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Call For Testing Of Poisoned Town: Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease

...on the importance of designing a carefully planned programme to monitor the health of the inhabitants. The inquest into Mrs. Cross' death was adjourned in December, awaiting completion of further research. The SWWA was fined ￡10,000, with ￡25,000 costs for supplying water that posed a threat to public health...

Indian Training Company To Train Children In Dubai, Sharjah

... Knowledge Village in Dubai. OnlySuccess's first programme in UAE targeted Indian children and also local people and expatriates from the US, Sri Lanka, Iran, Pakistan, Palestine and China. --Edited IANS...

150 BEST Divers and Conductors Tested Positive for HIV

...een tested positive for HIV. The BEST’s HIV policy programme was started by General Manager SS Kshatriya in the previous year. He took the initiative for counselling 15,000 drivers and conductors like Kamble. He also helps employees who have tested positive with free medicines. When Kamble learnt he was car...

New Healthcare Scheme For Rural Areas Launched

...ndle even minor surgeries. We are starting the new programme from the third week of June,' said NBE executive director A.K. Sood. 'It will be a three-year programme and all the MBBS doctors in primary healthcare centres will be eligible for it. These doctors will b...

Exposure To High Aluminum Levels In Tap Water Lead To Rare Form Of Alzheimers

...set up a rigorous and carefully planned monitoring programme of the health of the people so we can put their minds at rest," wrote Chris Exley in the journal. “The people of Camelford have had this hanging over their heads for almost twenty years, but there has not been any rigorous examination or monitoring o...

Chess Champion Anand to Champion HIV/AIDS for Avahan

... Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates. Avahan’s programme will initially work on six high HIV/AIDS prevalence states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Manipur and Nagaland, and also at the key halt points along 8,000km of national highways. A release from the foundation said that besi...

Pakistan and UN Agree On New Quake Recovery Plan

...nitation system, skill training, teachers training programme and provision of adequate training reconstruction ...et needed for implementation of the reconstruction programme has been projected to be of the order of $2.5 billion. An amount of $700 millions has already been...

Distressed Couple Assists Parents Of Mentally Challenged Kids

...similar situation, he said. He runs the training programme with the help of wife Meenakshi and their two children Mohita and Akshay. Meenakshi's long association with several local centres for mentally challenged children has been a great help, said Trivedi. The training sessions are run generally on Sunda...

India To Set Up A Faculty In Namibia

...ersity of Namibia - a new milestone in New Delhi's programme of empowering developing countries// in Africa through education and the spread of technology. This was announced Thursday by visiting Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma in the Namibian capital Windhoek. Sharma is in Windhoek to ...

Immunization for Measles Starts off With A Bang

...achage, during the commencement of the vaccination programme in Nairobi’s East Leigh Chief’s camp, pointed a finger at the parents for not administering timely immunization to their children, which is the reason for the outbreak. The vaccination drive is planned to be conducted in a phased manner to ensure v...

Study Shows That Women Need To Be Explained About The Smear Test

...ical cancer from developing.The national screening programme is estimated to save thousands of lives in the UK every year. But if women are worried unnecessarily by the results of their smear, the concern now could be that they won't continue to go for regular checks, she said. The smear test detects abnorma...

Review of Reversal of Spread of Diseases in Africa

...the Global Fund, the World Bank multi-country Aids programme and the US government under the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar). The International financing for HIV/Aids for Africa has increased from $1.7 billion to over $4.7 billion. Yet accessing the funds has been complicated by several c...

Women Advised Not To Be Perturbed Over Smear Test Results

... action to treat the cells. The national screening programme is estimated to save thousands of lives in the UK every year but if a clear picture is not revealed them women may refrain from taking up the smear tests....

Doctors Join Hands To Spread Awareness Against Maternal Mortality

...roductive health, the first phase of the five-year programme saw over thousands of young girls being vaccinated with a rubella vaccine in order to protect them against German measles during pregnancy. Many were able to receive timely medical advice and nutrition supplements. The next stage with funding suppo...

Stay Young By Cutting Down Calories

...tion in intake of calories and a moderate exercise programme is beneficial to a key organ such as the liver, which shows significant signs of dysfunction in the aging process," Leeuwenburgh said. --Edited IANS...

Uttar Pradesh To Prepone The Japanese Encephalitis Immunisation Drive

...-marketing surveillance may not be possible in the programme in UP. Sources have said that the central govern...eate proper cold chain and power backup before the programme takes off. The vaccination programme is being undertaken under the expert guidance of the Indian Cou...

Fresh Polio Cases Reported In Uttar Pradesh

...of population, lacunae in the routine immunisation programme and largescale malnutrition were identified as the...nning and implementation of the polio immunisation programme in the state. Uttar Pradesh is the only Indian state, besides Bihar, where cases of polio are repo...

US Firm To Supply Female Condoms To India

...India. "The initiation of the NACO female condom programme in India represents a major milestone in FHC's efforts to bring FC female condoms to the women of India," said O.B. Parrish, chairman and CEO of FHC. FHC and its Indian partner state-owned Hindustan Latex Ltd (HLL) "are now prepared to enter into f...

Rubella Outbreak Grips Vietnam

...e government to consider expanding its vaccination programme in the country of 84 million people to include rubella. The current vaccine, MMR-25, is imported from the US and costs nearly $8 a dose - an amount equivalent to several days' pay for factory workers. ‘We are proposing that the ministry of health...

Girls In MP Want Sex Education In Schools: Health Survey

...nformation to promote health education, said MPVHA programme coordinator Parshuram Tiwari. The survey was car...d the lack of a single government health policy or programme exclusively for adolescents. He added that the survey findings could also be true for neighbouring...

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