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Alkem launches Reliever Free India, an awareness campaign about Asthma
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 2 (ANI/PRNewswire): Amid World Asthma Day-2023, a leading pharmaceutical company - Alkem Laboratories has announced the launch of its initiative 'Reliever Free India' to raise awareness about Asthma among physicians and Asthma patients.
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Apollo Diagnostics launches Xpert Health - A varied range of Wellness Heal
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI/SRV): Apollo Diagnostics, a prominent healthcare services provider, has recently launched Xpert Health, a new wellness category that offers personalized healthcare to patients for preventive health packages. Xpert Health aims to provide patients with easy and
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World Malaria Day 2023: Time to deliver zero malaria, says WHO
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
To commemorate World Malaria Day 2023, World Health Organization has urged the countries affected by the disease globally to accelerate the reach of high-impact tools and strategies to prevent, detect and treat malaria, with a focus on reaching the most vulnerable, ensuring that no person or
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413 people have died in Sudan fighting so far: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that 413 people have died in the current Sudan conflict, while the UN children's agency said children are paying a high price, with at least nine reportedly killed in the fighting and more than 50 badly injured.
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Japan approves nation's first abortion pill Mefeego
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
It would provide an alternative to a surgical procedure amid calls for progress in women's reproductive rights and gender equality. In Japan, abortions have been usually performed with metal instruments. As this procedure is invasive, medical experts and others are calling for introduction o
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Dr Sanjay Chaudhary was honoured with the Ophthalmologist of the Year awar
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI/GPRC): India is home to over 1.3 billion people, and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 62 million people in India are affected by some form of visual impairment. Many of these cases are preventable or treatable, but access to eye
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"Without full access to information that China has, you cannot say this or
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"All hypotheses are on the table. That's WHO's position and that's why we have been asking China to be cooperative on this," he added.
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Indian Medical Association celebrates World Health Day in over 1,750 branc
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Every year April 7 is celebrated as World Health day. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of WHO which was established in April 7, 1948. It was established with a motive to attain the highest level of health and well-being to everyone, everywhere.
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Omicron variant behind COVID surge in India has higher effective reproduct
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The latest preprint new study shows XBB.1.16 Omicron variant, which is behind the COVID surge in India and will also spread worldwide in the near future, has an effective reproductive number (Re) 1.27 and 1.17-fold higher respectively than XBB.1 & XBB.1.5, suggesting that XBB.1.16 will s
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Harpic and News18's initiative mission Swachhta Aur Paani to mark World He
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): 'Mission Swachhta Aur Paani' - the Sanitation for All campaign by Harpic and News18 is all set to mark World Health Day with a special event on 7th April 2023. The event aims to mobilise India for better sanitation and reinforce awareness on how hyg
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UAE issues travel advisory against dangerous Marburg virus
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Disease is passed on to people from fruit bats and is from the same virus family responsible for the deadly Ebola. Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania are facing outbreaks of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious and deadly disease similar to Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said earl
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WHO report reveals health emergency situation in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The healthcare situation in Afghanistan is as deteriorated as any other sector after the Taliban seized power in August last year. The people of the country now, are dependent on humanitarian aid for healthcare as well.
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