Fifty lakh people suffer from Hepatitis in Tamil Nadu, Minister for Health, Dr V S Vijay said here on Thursday. He was addressing a gathering on the occasion of World Hepatitis Day celebrations, organised at the Madras Medical College.

A massive demonstration was held in front of the Civil Station on Thursday demanding stringent action against those responsible for the dumping of waste from the comfort station of Koduvally panchayat into the Poonoorpuzha, which is the source of drinking water for thousands of families living in nearly 10 panchayats and some parts of Kozhikode Corporation.

GUWAHATI: As a part of its global awareness initiative, the Northeast Digestive and Liver Foundation has started an aggressive campaign across the Northeast to combat the deadly virus of Hepatitis

KOCHI: With the communicable diseases like malaria spreading in the district, the authorities with the Health Department are planning a slew of measures targeting the migrant labourers here.

Though the cases of malaria have been on the rise in the district since 2000, the authorities are unable to put in place proper measures to contain the disease.

On Tuesday, seven cases of malaria were

The government will screen five crore people from across the country for hyper-tension and diabetes. Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that these lifestyle diseases pose a huge health risk.

Inaugurating a camp to screen slum-dwellers in Delhi for the lifestyle diseases, Mr Azad said,

Director of Health Services reviews fever situation
The Health Department has directed its health supervisors to strengthen disease prevention and control activities at the field-level as viral fevers, including dengue and H1N1 cases, may go up as the monsoon intensifies.

The Director of Health Services (DHS) convened a meeting on Friday to review the epidemic situation in various districts.

DIMAPUR: HIV prevalence rate in Nagaland has come down to 0.78 per cent since December 2010 from a prevalence rate of 1.27 per cent on October 2010 - a drop of 0.49 per cent. A major concern, however, is that sexual route of transmission has gone up to 89 per cent in the State although HIV infection through injecting drug had dropped to 3.5 per cent.

PANJIM: Voluntary Health Association of Goa (VHAG) has stepped up efforts as part of its programme to eradicate TB in the state, even as its representatives warned that as many as 40% of the population could be infected with latent TB, while speaking at a three day Training of Trainers workshop which concluded in the city on Wednesday .
VHAG has been chosen to work in North Goa under the Internat