Health
State of Health
Chennai, Dec 9 (JEN): Fortis Healthcare has extended itsaid to the victims of the recent torrential rains and flooding that has altered the landscape of Chennai in the past few weeks. more
UN tests data collection system to track and curb attacks against health workers

New York, Dec 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it now testing a new system for collecting data to ensure that attacks against h ...

UN expert urges Brazilian Government to ensure access to safe drinking water

New York, Dec 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Hundreds of thousands of people affected in catastrophic collapse of a mining dam in southeastern Brazil still lack full access to safe drinking water ...

UN bedside tool to help prevent maternal and newborn deaths worldwide

New York, Dec 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday a new checklist for healthcare workers that will help reduce maternal and newborn deaths with ...

175,000 die every year from unsafe food in South-East Asia Region: WHO

New Delhi, Dec 4 (JEN) More than 150 million people fall sick and 175 000 die every year after consuming contaminated and unsafe food in the WHO South-East Asia Region, according to the firs ...

Yemen: Ban calls for investigation after Saudi-led airstrikes destroy health clinic

New York, Dec 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the airstrikes carried out yesterday by the Saudi-led Coalition on a mobile health clinic run b ...

El Niño: UN emergency fund supports millions in affected countries

New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Following the devastating impact of El Niño, the United Nations relief wing has announced that the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has prov ...

Yemen faces dire health crisis with funding gap and 15.2 million lacking care: UN

New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): More than 15.2 million Yemenis now lack access to health care services, well over half the war-torn country’s total population, yet there is a 55 pe ...

Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals organizes 6th Annual Nursing Conclave and leadership meet to discuss the significant role of nurses in healthcare

Kolkata, Dec 2 (JEN): The Apollo Group of Hospitals, the Asia’s foremost integrated healthcare organizations, organized their group’s annual nursing conclave and leadership meet on Wedne ...

UN marks World AIDS Day with hope as momentum builds to break epidemic

New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The first World AIDS Day since political leaders committed to ending the epidemic by 2030 as part of the United Nations-led Sustainable Development Go ...