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WHO warns of protective gear shortage amid COVID-19 fears
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 4 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that there is a severe shortage in personal protective equipment (PPE) and called on manufacturers to urgently increase production to meet the demand as the novel coronavirus rapidly spreads across the globe.
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MP govt removes NHM director, revokes order on sterilization
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 21 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh government on Friday removed National Health Mission (NHM) state Director Chhavi Bharadwaj and revoked the order issued by her which stated that multi-purpose health workers (MPHWs) would be given compulsory retirement if they
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MP govt takes back its order on sterilisation
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 21 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh government on Friday took back the order directing health workers in the state to bring at least one man for sterilisation or face penalty.
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Kamal Nath govt's diktat to health workers, bring men for sterilisation or
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 21 (ANI): The Congress government in Madhya Pradesh has ordered health workers in the state to bring atleast one man for sterilisation or face a penalty.
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UNICEF urges world leaders to invest in health workers to ensure proper ca
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], Jan 2 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has urged world leaders to invest in health workers to ensure that the mother and newborn are properly looked after to prevent and treat complications during pregnancy, delivery and birth.
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Chhattisgarh: Health workers set up camp in remote villages of Kawardha
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabirdham (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 23 (ANI): Officials of the Health Department are organising camps in remote villages in the forest areas of Kawardha to save lives of tribals fighting monsoon related illnesses.
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Chhattisgarh: Health workers provide medical relief to tribal people resid
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 29 (ANI): Health workers are providing medical relief to tribal people located in the Naxal affected areas here.
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Facebook shares new disease prevention maps to tackle health emergencies
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
California [USA], May 20 (ANI): Facebook reaches more than a billion people across the world and that gives it the power to find out data such as location, population density, and more. Using machine vision, AI and satellite imagery, the company launched three new maps aimed at helping publi
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Gaza protest killings: UN says Israel may have committed war crimes
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 28 (ANI): A UN-backed independent panel on Thursday said it has "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israeli soldiers may have committed "violations of international human rights" by shooting at journalists, health workers and children during last year's protests in Gaza.
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Math helps understand how human behavior spreads infectious diseases
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 16(ANI): Turns out, mathematics can help public health workers understand and influence human behaviors that lead to the spread of infectious diseases.
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Women health workers in PoK protest over non-payment of wages
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad[Pakistan],October27(ANI):Women health workers in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir held a protest over non-payment of their emoluments of several months.
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Mentoring Frontline Health Workers as the Champions of NCD Prevention
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 20 (ANI-NewsVoir): Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for 60 percent of deaths in India each year. According to a WHO report, cardiovascular diseases, cancers, respiratory diseases, and diabetes constitute 82 percent of all NCD deaths globally.
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