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India On The Road To Become 'Open Defecation Free'

...l between water, sanitation and health. With the launch of TSC in 1999 by the rural development ministry these and several other problems are being addressed on a larger scale with the hope of eradicating them in the distant future. The government’s efforts seem extremely encouraging after a new report ...

A Unique Train To Spread Awareness About AIDS

India will soon launch a unique train that will travel all over the country with volunteers who will from each station fan out to villages on bicycles to spread awareness about AIDS and how to combat it. // The seven-coach "Red Ribbon Express" will create awareness abou...

PM Launches Healthcare Foundation For India

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced the launch of an ambitious public-private initiative for the establishment of five institutions in order to train around 5,000 public health professionals. // This announcement seeks to address the inequalities in healthcare between the rich and the poorer sect...

Pakistan’s Public Health System On Downward Tren

..." Dr Ayub pointed out. "The government must also launch awareness campaigns through the media and significantly enhance the allocation for health in its annual budget," Ayub added. During fiscal 2005-06, the government allocated 4,128 million rupees (about $70 million) for the health sector, which is le...

Japanese Encephalitis Immunization Programme in India

India will launch a nationwide Japanese encephalitis immunization programme for children from May, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said// here Tuesday. The health menace, which is caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes, had claimed over 1,000 lives, mostly in...

Maternal Mortality Rate On Rise In India

...atal care at primarily health centres, UNICEF will launch an awareness campaign and help improve facilities through a training programme, Adona said. --Edited IANS...

African Union Launches A Programme On Acceleration of HIV Prevention

...ds prevention matters were the top priority at the launch of the Acceleration for the Prevention of HIV prog...regional director for Africa, Luis Sambo, said the launch should serve as a wake-up call for Africa to take concrete measures to stop all forms of HIV infecti...

Suicide Rates Drop To Lowest Ever In England

... and mental health patients are also reported. The launch of three schemes in Camden, Manchester and Bedfordshire had helped cut the suicide rates, the report found. The withdrawal of the commonly prescribed painkiller co-proxamol has also gone a long way in curbing suicide rates. "Whilst these figures are ...

BPL Families To Receive Health Insurance: Andhra CM

...hief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy announced the launch of the new health insurance plan that would benefi...l labourers and artisans. The Chief Minister would launch it on the 19th of April. It is believed to provide insurance coverage to a minimum of 10 lakh and ...

Zimbabwe To Get ￡22-Million For Support Of AIDS/HIV Childre

... Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is planning to launch an ambitious programme to improve the health care, nutrition and education of these vulnerable children. A donation of ￡22-million from Britain has already been forwarded to the UNICEF to improve the status of children in the economically poor regi...

Bad Publicity for the Hospital With Respect To Dwarfism Abortion Case

...king the Victorian Health Minister Bronwyn Pike to launch an inquiry into the failure of the process. This is because the case has been dragged for many years. The woman, known as Mrs X, had the procedure six years ago after learning the foetus may have dwarfism. The Medical Practitioners Board after inves...

Prince Harry Launches AIDS Charity In Memory Of Princess Diana

...two years ago. He was there again Friday for the launch of the charity, which is called "Sentebale", meaning "Forget me not". The 21-year-old prince told the BBC that he wanted to help the stricken children of Lesotho and believed that his mother would be "very happy" at his initiative. The name he has...

International Rating System To Be Introduced For Hospitals In India

... and bring in more accountability, India will soon launch an international rating system for hospitals//, according to the top officials of the government. "As per our suggestions, the health ministry has already set up a committee to look into the matter. Through an accredited body, hospitals will be rate...

Female Condom – Confidom Launched in Indi

...s taken two years of research before being able to launch the condom in India. It is expected to sell approx...naging Director of HLL said on the occasion of the launch of the product- ‘The domestic production will enable us to offer the product at lower price points’....

Video Games, The Latest Craze Of American Adults

...ss. With such good individualized investments, the launch of the latest generation gaming consoles by Sony and Nitendo would really be a boon to the fun-loving Americans. Previews have also been conducted at the famous Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles....

Cardinal Calls For Legal Response Against 'Da Vinci Code'

... sources. This would however be scheduled before launch of the screen version of the best-selling book at the Cannes Film Festival....

Post Partum Blues Often Treated with Drugs

...vailable in their area." The Government plans to launch two pilot studies to encourage the use of CBT and other counseling therapies over taking medication. ...

PI-103 Effective against Brain Cancer

...and a UCSF neuro-oncologist is developing plans to launch a clinical trial within a year, Weiss says. The Weiss team discovered that the inhibitor's effectiveness lies in its dual impact. It inhibits both PI3 kinase and a protein kinase known as mTOR which acts downstream of PI3 kinase and is part of the ce...

Bihar Politicians To Initiate AIDS Awareness Drive

...s the state//, Bihar's politicians have decided to launch an awareness drive. Alarmed by the rising numbers of HIV/AIDS cases in the state, politicians, cutting across party line, have decided to join in the campaign. Uday Narayan Choudhary, the state assembly speaker said: ‘It was a matter of serious c...

The Australian Medical Association To Focus On Health Of Aborigines

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) will launch its fifth report card on indigenous health, focused this year on Aborigines in prisons, at the Victorian// Aboriginal Health Service in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. They stated that the Aboriginal prisoners need immediate access to national healt...

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