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SE Asia accounts for 60 lakh teenage pregnancies every year: WHO
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SE Asia accounts for 60 lakh teenage pregnancies every year: WHO

New Delhi, July 11: About 60 lakh teenage girls, aged 15 to 19, give birth every year in the South East Asia region, including in India, said Saima Wazed, WHO Regional Director for SE Asia on Thursday. She was speaking at a two day regional dialogue on adolescent pregnancy organised by the...
India demonstrated tremendous progress in maternal and child health: JP Nadda
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India demonstrated tremendous progress in maternal and child health: JP Nadda

New Delhi, July 11: India has demonstrated tremendous progress in maternal and child health, said Union Health Minister JP Nadda on World Population Day on Thursday, calling for achieving the family planning goals.Highlighting the success of India’s family planning programme, the Union Health...
World Population Day: Focus on needs of women, youth & marginalised, say experts
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World Population Day: Focus on needs of women, youth & marginalised, say experts

New Delhi, July 11: It is imperative to focus on the needs of women, youth, and marginalised communities that remain inadequate owing to the rising population, said experts on World Population Day on Thursday. World Population Day is observed every year on July 11 to raise awareness about global...
First self-test for hepatitis C virus prequalified by WHO
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First self-test for hepatitis C virus prequalified by WHO

New Delhi, July 10: In a first, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday prequalified the hepatitis C virus (HCV) self test that will help expand access to testing and diagnosis and accelerate global efforts to eliminate the disease. Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver caused by a...
Health Minister Nadda reviews dengue situation, preparedness
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Health Minister Nadda reviews dengue situation, preparedness

New Delhi, July 10: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the dengue situation across the country and the preparedness of the public health system. The meeting aimed “for prevention, containment, and management of dengue...
Tripura HIV cases are tip of the iceberg: Experts
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Tripura HIV cases are tip of the iceberg: Experts

New Delhi, July 10: Even as the Government of Tripura issued a clarification on misleading reports of HIV cases in the state, health experts on Wednesday said that it “is just the tip of the iceberg.” Earlier this month, a senior official from the Tripura AIDS Control Society (TSACS) claimed that...
Will start 10 new medical colleges from this academic year: Maharashtra Minister
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Will start 10 new medical colleges from this academic year: Maharashtra Minister

Mumbai, July 9: Maharashtra Minister of Medical Education Hasan Mushrif on Tuesday said that the government is trying to start 10 new government medical colleges from the current academic year. He told the house that the National Medical Council has sanctioned a student capacity of 50 students for...
Misleading ads case: Patanjali tells SC that it has withdrawn sales and advertisements of banned products
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Misleading ads case: Patanjali tells SC that it has withdrawn sales and...

New Delhi, July 9: Patanjali Ayurved on Tuesday apprised the Supreme Court that it has withdrawn the sale and advertisements of products whose manufacturing licenses were suspended by the Uttarakhand State Licencing Authority in April this year.A bench, headed by Justice Hima Kohli, was hearing a...
UK
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UK's sugar tax cut daily intake by 5g in kids, 11g in adults: Study

New Delhi, July 10: Introduction of the "sugar tax" in the UK led to a significant reduction of daily sugar intake by around 5 g in children and by around 11 g in adults, revealed a study on Wednesday. More than 50 countries have introduced a sugar tax on soft drinks to persuade manufacturers to...
Majority Indians aware of AI, stress on increasing trust & transparency: Report
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Majority Indians aware of AI, stress on increasing trust & transparency: Report

New Delhi, July 10: About 96 per cent of Indians are aware of Artificial Intelligence (AI), including generative AI platforms like Google Gemini (formerly Bard) and ChatGPT, but 81 per cent researchers and clinicians in the country stress increasing transparency, while a 71 per cent call for...
IMA
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IMA's national alliance of medical professionals to take on antimicrobial...

New Delhi, July 10: In a significant move, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Wednesday launched the National Alliance of Medical Professionals on Antimicrobial Resistance (NAMP-AMR) to tackle the menace of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). AMR, also known as drug resistance, is a rapidly...
10-year-old tests positive for cholera in Kerala
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10-year-old tests positive for cholera in Kerala's orphanage

Thiruvananthapuram, July 9: A 10-year-old boy has tested positive for cholera, while 10 others are under observation at the state run Medical College hospital in Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram. Those who are under observation and the positive case have been reported from an Orphanage located in...
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