People receiving antiretroviral treatment tripled in developing nations
A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) was released lately.
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Maternal Mortality in India: 1997-2003, Trends, Causes and Risk Factors
The survey study titled Maternal Mortality in India: 1997-2003, Trends, Causes and Risk Factors, shows that overall MMR [maternal mortality ratio, which means number of maternal deaths to women (in the age group 15-49 years) per 1 lakh live births to women (in the age group 15-49 years)], which was nearly 400 in the year 1997-98, has declined to about 300 in the year 2001-03, thus registering a decline of 24 per cent during this period based on SRS data.
News Review – April 2010
ET Medical Devices, Italy announces joint venture with Trivitron Healthcare Trivitron the largest technology provider of Indian origin has announced […]
NEWS REVIEW WORLD
Healthcare IT market in Asia-Pacific region sees strong SAP adoption SAP Asia Pacific recently announced strong adoption of its healthcare […]
NEWS REVIEW BUSINESS
GE Healthcare and HCL form healthcare IT partnership HCL and GE Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare technology, announced recently […]
NEWS REVIEW INDIA
Trivitron and Brandon Medical (UK) announces JV for manufacturing advanced OT Lights in IndiaTrivitron recently announced its alliance with Brandon […]
INDIA NEWS
Chandigarh to connect local health centres with telemedicine project In order to provide more quality health care to its people, […]
WORLD NEWS
Tennessee with AT&T creates health info exchange AT&T Inc. is partnering with Tennessee to provide the country’s first statewide system […]
BUSINESS NEWS
Microsoft, SAP provide solutions for healthcare IT Microsoft Corp. and SAP America Inc., a subsidiary of SAP AG, have agreed […]
INDIA UPDATE
India gets a radio station on disaster management The country's first radio station on disaster management was launched on 23 […]
BUSINESS
A tie-up to boost the flow of telemedicine Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Telemedicine Center has selected Spacenet […]
WORLD
ICT deployment in hospitals can cut operating costsOnce hospitals exceed a certain tipping point in its IT investments, they see […]
TI, IIT-Kgp in medical tech pact
Texas Instruments (TI), the global information technology company, has signed a four-year collaborative agreement with the School of Medical Science and Technology of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), to develop semiconductor technologies that will help improve the quality, comfort and accessibility of healthcare in India.
