Diarrhea
Conferment of 106 Padma Awards
Padma Awards is a presented to honor people from different fields such as social work, education, literature, public affairs, education, etc. It is one of the highest civilian awards presented in the country. The award is presented in three categories ..
Tags: Birla family • Diarrhea • Diarrhoea • Dr.Zakir Hussain • Mulayam Singh Yadav
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
11th Annual Pneumonia and Diarrhoea Progress Report
On November 12, 2020, on the occasion of the World Pneumonia Day, the International Vaccines Access Centre released the 11th Annual Pneumonia and Diarrhoea Progress Report. According to the report, India has made significant progress in vaccination coverage to prevent ..
Tags: Diarrhea • DPT vaccine • PCV vaccine • Pneumonia • Rotavirus vaccine
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Pneumonia, diarrhoea still a big threat: Global study
Ahead of World Pneumonia Day, on November 12, the 2019 Pneumonia and Diarrhoea Progress Report Card released by the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The report describes progress in fighting pneumonia ..
Tags: Clinical medicine • Diarrhea • Gastroenterology • Medicine • Oral rehydration therapy
Chander Mohan finds simple way to predict Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Prof. Chander Mohan, an Indian-American scientist, has identified as many as 50 protein biomarkers that can non-invasively detect Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) – a gut disorder that leads to diarrhoea, abdominal cramps, and weight loss. Mohan, who is professor at ..
Tags: Abdominal pain • Autoimmune diseases • Clinical medicine • Crohn's & Colitis Foundation • Crohn's disease
Rotavac becomes India’s first indigenously developed vaccine to be pre-qualified by WHO
India’s first indigenously developed vaccine “Rotavac” has been pre-qualified by the World Health Organisation (WHO). To be “pre-qualified” means that the vaccine can be sold internationally to several countries in Africa and South America. The vaccine was developed by the ..
Tags: Diarrhea • Gastroenterology • Immunization • Medicine • Pediatrics
Rotavirus infection: India amid 5 countries with highest number of Deaths
As per the latest edition of the Lancet Infectious Diseases magazine, nearly 1 Lakh below the age of 5 years died of diarrhoea ascribable to rotavirus infection in India in 2008, accounting for 22% of the total deaths reported worldwide ..
Tags: Diarrhea • Gastroenterology • Health • Medicine • Pediatrics