Health

JE virus found in 17 pig samples

Setting the alarm bells ringing for the MCD, 17 blood samples collected from pigs in the national capital by the civic body have tested positive for the Japanese Encephalitis virus.

MCD health committee chairman Dr V.K. Monga said the civic body has decided to send another 100 samples for testing.

Publication Date: 
16/12/2011
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Municipal Corporation, Encephalitis, Pigs, Animal Diseases, Diseases, Health Effects, Health
Malaria

World malaria report 2011

The World Malaria Report 2011 summarizes information received from 106 malaria-endemic countries and shows clear progress in the fight against malaria and a decline in estimated malaria cases and deaths. For the first time, it contains individual profiles for 99 countries with ongoing malaria transmission.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2011
World Health Organization
Tags:
Malaria, Diseases, Health Policy, Health Effects, Health, India, Global, Vector Control, Drugs, Epidemics
Health

Over 26K people have died of cancer in Gujarat this year

Ahmedabad: Cancer is on the rise in India, with an estimated 5.35 lakh people dying of the disease this year, minister of state for health Sudip Bandyopadhyay informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2011
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Cancer, Diseases, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tobacco Related Cancer, Health Effects, Health
Health

Pentavalent vaccine to be introduced today

Dismissing reports of the deaths of children after administration of pentavalent vaccine in Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Pakistan as unrelated, the Centre has decided to introduce this vaccine as part of

Publication Date: 
14/12/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Pakistan, Vaccination, Child Health, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, Immunisation, Hepatitis, Diseases, WHO, Goa, Infant mortality, Health
Air Pollution

Exposure assessment for estimation of the global burden of disease attributable to outdoor air pollution

Ambient air pollution is associated with numerous adverse health impacts. Previous assessments of global attributable disease burden have been limited to urban areas or by coarse spatial resolution of concentration estimates. Recent developments in remote sensing, global chemical-transport models, and improvements in coverage of surface measurements facilitate virtually complete spatially resolved global air pollutant concentration estimates.

Publication Date: 
08/12/2011
Michael Brauer, Markus Amann, Rick T. Burnett & et al
Environmental Science & Technology
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652–660
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Diseases, PM 2.5, Ozone, Asia, Global
Solid Waste

Officials briefed on prevention of diseases, waste management

Ensure that civic solid waste is cleared expeditiously in urban and semi-urban areas during monsoon to prevent spread of communicable and infectious diseases, Monitoring Officer for monsoon preparedness in the district and Principal Secretary Apurva Verma told officials here on Friday.

Publication Date: 
03/12/2011
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Karur (D), Waste Disposal, Diseases, Health Effects, Noyyal, Municipal Corporation, Monsoons, Waste Management, Solid Waste
Health

Government to provide affordable treatments to HIV/AIDS patients: CM

GUWAHATI: On the occasion of World AIDS Day, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi assured that the government may soon take initiatives to provide affordable treatments to the patients who have been su

Publication Date: 
02/12/2011
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
AIDS, Hepatitis, Diseases, National Aids Control Program, NGO, Health Care, Health
Health

Assessment of factors determining accessibility of medical devices in India

India is currently in the limelight for its expertise in the Medical Devices and Equipment Industry and the rising influx of this sector has reinforced the existing Healthcare in our country.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2011
FICCI
Tags:
Health, India, Health Care, Diseases, Industry
Water Pollution

Uranium in ground water in Malwa region: scientific opinion & fact sheet

The research group at Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh did studies related to presence of uranium in drinking water from the Malwa belt. The analysis technique used is Energy dispersive X-ray Fluorescence, which is capable of detecting many elements simultaneously.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2011
Panjab University
Tags:
Groundwater, Uranium, Groundwater Pollution, Thermal Power Plants, Industrial Waste, Health Effects, Drinking Water, Waterlogging, Pesticide Use, Sutlej, Punjab, Child Health, Diseases

Millennium Development Goals India country report 2011

India is at the door step of the Twelfth five-year plan starting from April 2012, which will see the country through the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Publication Date: 
01/12/2011
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Tags:
Poverty, India, Development, Malnutrition, Education, Infant mortality, Child Health, Maternal Health, Diseases, Health Effects, Environment

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