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34 per cent of Indians insufficiently active: Lancet Study
According to recent study published in Lancet Global Health journal, at least 34% of India’s population is insufficiently active. The levels of insufficient activity were higher among women...
Horizon 2020: India, EU join hands for research programme to develop a next generation influenza vaccine
Union Government and European Union (EU) have collaborated for research programme named Horizon 2020 to develop Next Generation Influenza Vaccine to protect citizens across the globe. For this...
Government launches National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme to control viral hepatitis C on the...
July 28: World Hepatitis Day
The World Hepatitis Day is being observed every year on July 28 around the globe to spread awareness about viral hepatitis. Observance of the day seeks to encourage...
Bombali: New strain of Ebola virus discovered in Sierra Leone
Researchers working in joint US-West African study funded by USAid have discovered new strain of Ebola virus in bats in northern Bombali region of Sierra Leone. It has...
Kerala Government declares Kozhikode and Malappuram districts free from Nipah virus
Kerala Government has declared Kozhikode and Malappuram districts free from Nipah virus infection. These districts were declared as temporarily Nipah free as no positive case of the infecton...
International Classification of Diseases: WHO classifies gaming addiction as mental health disorder
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified gaming addiction as mental health disorder in its International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 11. This is as per draft of new...
10th Meeting of Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis held in New Delhi
The 10th Meeting of Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) was held in New Delhi, India. It was inaugurated by Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare... Nipah virus: Kerala lifts high alert; schools to reopen
Kerala Government has decided to lift high alert issued in the wake of outbreak of deadly Nipah virus in May 2018 in northern Kozhikode and Malappuram districts of...
May 25: World Thyroid Awareness Day
The World Thyroid Day is observed every year on May 25 to spread awareness of thyroid health and educating about prevention and treatment of thyroid diseases. Observance of...
Nepal becomes first country in south-east Asia to eliminate Trachoma: WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Nepal for having eliminated trachoma, a contagious bacterial infection of the eye. It makes Nepal first country in WHO’s South-East Asia Region...
