Nagaland

PM to Convene NDC Meet to Discuss Healthcare

...ich have so far not performed well in the implementation of NRHM programmes are Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, nagaland and Uttar Pradesh. ...

Nagaland Gets Its First Test-Tube Baby

... The 17-year-old wait of the Zhimomi family living in nagaland to hear the cry of a newborn is over. After nearly 20 years since India got its first test-tube bay, Akheli became the first one in nagaland to deliver a test tube baby. Akheli successfully delivered a health...

Linkage Between HIV and TB

...ganization will be launching a month-long campaign in six high-prevalent states, namely Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur and nagaland //focussing on the linkage between HIV and TB. The campaign will be conducted through the mass media including electronic and print. It is pertinent t...

North East Having Highest Cancer Incidences In Country

... highest number of cancer of esophagus while on cancer of stomach, Mizoram, nagaland and Sikkim are on the high. He said China and Hong Kong topped the list of cancer of nasopharynx in the world but some nagaland districts bordering Myanmar surpassed that record also. Because of s...

India's Northeast Students to Get Satellite-based Education Soon

...base. // Three states - Tripura, Mizoram and nagaland - will be included in the first phase of the hi-te...d inaccessible hilly areas of Tripura, Mizoram and nagaland through video-conferencing," said K.C. Bhattachary...tudio each in the three states. Tripura and nagaland will each have 30 satellite educational facilities...

Illegal Drug Trafficking Pose A Great Threat For HIV Epidemic In Northeast

... region// , says a United Nations study. "Drug trafficking across the common border of Myanmar and the northeastern state of Manipur, Mizoram and nagaland occurs with ease. Despite the existence of heavy security, heroin does transit the border and is therefore accessible to the local youths of these sta...

UN Report Paints Alarming Picture Of Narcotics Scenario In NE

...eastern states of India: monoograph' published by the UNODC. According to it, 90 per cent of drug users were reported to be injecting in Manipur, nagaland and Mizoram - where the IDU abuses assumed 'epidemic' proportion with a strong link to AIDS. HIV epidemic followed the IDU syndrome as sharing of...

Amphetamines Being Abused In Northeast: UN Report

...e drugs, while female users constitute just 5-10 percent. In Manipur, nagaland and Mizoram 90 percent use injections. Most of the past users are now trying to combat drug abuse. Manipur and nagaland saw injection of drugs leading to a surge in HIV in 1980s. In Mizoram also ...

Malaria Epidemic Forces Assam Rebels Out Of The Jungle

...form of the disease and can cause seizures, comas and other problems. Health officials in the adjoining states of Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and nagaland said there were cases of malaria in their region, although the disease has not assumed epidemic proportions like in Assam. --Edited IANS ...

Death Toll from Malarial Epidemic Raises To 75

...eastern states but the fatalities have only been reported in tea and resource rich Assam. Health officials in adjoining Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and nagaland also reported cases of malaria in their region, but said that it has not assumed an epidemic proportion like in Assam. The Assamese Health Minist...