Hilleman Laboratories announces clinical trials of affordable innovative vaccines
Hilleman Laboratories, joint venture between Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) and the Wellcome Trust, on 29 April announced the initiation […]
World Toilet Day: Flush away inertia and ignorance
Almost 2 billion people use excrementally polluted water, which poses not only a global health risk, but also flushes away […]
From Primary to Tertiary Healthcare
T C Benjamin, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Department,Government of Maharashtra, provides an overview of the IT initiatives that have been […]
400 Vaccines In Development to Fight Infectious Diseases
Critical challenges remain in the centuries-old battles against infectious diseases, particularly as bacteria and viruses mutate and as the threat of bioterrorism grows. More than 9.5 million people worldwide die each year from infectious diseases. Of particular concern today are virulent forms of ‘super bugs’ that have mutated and grown resistant to available antibiotics.
Asian Development Bank to Strengthen Disease Monitoring in Three Mekong Countries
The Asian Development Bank will provide $49m to strengthen surveillance response systems to prevent the spread of communicable and tropical diseases in Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Vietnam.
Villages in Orissa see a fast spread of Cholera
Cholera and other water borne diseases, which have claimed 39 lives since August, have started infected more people in Orissa’s Rayagada district in the last few days, and triggered panic among the residents, media reports.
“IT is the only facilitator for health services in the government sector” : Dr. R C Patnaik, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, India
The health department is a constituent unit of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), providing holistic healthcare facilities to the population residing in the geographical territory under MCD.
