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Health Ministry signs MoC with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): The Health Ministry on Monday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) under which the latter would provide technical, management and program design support through its grantees and other partners.
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South Sudan, UN to immunise 1,44,000 people against cholera
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Juba [South Sudan], Nov 17 (Xinhua/ANI): UN agencies, in collaboration with South Sudan's health ministry, will launch a vaccination exercise on Monday targeting some 1,44,033 people against cholera in Renk, a county bordering the Blue Nile state in Sudan.
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Union Health Ministry to launch "Indradhanush 2" for covering low immunisa
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Oct 22 (ANI): In its bid to cover the areas identified as low immunisation pockets, the Union Health Ministry will carry out massive immunisation program in 271 districts across the nation and 652 blocks located in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar from December 2 under the "Mission
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25 members of NMC finalised till today: Health Ministry
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 14, (ANI): Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has finalised 25 members of the National Medical Commission (NMC), which will replace the Medical Council of India (MCI).
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35 per cent of children under five are stunted: Survey
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], 11 Oct, (ANI): A first-ever nationwide Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) released by the Union Health Ministry has revealed that about 35 per cent of children in the country under five years are stunted, 17 per cent wasted and 33 per cent are underweight. Read More
Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in India is 16.9%: Survey
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry's first National Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy Survey (2015-19) has revealed that the prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is 16.9 per cent while the prevalence of sight-threatening DR is 3.6 per cent.
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Blindness came down by 30%, cataract still remains leading cause in India
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 9(ANI): While cataract still remains the leading cause of blindness in India, the prevalence of blindness in the country has come down by over 30 per cent, revealed the findings of National Blindness Visually Impaired Survey (2019) as compared with 2006-07 National Bli
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Iraq anti-govt protests: Death toll rises to 60, over 2,500 wounded
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct 5 (ANI): The death toll from three-days of mass anti-government protests in Iraq has risen to 60, with an estimated 2,500 others wounded, country's Health Ministry said on Friday.
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3,300 civilians killed in Afghan conflict in 12 months: Public Health Mini
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept 24 (ANI): Conflict related violence in Afghanistan in the past 12 months has claimed the lives of over 3,300 civilians and wounded 14,600 others, Afghan Ministry of Public Health said on Monday.
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Health Ministry plans to introduce Mass Drug Administration programme in Y
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 20 (ANI): The Health Ministry has planned to introduce a Mass Drug Administration (MDA) programme, similar to the Triple Drug Therapy, in Yadgir district of Karnataka, scheduled to take place in November 2019.
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Central Health Ministry team visits Uttarakhand to assess dengue outbreak
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Sept 13 (ANI): A team formed by the Union Ministry of Health reached Dehradun on Friday to assess the situation following the outbreak of dengue in the state.
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31 dead in stampede at shrine in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Karbala [Iraq], Sept 10 (ANI): At least 31 pilgrims were killed and 100 others sustained injuries in a stampede at a major shrine here on Tuesday, country's Health Ministry said, as cited by Sputnik.
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