India ranked 143 among 188 countries in health study
A global study on a range of health indicators released today has ranked India 143rd among 188 countries, citing various […]
Mann ki Baat PM Modi launches Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan to save more pregnant women lives
Keeping his faith in technology intact, Prime Minister Narendra Modi through his innovative mass awareness medium Mann ki Baat addressed […]
World Population Day
Call to Include Family Planning in Sustainable Development Goals, Invest More in Womens Reproductive Rights India has inched closer to […]
India Eyes on Achieving MDGs on Child Mortality, Maternal Health
India aims to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of reducing child morality and improving maternal health in 2015 with […]
India, UK can jointly Improve Healthcare
The city is currently hosting an international medicine conference. This will also mark collaboration between doctors from India and London […]
CSIR move to find therapies for neglected diseases
It has inked a MoU with the Royal Society of Chemistry to accelerate the discovery of therapies for diseases like […]
WiMAX Empowering Healthcare in Nigeria
The introduction of telemedicine technology in Nigeria has the potential to change the course of healthcare delivery, especially in rural […]
Progress towards attaining MDGs
At the midpoint to reaching the Millennium Development Goals for 2015, the world
Go the Distance
[This article was published in the July 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] While we celebrate the spirit of Millennium Development Goals world over in the context of health indicators
Lilly recognised with World Business and Development Award for Tuberculosis Initiative
Lilly, a research based organisation of pharmaceutical products, honoured for contribution to Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by the International Chamber of Commerce, United Nations Development Program and International Business Leaders Forum.
The UN tackles noncommunicable diseases
The United Nations General Assembly has recently adopted resolution in Geneva on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases – mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes – which kill nearly 35 million people each year, including almost 9 million before the age of 60.
New World Bank Action Plan – to help developing world achieve MDG 5 targets by 2015
The World Bank has released a new five-year plan to help poor countries reduce their high fertility rates and prevent the widespread deaths of their mothers and children.
Developing nations will lobby for research funds for TB, malaria
India and other developing countries are set to lobby hard for funding mechanisms to develop medicines,
mostly aimed at neglected diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria, at a forum set up by the World Health Organization or WHO. Developed countries have long maintained that patents are sufficient incentive for innovation.
