturers for running a speciality clinic here …
Health risk posed by piling household garb-age due to the GHMC strike has become a contentious issue, with some of the opinion that it will not lead to any epidemic, and others contending that it heightens the risk of transmission of diseases. Experts say that there is no cause for …
SHILLONG: A meeting sensitizing NGOs and Media persons on the ongoing Measles catch up campaign was conducted on Wednesday at the social Mobilization Experimentation and Training Centre (SMELC) in Dakopgre, Tura. The measles catch up campaign is a special drive to vaccinate all children between the age group of 9 …
The Kerala Government will open ‘fever clinics' in medical colleges, district and taluk hospitals and, if possible, in private hospitals, to combat the spread of leptospirosis (rat fever) in the Malabar region, according to the Minister for Health, Mr Adoor Prakash. Create Awareness He said here on Thursday, after a …
Department of Public Health and Engineering (DPHE) has taken up massive plan to bring all the families of the district under 100 percent sanitation coverage by 2013. The aim of the cent percent sanitation coverage is to ensure hygienic atmosphere and to protect the children and the mass communities from …
For biological control over mosquito population carrying dengue virus, the Department of Fisheries has started survey of all water bodies in Lahore. Director General Fisheries Muhammad Ashraf while giving details in this regard said that purpose of this survey is to study water quality of ponds for stocking of fish …
KOCHI: The expert team which looked into the spreading of Hepatitis-A at Varappetty and Kuttampuzha areas in Ernakulam district has submitted its report blaming contaminated toddy for the outbreak. At the same time casting suspicion on the report by the authorities, the disease has spread to other areas like Perumbavoor, …
