At Security Council, top UN health officials spotlight role of emergency preparedness in Ebola fight
Aug 14, 2015, at 03:13 pm
New York, Aug 14 (IBNS) The deadly Ebola outbreak which ravaged West Africa for more than a year has demonstrated the increasing importance of emergency preparedness both in Africa and across the world, said two senior United Nations health officials who noted that if the current intense focus on case detection and contact tracing is maintained, the virus could be "soundly defeated" by year's end.
Aug 13, 2015, at 09:11 pm
Kolkata, August 13 (IBNS): Narayana Health Network on Wednesday announced the launch of NH Cancer Institute at Narayana Superspeciality Hospital in Kolkata.
Priyanka Chopra emphasizes on stepping up the fight against adolescent anaemia
Aug 13, 2015, at 04:40 am
Kolkata, Aug 12 (IBNS) UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra on Wednesday emphasised the importance of stepping up the fight against adolescent anaemia, regarded as a major health problem among adolescents in developing countries including India.
20,000 kgs of Maggi instant noodles seized in Lucknow
Aug 11, 2015, at 06:43 pm
Lucknow, Aug 11 (IBNS) The Uttar Pradesh Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized 20,000 kgs of the two minute noodles from a Nestle warehouse in Lucknow.
Bengal Oncology Foundation hosts panel discussion in Kolkata
Aug 05, 2015, at 01:46 am
Kolkata, Aug 4 (IBNS) : While last week International-Oncology Society and American Psychosocial Oncology Society hosted World Congress on Psycho-Oncology 2015 in Washington, Bengal Oncology Foundation conducted a panel discussion on the same issue Tuesday evening at The Princeton Club.
WHO calls for strengthening malaria elimination strategy, says 3.2 billion people still at risk
Jul 30, 2015, at 12:56 am
Kolkata, July 29 (IBNS): The World Health Organization on Wednesday called for bolstering efforts for malaria control and elimination by targeting malarial parasites believed to be less fatal, but now causing high disease burden.
Health department and UNICEF organizes Diarrhea Control Fortnight in Budge Budge
Jul 29, 2015, at 04:22 am
Kolkata, July 28 (IBNS): The West Bengal health department, along with the UNICEF, launched an Intensified Diarrhea Control Fortnight (IDCF) at Budge Budge area in South 24-Parganas district on Monday.
SRL Diagnostics to expand its business in West Bengal
Jul 29, 2015, at 12:05 am
Kolkata, July 28 (IBNS): In an endeavour to provide world class diagnostic services to people of Eastern India and especially West Bengal, SRL Diagnostics, the leading global diagnostic chain plans to expand their footprints in the eastern part of India.
Jul 28, 2015, at 11:17 pm
Lyon, France, July 28 (IBNS) Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced on Tuesday that new data analyses published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) provide a comprehensive picture of the potential public health impact of vaccinating endemic populations from pre-adolescence to adulthood against dengue.
India granted patent to treat incurable disease in Malaysia
Jul 25, 2015, at 04:14 am
Kolkata, July 24 (IBNS): Indian medical innovation has come to the forefront with the Human Embryonic Stem Cell technology developed by Dr Geeta Shroff at Nutech Mediworld being granted the 66th patent in Malaysia for the treatment of various medical conditions.
Jul 25, 2015, at 02:59 am
Kolkata, July 24 (IBNS): National Release Centre (NRC) for India in collaboration with Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd., hosted a two day interactive Workshop on 'Introduction to SNOMED CT' at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata on Friday and Saturday.
UN health agency to mark World Hepatitis Day with pilot initiative to curb unsafe injections
Jul 24, 2015, at 03:22 pm
New York, July 24 (IBNS) The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursdaythat it will commemorate the fifth World Hepatitis Day next week with a global ?injection safety initiative campaign in three pilot countries together with the foundation arm of IKEA to combat the "silent epidemic" that kills more than 1.4 million each year.
Mumbai High Court questions blanket ban on Maggi noodles
Jul 23, 2015, at 09:54 pm
Mumbai, Jul 23 (IBNS) The Bombay High on Thursday questioned the propriety of the blanket ban on Maggi noodles.
New healthcare facility opened in Kolkata
Jul 23, 2015, at 04:39 am
Kolkata, July 22 (IBNS) ISADOS multi-specialty clinic, a smart healthcare destination was inaugurated in Kolkata's Beliaghata area on Wednesday by Chandrima Bhattacharya, West Bengal Minister of State, Dept. of Health & Family Welfare and Law and Judicial Affairs.
Blood donation in Kolkata red-light districts triggers row
Jul 18, 2015, at 06:48 pm
Kolkata, July 18 (IBNS): In what is seen as a major threat to public health and violation of rules, two clubs in Kolkata hosted blood donation camps in two high-HIV transmission risk zone red light areas of the eastern city, triggering a major controversy since a central blood bank actually went to both places to collect the blood in the presence of ruling party leaders.
