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New York, Sept 25 (IBNS) Crippling funding shortfalls are hindering the ability of emergency teams to meet the escalating health needs of the millions of Syrians displaced by civil war and donors need to step up support to countries in the region doing the “heavy lifting,” warned the World Health Organization (WHO). more
Three new suspected cases of typhoid near Yarmouk camp in Syria

New York, Sept 24 (JEN) Following humanitarian operations in the southern Syrian town of Yalda, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) sa ...

Down to Earth investigation shows health care crisis in Punjab

New Delhi/Chandigarh, Sept 23 (JEN): Punjab is no longer a state of health and prosperity it is believed to be. A recent investigation by Down to Earth (DTE) has shown the state has a growin ...

Thousands of women on the move in Europe need reproductive healthcare – UN

New York, Sept 23 (JEN) The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Tuesday stressed the need to ensure women refugees and migrants moving across Europe have access to life-saving sexual a ...

RB employees raise INR 2 crore for Save the Children

Kolkata/Dehradun, Sept 22 (JEN) As part of its nationwide initiative Dettol Banega Swachh India, 42 RB employees from global offices came together to raise a sum of Rupees 2 crore.

West Bengal Heart Foundation , Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission’s initiative to save a life

Kolkata, Sept 19 (JEN) West Bengal Heart Foundation and Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission took an initiative by organizing a life saving workshop for students to help people encountering heart ...

Pakistan: Air strikes kill 16 militants

Peshawar, Sept 19 (JEN): At least 16 militants were killed Pakistani security forces carried out aerial strikes in different areas of Tirah Valley in the country's Khyber Agency, media repor ...

Health Ministry issues fresh advisory to Delhi Govt. on Dengue

New Delhi, Sept 19 (JEN) The Union Health Ministry has issued a fresh advisory to the Delhi Government to intensify vector control measures in view of the recent rains.

Dengue toll in Delhi 20 : Politicians' rhetorics continue

Delhi, Sept 19 (JEN) Dengue continues to rage in Delhi as the toll in the disease has risen to 20 amid continued rhetorics of politicians.

Global malaria target met amid sharp drop in cases: UN

New York, Sept 18 (JEN): Malaria death rates have plunged by 60 per cent since 2000, but the ancient killer remains an acute public health problem with 15 countries mainly in sub-Saharan Afr ...