All posts tagged "WHO"
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1.6KAuthored articleHow e-cigarettes play a crucial role in tobacco harm reduction?
Most of us know that tobacco is harmful to health. Over 60 lakhs of deaths are recorded due to direct tobacco use...
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1.0KNewsWorld Mental Health Day: WHO underlines youth and mental health in changing world
One in five adolescents experience mental and behavioural problems in any given year. Moreover, half of all mental health problems in adulthood...
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850NewsASHA, Anganwadi workers incentives hiked: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced doubling of routine incentives given to ASHA workers by the Government. All ASHA workers and their helpers...
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1.5KGuest BlogWhy voluntary blood donations is need of the hour?
According to a 2016 World Health Organisation report, the average global citizens life expectancy has increased to 72 years. Incidences of cancer,...
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996NewsWHO praises Swachh Bharats rural component
Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G) will likely to prevent more than three lakh deaths due to diarrhoea and protein-energy malnutrition between 2014-October...
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1.3KNewsParliamentarians commit to improve health of women, children
Over 30 parliamentarians from countries in WHOs South-East Asia Region have committed to take measures to reduce preventable diseases and death among...
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986WellnessRegular check-ups and exercises keys to control diabetes
Diabetes is one of the fastest-growing epidemics in India and the disease burden is increasing at a rapid pace. According to WHO,...
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1.3KNewsFerring introduces carbetocin to prevent post-child birth bleeding
In a bid to reduce the mortality rate, Switzerland based Ferring Pharmaceutical has designed a heat stable carbetocin which is as effective as oxytocin, the current...
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1.5KNewsWHO publishes first essential diagnostics list
In the backdrop of the fact that many people worldwide dont have access to diagnostic services which proves costly at times, the...
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1.7KNews‘Ayushman Bharat’ a bold and courageous decision: WHO
Terming it a bold and ambitious move that has the potential to improve health and move people out of poverty, the World...
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1.5KNewsWHO acknowledges HP doctor’s affordable rabies protocol
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has endorsed a rabies immunisation protocol developed by a government doctor from Himachal Pradesh. 49-year-old Omesh Kumar...
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4.6KNewsAMTZ gets World Health Organisation recognition
Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone Ltd (AMTZ) has been selected by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to host their pre-qualification cell for In...
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3.5KNewsCipla launches RAS to treat malaria in young children
Global pharma major Cipla today announced the launch of Artesunate Rectal Artesunate Suppositories (RAS) in a strength of 100 mg used for...