UNICEF, UN health agency report increase in immunization figures for world's children
Jul 17, 2015, at 03:27 pm
New York, July 17 (IBNS) An increasing number of children are receiving life-saving vaccinations around the world, according to the latest data released by two United Nations agencies.
Valve made from cow's hearts saves woman in Chennai
Jul 16, 2015, at 08:09 pm
Chennai, Jul 16 (IBNS) In a unique surgical feat in India, an 81-year-old woman in Chennai has been saved using a heart valve made from a cow's heart.
JP Nadda launches 'Clean and Green Campaign' in Delhi AIIMS
Jul 15, 2015, at 10:02 pm
New Delhi, July 15 (IBNS) J P Nadda, Minister for Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday launched the 'Clean and Green' campaign at AIIMS in New Delhi under the ‘Kayakalp’ initiative of the Health Ministry to encourage public health facilities in the country to work towards standards of excellence to help the facilities stay clean and hygienic.
Syria's children at risk from water scarcity and illness amid ongoing conflict: UNICEF
Jul 14, 2015, at 03:30 pm
New York, July 14 (IBNS) Syrian children are becoming increasingly vulnerable to water borne illnesses amid peaking summer temperatures and dwindling supplies of safe water, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday.
Health Minister moots Mission Mode for population stabilisation
Jul 12, 2015, at 03:47 am
New Delhi, July 11 (IBNS): On the occasion of World Population Day, J P Nadda, Minister for Health & Family Welfare mooted the idea of taking up the task of population stabilisation in the country by adopting a Mission Mode approach, where focussed and targeted work in taken up in those states where the figures have been high.
Some $3.2 billion needed for Ebola recovery efforts in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone – UN
Jul 10, 2015, at 04:58 pm
New York, July 10 (IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will call for continued solidarity with the three West African countries most impacted by the unprecedented Ebola outbreak at tomorrow's International Ebola Recovery Conference in New York, which will seek to raise $3.2 billion over the next two years so that Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone can fully rebound from the crisis.
Ebola cases evade detection due to ongoing lack of trust in communities - UN
Jul 09, 2015, at 06:44 pm
New York, July 9 (IBNS) The origin of the new cluster of Ebola cases is “not yet well understood,†the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesdayabout the outbreak in West Africa where a residual lack of trust in the response means that some cases still evade detection for too long, increasing the risk of further transmission.
Sensor technology can improve accuracy of prostate cancer diagnosis, research shows
Jul 08, 2015, at 05:05 pm
Birmingham, July 8 (IBNS) New research has shown how a smart sensor chip, able to pick up on subtle differences in glycoprotein molecules, can improve the accuracy and efficiency of prostate cancer diagnosis.
Top Australian cancer researcher visits India
Jul 08, 2015, at 04:31 pm
New Delhi, July 8 (IBNS) One of Australia's leading cancer experts, Dr Warwick Tong, is visiting India now to strengthen medical research links between both countries and explore potential new collaborations in the sector.
UN health agency recommends taxing tobacco products to curb deadly global epidemic
Jul 08, 2015, at 03:20 pm
New York, July 8 (IBNS) Only one in 10 of people now live in countries that levy taxes of more than 75 per cent on a pack of cigarettes despite the fact that raising taxes on tobacco products is one of the most effective – and cost-effective – ways to reduce consumption of products that kill one person every 6 seconds, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
Jul 08, 2015, at 03:10 pm
New York, July 8 (IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed the report issued today by a panel of experts tasked to look into the agency's response to the unprecedented 2014 Ebola outbreak, which said that WHO needs to re-establish its pre-eminence as the guardian of global public health and that this will require it to make significant changes throughout, with strong political and financial support from Member States.
UN: cholera outbreaks can be controlled thanks to vaccines, water and sanitation
Jul 07, 2015, at 03:00 pm
New York, July 7 (IBNS) Use of oral vaccines is proving to be an effective tool to control outbreaks of cholera, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, adding that the deadly water-borne disease is a major public health concern from Tanzania to South Sudan, and Nepal to Yemen.
Ebola: as virus resurfaces in Liberia, UNICEF teams and supplies arrive in affected areas
Jul 04, 2015, at 06:13 pm
New York, July 4 (IBNS) In a speedy response to Liberia's first confirmed cases of Ebola in more than three months, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has begun distributing emergency supplies in the affected communities including tents for isolating those under quarantine, hygiene kits and chlorine and buckets for handwashing stations.
AIDS is a 'human rights issue,' Ban declares, launching major new UN report in Barbados
Jul 04, 2015, at 06:03 pm
New York, July 4 (IBNS): Ending the AIDS epidemic – in all places and all communities – is essential to realizing the vision of a life of dignity for all, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared Friday in Barbados at the Caribbean region launch of a major new United Nations report the calls for scaling up an inclusive, rights-based and stigma-free response to wipe out the deadly disease.
EUOR launches mobile health App
Jul 03, 2015, at 02:13 am
Kolkata, July 2 (IBNS) EUOR has launched a mobile health App-EUOR HEALTH- in Kolkata recently.