Full Coverage: Health

28.07.2006 The objective of the Workshop is to address problems related to safe motherhood and to learn from national and international experiences in improving maternal health and safe motherhood. The focus would be on strategies to overcome specific issues & challenges in this area and to identify technological interventions that can provide remedial measures with special focus on Rajasthan.

28.07.2006 With the monsoon surging across Madhya Pradesh, a sharp increase in cases of water- borne diseases has been reported.

28.07.2006 Two fresh cases of polio have been detected in Ghaziabad district , Uttar Pradesh- according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

28.07.2006 About 300 persons living with HIV/AIDS led by the Tamilnad Network of Positive People (TNP+) staged a fast in front of the Government Guest House on Thursday to focus attention on several right to life issues.

28.07.2006 The government of Japan has agreed to provide a grant assistance of Rs.190 million (456 million yen) for the intensified pulse polio immunisation (IIPI) campaign in India this year.

27.07.2006

26.07.2006 With the monsoon season underway, the Government has taken up a comprehensive campaign to vaccinate 11 million children against Japanese encephalitis (JE), a viral infection that claimed more than 1,800 lives last year.

24.07.2006 New international Child Growth Standards for infants and young children released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirm that children born anywhere in the world and given the optimum start in life have the potential to develop to within the same range of height and weight.

24.07.2006 To arrive at exact figures of pregnancy-related deaths and to reduce maternal mortality ratio in the state, Rajasthan has decided to conduct a detailed audit to find out the main cause of such deaths.

24.07.2006 The implementation of four major health schemes launched in order to reduce maternal maternity rate (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR) in Madhya Pradesh has resulted in increasing number of institutional deliveries from 27 per cent to 47 per cent.

24.07.2006 Though education is acknowledged to be the first line of defence against the spread of HIV and AIDS, the epidemic has a caused a large negative impact on the education of children from affected households.

24.07.2006 There are no medicines, not even packets of ORS, at Garaiya (Sunsari)-based sub health post, which was established two years ago with the objective of providing medical services to 16,000 residents in Bhutan.

20.07.2006 An independent commission launched in New Delhi aims to get leaders of Asia-Pacific countries to stand up and take note of the daunting challenge posed by the spread of HIV/AIDS - including increased poverty and development setbacks.

18.07.2006 The widely-read book by US-based health organisation Hesperian Where There Is No Doctor is now online. The Hesperian Foundation's classic manual has helped people take lead in their own health care and organize to improve health conditions in their communities. Simply written and heavily illustrated, the book is available in many languages.

12.07.2006 Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world.About 90% of the population lives in rural areas. The conflict situation affected the health, education, and other rights of the most vulnerable members of society, especially women and children.This article examine the evidence on the current state of child health and human rights in Nepal.

12.07.2006 Bangladesh's Prime Minister Khaleda Zia called for strengthening the health sector programmes by effectively involving the young in the activities for quick achievement of the desired goals.

12.07.2006 The Health ministry in association with WHO India Office has planned a National workshop on TRIPS and public health with special reference to data protection under Article 39.3 of TRIPS on July 13, 2006.

12.07.2006 Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and Cleantech Limited, a private organisation will together set up 50 mobile public toilets in different spots in the city by the end of this month.

11.07.2006 The World Population Day is being marked worldwide with focus on reproductive health of young people. The growing imbalance between the economic development and population growth has been a major global challenge.

11.07.2006 Outgoing United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Bangladesh representative Suneeta Mukharjee, who has stayed here five and a half years, expressed her highest job satisfaction in discharging her duties in Bangladesh and sang the country's praises for success in overall population sector.