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Swachh Bharat could help avert over 3L deaths: WHO
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 4 (ANI): If India remains committed to achieving 100 per cent coverage in terms of safe sanitation services by October 2019, as many as 3,00,000 deaths caused due to diarrheal disease and protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) since the country launched the Swachh Bharat Mi
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Rural sanitation coverage rises 89% under Swachh Bharat
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 3 (ANI): The Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G) progress report conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has said that India's rural sanitation coverage escalated to 89.07 percent till August 2.
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Russell Viper snake delivers 36 offspring in Mumbai institute
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 13 (ANI): A Russell viper snake gave birth to 36 baby snakes in Mumbai's Haffkine Institute for Training Research and Testing.
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'Doctors continue to bear the brunt of social aggression'
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): With India possessing a mere 9.09 percent of the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended doctor density per 1000 people, frayed tempers and impatience have been manifesting themselves in various forms of aggression and violence against doctors.
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WHO just declared 'gaming disorder' as official
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 19 (ANI): Do you feel you have no control when you are gaming? Are you putting your game ahead of everything? Well, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), you may be suffering from 'gaming disorder'.
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Experts share recommendations to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): The 10th meeting of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) concluded recently with Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Vikas Sheel urging all partners to come out of silos, integrate efforts and implement the filarias
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Father's Day: These cigarettes are not injurious to your dad's health
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 17 (ANI): In a unique way to urge people to avoid smoking cigarettes and consumption of alcohol, a Coimbatore-based chocolate maker, Sujatha, has made chocolates in the design of chess board, champagne bottles and cigarettes, to mark the occasion of Fath
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India adopts new strategy to accelerate lymphatic filariasis elimination
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Wednesday inaugurated the 10th meeting of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF).
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Govt. launches smoking cessation campaign
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 9 (ANI): At a World Health Organisation event held recently, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India launched a national media campaign to encourage smoking cessation.
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Nipah Virus controlled within 12 hours: Nadda
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 05 (ANI): Union Minister for Health, J. P. Nadda on Tuesday downplayed the Nipah virus outbreak, assuring that the situation was under control.
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Indian men at risk of cardiovascular disease due to tobacco
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Globally, tobacco use results in death for 50 percent of its users, who account for over nine percent of the world's population today.
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Nipah Virus: Kerala man shifted to isolated ward in Goa
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Goa [India], May 28 (ANI): A native of Kerala has been kept in an isolated ward of Goa Medical College after he showed symptoms similar to that of Nipah Virus on Monday.
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