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Nipah outbreak: 9 dead in Kozhikode district
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], May 22 (ANI): A total of nine persons have died in Kerala's Kozhikode district due to viral fever, out of which two were affected with Nipah virus, the state health department confirmed on Tuesday.
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PM Modi reviews preparations for health assurance scheme's launch
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 07 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reviewed the progress of preparations for the launch of the health assurance scheme under the Ayushman Bharat -National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM).
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'Quit-line number' on tobacco product packages from Sept
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 5 (ANI): In a bid to create awareness and curtail the harmful impact of consuming tobacco-infused products and cigarettes, the government on Thursday stated that from September this year, cigarette packets will have a 'quit line' number displayed on them.
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Cabinet approves agreement between India, Afghanistan on food safety
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 4 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the signing of a cooperation arrangement between Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Afghanistan's Ministry of A
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Govt. mass media campaign highlights link between tobacco and TB
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), during the End-TB Summit here, has re-launched 'Cough,' a national mass media campaign to warn citizens about the links between TB and tobacco use.
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NHRC notices to UP Govt, Centre over Jhansi medical negligence
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] March 12 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh Government and the Centre over the Jhansi medical negligence episode, wherein severed leg of a youth was used as a pillow at Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College.
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NHRC notices to Centre, Punjab Govt over pesticide health hazards
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued notices to the Punjab government and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare over the reports of serious diseases in the Malwa region due to excessive use of pesticides and insecticides.
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Medical experts lay down policy for foetal viability
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Experts from leading medical associations like Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP), Indian Medical Association (IMA) and National Neonatal Forum of India (NNF) met recently in New Delhi to carve out a policy on neonatal resuscitation and infant viabilit
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Health Ministry sets maximum permissible limits of antibiotics in meat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov.20 (ANI): The Health Ministry has prescribed maximum permissible limits of various antibiotics in meat, including chicken.
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Comprehensive estimates, trends of disease burden, risk factor in India re
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI-NewsVoir): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India generated the
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Have to make clubfoot history by 2022: President Kovind
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 1 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday urged all to take a national resolve that by 2022, every child born with clubfoot gets access to treatment as soon as the condition is diagnosed.
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India registers significant decline in Infant Mortality Rate, gender gap
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday informed that Infant Mortality Rate, IMR in India has declined by three points, from 37 per 1000 live births in 2015 to 34 per 1000 live births in 2016, compared to two points decline last year.
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