Bhubaneswar: Refuting allegations that poor people in the KBK region died of gastroenteritis by consuming mango kernel and other uneatable stuff in recent months, the Odisha government on Monday claimed that Rs 2 a kg rice scheme was doing well in the area.
Allegations that the people are deprived of cheap rice in KBK region, is incorrect.
Bhubaneswar: The 'vibrio cholerae' bacteria was detected in water sources of Southern Rayagada district where at least 34 people have died of diarrhoea in last two months, official sources said on Thursday.
Of the 16 water samples examined at the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) here, six tested positive to vibrio cholerae, said D N Nayak, the team leader of state health human resource m
The country has made progress in reducing infant mortality but it is still some distance from its 2015 target
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According to the Millennium Development Goals adopted by the United Nations, India has the target of reducing the infant mortality rate (IMR) to 28 per 1,000 live births by 2015. Where do we stand today?
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today decided to continue with the scheme to provide financial incentives to the tribal patients to draw them to hospitals.
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today.
Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma today said that the government was taking preventive measures to check gastroenteritis and declared that after fixing responsibility, strict action would be taken against the guilty for the outbreak of the epidemic in Doda.
PESHAWAR, Aug 31: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is establishing diarrhoea treatment centres throughout flood-ravaged Pakistan, as it strives to protect people against epidemic-prone acute waterborne diseases, reduce excess deaths and restore routine health care services, said an official of the organisation.
According to latest data, 500,635 people had been treated for various forms of di
JAMMU, Aug 29: With no respite from the diarrhoea epidemic in the mountainous and vast Doda district mainly caused by contaminated water, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry is deputing its team to the district tomorrow to inspect water resources and suggest corrective measures to tackle the epidemic and prevent its recurrence in the future.
