Health Ministry signs MoC with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): The Health Ministry on Monday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with the...

South Sudan, UN to immunise 1,44,000 people against cholera

Juba [South Sudan], Nov 17 (Xinhua/ANI): UN agencies, in collaboration with South Sudan's health ministry, will...

Union Health Ministry to launch "Indradhanush 2" for covering...

New Delhi (India), Oct 22 (ANI): In its bid to cover the areas identified as low immunisation pockets, the Union...

25 members of NMC finalised till today: Health Ministry

New Delhi [India], Oct 14, (ANI): Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has finalised 25 members of the...

35 per cent of children under five are stunted: Survey

New Delhi [India], 11 Oct, (ANI): A first-ever nationwide Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) released...

Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in India is 16.9%: Survey

New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry's first National Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy Survey...

Blindness came down by 30%, cataract still remains leading...

New Delhi [India], Oct 9(ANI): While cataract still remains the leading cause of blindness in India, the prevalence...

Iraq anti-govt protests: Death toll rises to 60, over 2,500...

Baghdad [Iraq], Oct 5 (ANI): The death toll from three-days of mass anti-government protests in Iraq has risen to...

3,300 civilians killed in Afghan conflict in 12 months:...

Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept 24 (ANI): Conflict related violence in Afghanistan in the past 12 months has claimed the...

Health Ministry plans to introduce Mass Drug Administration...

New Delhi [India], Sept 20 (ANI): The Health Ministry has planned to introduce a Mass Drug Administration (MDA)...

Central Health Ministry team visits Uttarakhand to assess...

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Sept 13 (ANI): A team formed by the Union Ministry of Health reached Dehradun on...

31 dead in stampede at shrine in Iraq

Karbala [Iraq], Sept 10 (ANI): At least 31 pilgrims were killed and 100 others sustained injuries in a stampede at a...