Full coverage: Health

28.07.2006 The objective of the Workshop is to address problems related to safe motherhood and to learn from national and international experiences in improving maternal health and safe motherhood. The focus would be on strategies to overcome specific issues & challenges in this area and to identify technological interventions that can provide remedial measures with special focus on Rajasthan.

28.07.2006 With the monsoon surging across Madhya Pradesh, a sharp increase in cases of water- borne diseases has been reported.

28.07.2006 Two fresh cases of polio have been detected in Ghaziabad district , Uttar Pradesh- according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

28.07.2006 About 300 persons living with HIV/AIDS led by the Tamilnad Network of Positive People (TNP+) staged a fast in front of the Government Guest House on Thursday to focus attention on several right to life issues.

28.07.2006 The government of Japan has agreed to provide a grant assistance of Rs.190 million (456 million yen) for the intensified pulse polio immunisation (IIPI) campaign in India this year.

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26.07.2006 With the monsoon season underway, the Government has taken up a comprehensive campaign to vaccinate 11 million children against Japanese encephalitis (JE), a viral infection that claimed more than 1,800 lives last year.

24.07.2006 Me anë të një prononcimi, Këshilli për Mbrojtjen e të Drejtave dhe Lirive të Njeriut (KMDLNJ) i ka sugjeruar Kuvendit që Qendrën Protokollare në Gërmi ta shndërroj në Klinikë mjekësore, në të cilën do të trajtoheshin rastet e sëmundjeve të mushkërive, duke marrë parasysh që ky mjedis është shumë i përshtatshëm klimatik për një klinikë të tillë.

24.07.2006 New international Child Growth Standards for infants and young children released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirm that children born anywhere in the world and given the optimum start in life have the potential to develop to within the same range of height and weight.

24.07.2006 To arrive at exact figures of pregnancy-related deaths and to reduce maternal mortality ratio in the state, Rajasthan has decided to conduct a detailed audit to find out the main cause of such deaths.

24.07.2006 The implementation of four major health schemes launched in order to reduce maternal maternity rate (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR) in Madhya Pradesh has resulted in increasing number of institutional deliveries from 27 per cent to 47 per cent.

24.07.2006 Though education is acknowledged to be the first line of defence against the spread of HIV and AIDS, the epidemic has a caused a large negative impact on the education of children from affected households.

24.07.2006 There are no medicines, not even packets of ORS, at Garaiya (Sunsari)-based sub health post, which was established two years ago with the objective of providing medical services to 16,000 residents in Bhutan.

20.07.2006 El rol fundamental del Banco Mundial no es actuar como institución financiera, sino marcar políticas a los países, allanando el camino para que las corporaciones privadas puedan actuar posteriormente con garantías legales en las naciones.

20.07.2006 An independent commission launched in New Delhi aims to get leaders of Asia-Pacific countries to stand up and take note of the daunting challenge posed by the spread of HIV/AIDS - including increased poverty and development setbacks.

18.07.2006 The widely-read book by US-based health organisation Hesperian Where There Is No Doctor is now online. The Hesperian Foundation's classic manual has helped people take lead in their own health care and organize to improve health conditions in their communities. Simply written and heavily illustrated, the book is available in many languages.

14.07.2006 Ventria Bioscience es una empresa biotecnológica estadounidense. Ventria decidió experimentar en hospitales peruanos, debido a la falta de regulaciones y de ética en la rama de la biogenética.

14.07.2006 Le agenzie umanitarie delle Nazioni Unite che operano nel Territorio Palestinese Occupato sono allarmate per l'evolversi della situazione sul campo, i cui sviluppi hanno causato la morte di civili innocenti, bambini inclusi, e un aumento della miseria per centinaia di migliaia di persone, con danni di vasta portata per l'intera società palestinese. La già drammatica situazione di Gaza, con tassi di povertà di circa l'8% e di disoccupazione di quasi il 40%, è destinata a peggiorare rapidamente se non saranno adottate misure immediate e urgenti. L'Unrwa, l'agenzia dell'Onu per l'assistenza agli oltre 980.000 rifugiati del TPO, ritiene che Gaza sia sull'orlo di un disastro sanitario. Le Agenzie umanitarie delle Nazioni Unite ritengono che la situazione si commenti da sola e ritengono imprescindibile un'assunzione di responsabilità di tutte le parti coinvolte. Se non verranno immediatamente adottate misure urgenti si andrà in contro ad una crisi umanitaria di vasta portata, con gravi conseguenze per le popolazioni per cui lavoriamo e le istituzioni attraverso cui operiamo.

13.07.2006 Suomalaisen perheen lapsiluku putosi 1900-luvun ensivuosikymmeninä viidestä lapsesta 2,5 lapseen ja 60-luvulla alle kahteen perhesuunnittelun ansiosta. Tällä hetkellä perhesuunnittelun kuuma kysymys liittyy hedelmöityshoitojen lainsäädäntöön, kerrotaan uudessa perhesuunnittelun historiaa valaisevassa tutkimuksessa.

13.07.2006 Abbott, industria farmacéutica estadounidense, está negándose a proveer la nueva versión del anti-retroviral Liponavir/Ritonavir a los países en desarrollo.