Tag: WHO
India among top four nations affected severely by antibiotic resistance
The white paper released by Aetna International highlights antibiotics resistance as a serious hazard to public health 7 Lakh deaths per year due to antimicrobial resistance, expected to reach 1 crore per annum by 2050.............
Health ministry & WHO sign an agreement for enhanced cooperation in...
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and World Health Organization (WHO) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to further strengthen collaborative work between India and WHO in achieving improved health outcomes....................
End TB Summit: WHO South-East Asia nations commit to intensified efforts
The Member countries of the Region stressed their firm intent to collectively reach out to 2 million missing TB cases and 150 000 multidrug-resistance cases by 2020...................
Global leaders meeting in Delhi to fast-track ‘End TB’ efforts
Hosted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, the World Health Organization and the Stop TB Partnership, the Delhi End TB Summit 2018 will be inaugurated on 13 March by the Prime Minister of India, Mr Narendra Modi.......
Malaria cases witness 23% drop in 2017, efforts to eradicate disease...
The government has drafted National Strategic Plan for malaria elimination (2017-2020) wherein the country has been stratified based on the malaria burden into four categories and based on this the intervention of control and prevention are being strengthened.........
Women’s empowerment is a public health imperative
This International Women’s Day, let us acknowledge that gender-based discrimination exists and is a daily occurrence in each of the South-East Asia Region’s countries, writes Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh..................
5th Global forum on TB vaccines: Experts call for global funding...
Globally, there are 12 Tuberculosis vaccines in various stages of clinical trials, with many more candidates and concepts in earlier stages of development.....................
Bengaluru set to host global event on pharma industry & medical...
‘India Pharma & India Medical Device 2018’, India’s largest annual gathering of the pharma industry and medical devices sector, organized by FICCI and government of India, will be held on February 15-17, 2018...................
AISNMA urges govt to deploy auto disable syringes to limit HIV...
In the backdrop of 46 people getting infected with HIV due to reuse of a single syringe, the association of domestic syringe and needle manufacturers has sought urgent introduction of Universal Infection Prevention (UIP) guidelines across the country.......
“Indian vaccine industry needs nurturing to reach its true potential”
Mentioned Dr Krishna Ella, Chairman, Bharat Biotech in an exclusive freewheeling interaction with the Biovoice News. While Dr Ella believes that the vaccine industry has arrived, he wants the government to ease the cumbersome processes and support the indigenous innovations..............