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UN declares end to Ebola in Guinea; all three host countries free

New York, Dec 30 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations health agency on Tuesday declared the end of Ebola virus transmission in Guinea, where the epidemic began two years ago before spreading to neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone and, ultimately by land and air travel to seven other countries, killing over 11,300 people. more

Sanofi Pasteur’s Dengue vaccine approved in Philippines

Kolkata/Lyon, France, Dec 23 (JEN) Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced on Wednesday that the Philippines have granted marketing approval to Dengvaxia, making it the fi ...

Sushree Satpathy crowned India’s “Best Dessert Chef” at Sugar Free Dessert Challenge

Kolkata, Dec 22 (JEN) India found its first “Best Dessert Chef” as the Grand Finale of the SugarFree Dessert Challenge concluded at The Yellow Chilli restaurant at Powai in Mumbai on Dec ...

Urgent support needed to provide health services for 15 million people in Yemen - UN

New York, Dec 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners on Wednesday appealed for $31 million to ensure the continuity of medical services ...

UNICEF urges swift action, ‘robust financing’ to close water and sanitation gaps in sub-Saharan Africa

New York, Dec 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Some 180,000 children under the age of five die every year – roughly 500 a day – in sub–Saharan Africa due to diarrhoeal diseases linked to inad ...

Indian, US companies join hands to fight diabetes in West Bengal

Kolkata, Dec 15 (JEN) Hysun Inc., a US based biotechnology company specializing in the production of health supplements that improves microcirculation of the body and Phyto Biotech India bas ...

Some 1.8 million newborn deaths a year in South-East Asia are preventable - UN health agency

New York, Dec 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Nearly 7,400 newborns die every day in South-East Asia, causing untold misery to mothers and families, yet two thirds can be saved with proven cost ...

Kolkata: CMRI conducts two- day long discourse on respiratory diseases

Kolkata, Dec 14 (JEN) Kolkata witnessed an update on Pulmonary Medicine on Dec 12 and 13 December at Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI), the flagship hospital of the CK Birla Hospit ...

‘We can consign rabies to the history books’ with plan to eliminate virus: WHO

New York, Dec 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Against the backdrop of one person dying every 10 minutes from rabies and that treatment for those bitten can cost 40 days of wages in some countries ...

New report signals progress towards malaria elimination: WHO

New York, Dec 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The world is making "significant progress" toward malaria elimination with prevention and treatment efforts saving more than 660 million lives and $9 ...