The first ever early warning system for a disease in Sri Lanka is to be set up soon. The early warning system for dengue fever will be setup with the assistance of the European Union (EU).
This new report by the Disaster Management Division, Ministry of Home Affairs has detailed information on various types of disasters, institutional framework and policy guidelines in disaster management. It also presents the roadmap in tackling disasters.
Around one third of the global population, or 2 billion people, have been infected with one of the viruses that causes the liver disease hepatitis, which kills about a million victims annually, the
The National Rural Health Mission funds the vaccine process, with the UNICEF providing all the technical help. The vaccine is administered at the village health centres, called sub-centres. In Darai village, a few km from Jabalpur, the anganwadi doubles up as health centre to service its 1,100 population.
The federal government has spent years considering whether to take steps to help keep dangerous strains of E. coli bacteria out of the food supply, a question that has become even more urgent in the face of a deadly wave of E.
Piles of garbage accumulated alongside the road behind Kavlekar Super Market in Porvorim have been posing serious threat of health hazard to the residents of Housing Board Complex.
Sources informed that the huge heaps of garbage indicate that the local panchayat has not lifted it for several days.
Speaking to Herald, Porvorim Residents Welfare Association (PRWA) Secretary Juino de Souza stated t
A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested that the tobacco epidemic is likely to kill nearly six million people this year. As per the report, while more than five million of them will be users or ex-users of smoked and smokeless tobacco, more than 600,000 will be passive smokers. By 2030, tobacco could kill eight million people a year, it said.
Calling for a multi-sectoral approach to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said there should be greater integration of resources in dealing with the problem.
Inaugurating a two-day national convention of zilla parishad chairpersons and mayors on HIV/AIDS, organised by the Forum of Parliamentarians on HIV and AIDS here, Dr.
