We studied the co morbidities in hospitalized children with severe acute malnourishment 104 severe acute malnourished children were included, of which 54% had diarrhea, and 27.8% had acute respiratory tract
infections. Tuberculosis was diagnosed in 22% of cases (60.8% cases in children 6-12 mo. Old). Malaria and Measles were diagnosed in 3.8% each, and HIV infection was seen in 2.88% cases. Signs of vitamin
Two out of the six water samples collected from Jawahar Nagar camp area have failed the potability test. These water samples of MC water were collected by the Health Department on June 18.
The government today said no outbreak of any water, food or air-borne disease has been reported from the flood-affected areas of Uttarakhand.
A three-member high-level committee from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is in Dehradun to review the public health situations with state health authorities. The team had left yesterday.
Amid fears of disease outbreak after widespread devastation in flood-affected Uttarakhand, the Union health ministry has deputed a high-level team which will review the public health measures in th
A total of 11 persons died of diarrhoea in the past month while about 15,897 people were admitted to hospitals across 21 out of 23 districts of the province since May 13, according to health depart
KATHMANDU, JUN 18 - The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) has found the milk of Dairy Development Corporation (DDC) contaminated with coliform (a harmful bacterium).
