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New Delhi, Aug 22 (Just Earth News): Lenskart, an eyewear company, and Samarpan Foundation, a charitable not-for-profit entity, recently joined hands to conduct a series of eye check ups for Tihar Jail inmates. more
INTERVIEW: Funding to prevent cholera is crucial to advance development in Haiti – UNICEF’s Marc Vincent

New York, Aug 20 (Just Earth News): Earlier on Friday, the spokesperson for United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke about how the UN system is actively working to develop a packag ...

Citing UN’s moral responsibility, Ban pledges support to Haiti in overcoming cholera epidemic

New York, Aug 20 (Just Earth News): Noting that a United States federal appeals court has upheld the United Nations’ immunity from a damage claim filed on behalf cholera victims in Haiti, ...

Glanbia’s #FITINDIA campaign is supported by J P Nadda

Kolkata, Aug 19 (Just Earth News): #FitIndia, a nationwide nutrition and healthy lifestyle campaign, was inaugurated on Friday in the presence of Hon’ble Union Minster, Ministry of Health ...

Napoleon's army killer Scrub Typhus strikes Kolkata

Kolkata, Aug 18 (IBNS): When the official death toll, due to Dengue, reached 17 and Dengue cases crossed 3000 in West Bengal, another bacterial disease Scrub Typhus, which killed thousands o ...

UN health agency names Michael Bloomberg Global Ambassador on noncommunicable diseases

New York, Aug 18 (Just Earth News): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday named Michael R. Bloomberg, former New York City mayor and philanthropist, as its Global Ambassador for ...

Research supports intelligence-led heart disease prevention over systematic health checks

NLondon, Aug 17 (Just Earth News): New research suggests that intelligence-led heart disease prevention can significantly increase the prescription of preventive drugs to the patients who ca ...

Chronic Kidney Disease may cause diabetes

Montreal , Aug 17 (Just Earth News): A team from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) has discovered a novel link between chronic kidney disease and diabetes.

New imaging platform tracks cancer progression

New York, Aug 17 (Just Earth News): A new rapid fluorescent 3-D imaging system developed by UCL and Imperial College London scientists offers a non-invasive approach to accurately monitor tu ...

Cardiovascular disease cause of 45% of deaths across Europe each year, says study

London, Aug 17 (Just Earth News): Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of death in Europe, accounting for nearly half (45 per cent) of all deaths, according to a new Oxford study f ...