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Govt of Telangana is urged to conduct immediate assessment, provide assist
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"Due to heavy rainfall causing flooding, residents in Telangana are experiencing significant damage to their homes and belongings. The government of Telangana is urged to conduct an immediate assessment and provide assistance," he said.
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UNITED SIKHS Launches Fogging Operations Across Flood-Affected Punjab to P
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Gurdaspur (Punjab) [India], September 17: In the wake of the devastating floods that have swept across Punjab, UNITED SIKHS has deployed its Jammu-based relief team to conduct critical fogging operations in heavily affected villages and institutions. With a deep sense of empathy and urgency
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Punjab govt begins fogging in Ajnala, flood-hit areas to curb spread of de
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The initiative aims to protect public health in the wake of recent flooding, which has heightened the risk of disease outbreaks.
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Pakistan: Punjab floods trigger health crisis as disease outbreaks spread
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Health issues are escalating due to the outbreak of flood-related diseases, with doctors and aid workers reporting a surge in patients suffering from diarrhoea, skin infections, and dengue fever.
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Pak: Doctors, experts urge swift action on drainage, waste removal to prev
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Health professionals and leading environmental advocates have called on authorities to accelerate the removal of standing water and solid waste ahead of the upcoming monsoon to reduce the risk of disease outbreaks, as reported by Dawn.
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Pakistan: KP faces flood devastation, disease outbreaks as govt moves on c
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have destroyed homes, roads, and livestock, killing over 400 people. Authorities and NGOs are setting up medical camps to tackle waterborne diseases, while the government speeds up compensation and rehabilitation, addressing both physical damage and rising mental
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Formation of a National Joint Outbreak Response Team to address "Disease X
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The National Institute of One Health (NIOH), currently being established in Nagpur, will feature a specialised National Outbreak Response Team aimed at swiftly identifying and analysing the root causes of disease outbreaks.
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Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progr
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Immunisation efforts are increasingly at risk as misinformation, population growth, ongoing humanitarian crises, and funding cuts jeopardise progress and leave millions of children, adolescents, and adults at risk, warned WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi during World Immunisation Week (April 24-30).
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WHO's new fund raising mechanism seeks USD 7 bn for global health challeng
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Taking to his social media platform X, the WHO chief said that the world is facing a difficult time with multiple overlapping challenges of conflict, climate change, displacement, poverty, inequality, polarization, disease outbreaks, the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases, and me
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Serum Institute of India joins CEPI global network to boost production of
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The world's largest vaccine manufacturer, the Serum Institute of India Private Ltd (SII), is joining a growing Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) network of vaccine producers in the Global South to support more rapid, agile, and equitable responses to future public health
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Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration: Study
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A new analysis of U.S. Forest Service data shows that climate change is changing forests differently across the country. With increasing temperatures, intensifying droughts, wildfires, and disease outbreaks wreaking havoc on trees, researchers warn that forests in the American West are facin
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Study finds paxlovid treatment does not lower risk of long Covid
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) did not decrease the chance of developing long COVID in vaccinated, non-hospitalized patients during their initial COVID-19 infection, according to a team of UC San Francisco researchers. They also discovered a larger number of people with acute symptoms reb
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