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New Delhi, Nov 3 (JEN) To review the preparedness of various hospitals to deal with the cases of H1N1 influenza, J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare visited Safdarjung Hospital and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, here on Tuesday. more
East Jerusalem: UN officials call for respect of health premises, right to health care

New York, Nov 3 (JEN): Officials from a number of United Nations agencies have stressed the need to ensure respect for health premises as well as the right to health, following recent action ...

WB Minister Chandrima Bhattacharjee inaugurates INS's fourth national conference in Kolkata

Kolkata, Nov 2 (JEN) West Bengal Minister of State for Health Chandrima Bhattacharjee has recently inaugurated the fourth national conference of the Infusion Nurses Society(INS) as part of ...

Health and safety of women and children in disaster-prone areas must be a priority: UN

New York, Oct 30 (JEN): Disaster response specialists, including from the United Nations and other organizations, gathered in Suva, Fiji this week for the annual Pacific Humanitarian Partner ...

UNESCO kicks off conference against doping in sport

New York, Oct 30 (JEN): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hosted the fifth session of the International Convention against Doping in Sport at its ...

"An eye-opener", says Shastri and Rahane after their Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital visit

Mumbai, Oct 29 (JEN) Following their visit to the Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon, Indian Cricket Team Director, Ravi Shastri and player Ajinkya Rahane hailed ...

Care24 raises seed fund of USD 350,000 from India Quotient

Mumbai, Oct 29 (JEN): Care24, Mumbai's rapidly growing home healthcare platform, has raised its first round of funding worth USD 350,000 (INR 2.27 Crores approx) from India Quotient.

Tuberculosis deaths nearly halved since 1990, but 4,400 dying daily: WHO

New York, Oct 29 (JEN): The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that the fight against tuberculosis (TB) is paying off, with this year’s death rate nearly half of what i ...

Two-thirds of world’s population is infected with herpes: WHO

New York, Oct 29 (JEN): More than 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 are infected with herpes simplex virus type 1, which in most cases causes “cold sores” around the mouth, accordin ...

Cholera spreading in Iraq, suspected case reported in Syria: WHO

New York, Oct 28 (JEN): The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that it would start vaccine treatments for cholera beginning this weekend to prevent further outbreaks in Ira ...