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Kolkata / Mumbai, Nov 28 (JEN): “Getting to Zero” was the theme selected in 2011 through to the end of 2015 by the World AIDS Campaign (WAC) to commemorate World AIDS Day on Dec 1. more
WB needs to increase health spending over Rs.6500 Cr by 2018: IIHMR

Kolkata, Nov 27 (JEN): Responding to rise in the Public Health Expenditure as according to the proposal made by the National Health Policy, International Institute of Health Management Resea ...

West Africa cannot recover from Ebola epidemic on its own: UN health official

New York, Nov 28 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Following the flare-up of Ebola in Liberia 77 days after the outbreak was declared over, the region's top coordinator of the United Nations response ...

Heinrich Popow to conduct first ever running clinic for people-with disabilities in India

Mumbai, Nov 26 (JEN): Ottobock Healthcare, the world-leading suppliers of innovative solutions for people with limited mobility, will be organizing the first edition of their Running Clinics ...

Pakistan girl undergoes heart surgery in Kolkata

Kolkata, Nov 26 (JEN) Spreading a message of peace, a four-year-old Pakistani girl has underwent a heart surgery in Kolkata on Tuesday.

UNAIDS: Millions receiving HIV treatment globally through focused response

New York, Nov 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Citing “extraordinary” progress in HIV prevention and response in the last 15 years, a new United Nations report found that many countries are ad ...

UN seeks European strategy on health care for refugee and migrant influx

New York, Nov 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS): As the unprecedented influx of refugees and migrants into Europe strains host countries’ medical resources, the United Nations World Health Organiz ...

Health Minister urges family medicine practitioners to contribute to preventive and promotive health care

New Delhi, Nov 22 (JEN) With the aim to expand the expanse of promotive and preventive health care, and reduce the burden of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the country, Union Minister ...

Ban establishes panel to broaden access to quality medicines at affordable costs

New York, Nov 21 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the establishment of 15-member High-Level Panel on health technology innovation and access ...

UN Millennium Development Goal target to reduce malaria burden achieved

New York, Nov 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With roughly six weeks left under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – a set of eight universally-agreed goals adopted in 2000 ...