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Mobile app developed by IIPHG, PHFI to combat exam pressure
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): A mobile application to cope with exam related stress and anxiety for students and their parents has been developed by Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Gujarat, (IIPHG) in collaboration with National Mental Health Program
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Health Ministry takes stock of measures for controlling West Nile Virus
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 14 (ANI): Health Ministry on Thursday stated that it is taking stock of the public health measures for controlling West Nile Virus in Kerala.
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Concert featuring Grammy Award Ricky Kej to raise awareness on climate cha
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 13(ANI): The Centre for Environmental Health (CEH), a Centre of Excellence at the Public Health Foundation of India and the Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI) is organizing a one of its kind concert in New Delhi on March 23, 2019, to raise awarene
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There can be more people with this name: Bihar Minister on Sunny Leone top
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Feb 21 (ANI): Soon after a candidate with the name of ‘Sunny Leone’ topped the merit list for Junior Engineer’s post in Bihar Public Health Engineering Department with 98.5 per cent marks, the state Education Minister Vinod Narayan Jha came in defe
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Health Minister confers ‘Award of Appreciation’ to Rajiv Nath of AIMED for
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Rajiv Nath was conferred upon the prestigious ‘Award of Appreciation’ by Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare for his contribution to the Global Public Healthcare sector at The Award of Appreciation Ceremony held yesterday at M
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Death toll rises to 24 in Afghanistan's suicide car explosion
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Wardak (Afghanistan) Jan 22 (ANI): The death toll in Monday's suicide car explosion in Afganistan's Wardak province has climbed to 24, said Provincial public health officials.
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Bihar: Stray dogs enjoy leisure time on govt hospital beds
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Nawada (Bihar) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): While people are often seen begging for a bed in government hospitals due its shortage, such is not the case, seemingly, with one government hospital in Bihar's Nawada district where stray dogs were seen leisurely resting on patient beds raising concerns
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Here's why elderly with hearing aids still report challenges
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 08 (ANI): A study conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health recently deduced that a high proportion of older people with hearing aids report having trouble hearing and difficulty accessing hearing care services. The study finds tha
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NHRC seeks details from TN Govt, Union Health Ministry on reports of trans
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the media reports that a teenage donor, whose blood infected a pregnant woman with HIV, attempted suicide at his home in Tamil Nadu as the families struggled to deal with the tragedy
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94 more test positive for Zika virus in Rajasthan
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Oct. 18 (ANI): The total number of Zika virus infected cases has mounted to 94 in Rajasthan, informed Dr V.K. Mathur, Director of Public Health for Rajasthan.
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Afghanistan: 13 killed as suicide bomber strikes election rally
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Nangarhar [Afghanistan], Oct 2 (ANI): At least 13 people were killed and over 30 injured after a suicide bomber attacked an election rally here on Tuesday, the Provincial Public Health Director Najibullah Kamawal told TOLOnews.
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Tadweer eliminates over 2 million mosquito breeding sites in Abu Dhabi
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], Oct 1 (ANI/WAM): As part of its ongoing efforts to protect public health in Abu Dhabi, the Public Health Pest Control Projects Division at Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre (Tadweer) has executed an intensive programme to control mosquitoes and other public health pests acro
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