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Five Little Known Diseases To Watch Out For In 2017

The phrase “emerging disease”, to describe an infectious disease that is new to humans or which is suddenly increasing its geographical range or number of cases...

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11 Health Innovations To Drastically Cut Maternal And Child Mortality Rates

Achieving the ambitious target to end maternal and child deaths, enshrined in the sustainable development goals (SDGs), will require ingenuity. The good news is that 11 hea...

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India Needs To Develop A Strategy For Training Human Resources For Mental Healthcare

The emergence of suicide prevention as a public health challenge requiring urgent national action has been painfully slow globally. The urgency has been slower in middle- a...

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WHO Develops Electronic Solution To Child, Maternal Deaths

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has developed an electronic solution using hospital-based study on 10,000 pregnant women in Nigeria and Uganda to reduce the high labour...

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Rohit Shetty To Sponsor Treatment Of 10 Cancer-Afflicted Children

Best known for blowing up cars and adrenaline-pumping fight scenes in his films, Rohit Shetty's oeuvre belies his sensitivity. The filmmaker, we hear, has adopted 10 cancer...

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A Big Boost For Public Health

Maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) is no longer a major public health problem in the World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia region. The WHO South-East Asia Region...

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Akshay Kumar To Feature In WHO's Diabetic Awareness Campaign

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar will feature in a video campaign by the World Health Organisation to raise awareness about diabetes in India. Akshay Kumar and Rajkumar Hir...

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The Zika Declaration

THE Zika virus has been the predominant item across news agencies this past couple of weeks. Until the outbreak in Brazil in May last year (2015), most of us can probably s...

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In Southeast Asia, India Leads In Child Mortality

India accounts for maximum number of newborn deaths in Southeast Asia region. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), out of the total deaths in the region, more ...

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The Challenge Of Climate Change: An Indian Perspective

Few countries in the world are as vulnerable to the effects of climate change as India is with its vast population that is dependent on the growth of its agrarian economy, ...

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