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14 million lives at risk as US slashes global health aid over next 5 years
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
The study highlights that USAID programs have been vital in preventing more than 25 million deaths from AIDS and polio, around 11 million deaths from diarrheal diseases, 8 million deaths from malaria, and nearly 5 million deaths from tuberculosis. The reduction in funding threatens to undo t
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Norovirus and other 'stomach viruses' can spread through saliva
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 30 (ANI): A class of viruses known to cause severe diarrheal diseases including the one famous for widespread outbreaks on cruise ships can grow in the salivary glands of mice and spread through their saliva, scientists have discovered. The findings show that a new rout
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Kerala reports two confirmed cases of Norovirus among school-going childre
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): In June 2022, Kerala reported two confirmed cases of Norovirus among school-going children in Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram, said official sources.
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Researchers find new rotavirus vaccine to prevent a deadly diarrheal disea
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): A team of researchers have found that an Australian developed neonatal rotavirus vaccine RV3-BB was safe and produced a robust immune response in African babies.
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UNICEF delivers 40 tonnes of medical supplies to Kabul to treat diarrheal
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], October 19 (ANI): UNICEF has just delivered nearly 40 tonnes of medical supplies, including kits and medicines for acute watery diarrhoea (AWD), to Kabul to treat the rising number of cases of diarrhoeal diseases in the country, the fund announced on Tuesday.
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Swachh Bharat could help avert over 3L deaths: WHO
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 4 (ANI): If India remains committed to achieving 100 per cent coverage in terms of safe sanitation services by October 2019, as many as 3,00,000 deaths caused due to diarrheal disease and protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) since the country launched the Swachh Bharat Mi
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Integrating prevention and treatment tools to fight diarrhea
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI-NewsVoir): PATH's Defeat Diarrheal Disease Initiative (DefeatDD) convened thought leaders in New Delhi on July 26, at an event titled, "Defeating diarrhea: integration is the solution," to deliberate on child health in India and the challenges t
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Defeating Diarrhea: integration is the solution
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI-NewsVoir): Tomorrow, July 26, at 3:00 p.m. in Tamarind Hall at India Habitat Centre, PATH's Defeat Diarrheal Disease Initiative (DefeatDD) will convene thought leaders on child health in India at an event titled, "Defeating diarrhea: Integration is t
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