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"Criminal act": Kerala Health Minister condemns families hiding women in n
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Kerala Health Minister Veena George condemned the deliberate avoidance of medical care for women after a woman in labour was denied hospital assistance, resulting in a tragic delivery. She emphasised the state's healthcare progress and initiated legal action on the matter.
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Healthy Start, Hopeful Future: Gujarat's transformative journey in healthc
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Through its focused efforts to improve maternal health, the Gujarat government has achieved a remarkable 50 percent reduction in the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR). Gujarat's MMR, which stood at 112 during 2011-13, has dropped to 57, according to data released in 2020.
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Over 70 pc of maternal deaths between April-Dec 2024 could have been preve
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
A technical committee, headed by the Director of Health and Family Welfare Services of the state government, released a report examining maternal deaths recorded between April 1 and December 31, 2024, prompted by the tragic loss of five pregnant women in Ballari in November 2024.
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UN lauds India's efforts in mitigating childhood mortality, stillbirth
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
India is among the top performer countries with reduction in mortality and stillbirth rates.
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US decision to end support for Gavi puts millions of children's lives at r
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Gavi Chief Executive Sania Nishtar warned that the reported US decision to end support for the global vaccine alliance could lead to over 1.2 million child deaths. While Gavi has not received an official termination notice, it is actively engaging with the White House and Congress to secure
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"Recovered from TB in childhood, putting efforts to reduce mortality": Ram
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Ramkumar S, Secretary and Mission Director (MD) of the National Health Mission (NHM) in Meghalaya, who himself recovered from Tuberculosis, said that they have launched the 100-day TB programme as well as the Comprehensive TB Care Programme in the state.
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Antibody-based therapy several notches closer to treat lethal mucormycosis
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Mucormycosis, a fungus infection caused by Mucorales, has a high mortality rates in those with weakened immune systems and those who have suffered severe trauma, such as burns, blast injuries, or natural disaster victims.
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Share of central funds released under NHM seen 185 pc growth since 2014: U
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Talking about the need to ensure the goal of having affordable, high quality health services, and how National Health Mission has helped with that goal, the union minister said that the "biggest outcome" from the release of central funds has led to a decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio (M
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Israel: 14th case of bird flu this season uncovered
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
H5N1 bird flu was diagnosed in a flock of turkeys in Nahalal in the Jezreel Valley. Following an unusual mortality of approximately 24,000 turkeys, before marketing at the age of 16 weeks, in five poultry houses, samples were sent to the laboratories of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food S
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Israel: Avian flu outbreak detected in Kibbutz
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Israel's Ministry of Agriculture and Food Safety reported that H5N1 avian influenza has been diagnosed in a fattening turkey coop in Kibbutz Tzora in the Judea region. Following an unusual mortality in three pre-market turkey coops, at 9.4 weeks of age, samples sent to the Ministry of Agric
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Lung Cancer rates in Israel: Smoking remains top risk despite decline in m
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
A long-term study of lung cancer in Israel released on Wednesday by the Health Ministry found that smoking -- both active and passive -- remains the primary risk factor.
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Study finds transfusing more blood to anemic patients after heart attack c
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The study confirms research completed in 2023, which revealed that anemic patients who received less blood had a higher mortality rate or more frequent heart attacks. Jeffrey L. Carson, provost and Distinguished Professor of medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, led both st
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