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WHO warns of infectious disease surge among deported Afghan migrants amid
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
WHO has warned of rising infectious diseases among Afghan migrants deported from neighbouring countries due to poor sanitation. Thousands have been screened and vaccinated at border points, but WHO urges more funding and medical support to prevent outbreaks, Khaama Press reported.
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Made-in-India RAMBAAN rapid action Mobile BSL-3 Lab on wheels reaching out
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
The Mobile BSL-3 [MBSL-3] laboratory is an innovative initiative of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for providing the diagnostic surge capacity for enhancing the onsite laboratory services during the outbreaks of known and unknown high risk pathogens.
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Formation of a National Joint Outbreak Response Team to address "Disease X
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
The National Institute of One Health (NIOH), currently being established in Nagpur, will feature a specialised National Outbreak Response Team aimed at swiftly identifying and analysing the root causes of disease outbreaks.
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Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progr
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Immunisation efforts are increasingly at risk as misinformation, population growth, ongoing humanitarian crises, and funding cuts jeopardise progress and leave millions of children, adolescents, and adults at risk, warned WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi during World Immunisation Week (April 24-30).
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Pakistan: Illegal water tankers in Karachi fuel Naegleria outbreaks, repor
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Tests conducted on water samples from 50 union councils across the city found that a staggering 95 per cent were contaminated with the deadly Naegleria parasite.
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"No action taken by Pak govt to curb air pollution": Karachi resident
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Karachi resident Qazi Hala Rehman expressed his frustration, saying, "This is not a new problem; it has existed for a long time. As factories and pollution have increased, so have diseases. We have seen outbreaks like COVID-19 and dengue, which have taken many lives. The government claims to
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Weather change linked to heightened risk of Salmonella outbreaks: Study
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
According to new research from the University of Surrey, climate change has an impact on Salmonella spread. This study builds on prior work by the researchers, which discovered that weather change is contributing to the spread of deadly diarrhoeal illnesses.
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Pakistan: Experts raise concern over rising diphtheria cases in Karachi, c
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Health officials have confirmed that 40 children have died due to diphtheria outbreaks in Karachi's West, Keamari, and East districts, as well as in Larkana and Dadu districts.
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"We are going to see more outbreaks like monkeypox or zika virus in coming
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Chairman of the Institute of Internal Medicine Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Medanta and Former AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria on Thursday stated that India is one of the high-burden countries as far as tuberculosis is concerned and a lot of measures have been taken in the private and
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WHO's new fund raising mechanism seeks USD 7 bn for global health challeng
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Taking to his social media platform X, the WHO chief said that the world is facing a difficult time with multiple overlapping challenges of conflict, climate change, displacement, poverty, inequality, polarization, disease outbreaks, the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases, and me
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Serum Institute of India joins CEPI global network to boost production of
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The world's largest vaccine manufacturer, the Serum Institute of India Private Ltd (SII), is joining a growing Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) network of vaccine producers in the Global South to support more rapid, agile, and equitable responses to future public health
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Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration: Study
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A new analysis of U.S. Forest Service data shows that climate change is changing forests differently across the country. With increasing temperatures, intensifying droughts, wildfires, and disease outbreaks wreaking havoc on trees, researchers warn that forests in the American West are facin
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