This report is the third in a series of WHO reports on the status of global tobacco control policy implementation. All data on the level of countries’ achievement for the six MPOWER measures have been updated through 2010, and additional data have been collected on warning the public about the dangers of tobacco.
KALPETTA: A four-and-a-half-year-old child died and 15 tribesmen of Karimam Paniya Colony at Pulpally in the district were admitted to the primary health centre at Pulpally with symptoms of cholera on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Bijith, son of Thampi of the colony. The child was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of cholera on Monday evening, S.
With the death toll in the mysterious disease rising to 47 on Sunday, the Bihar government is likely to declare it an epidemic.
Under the epidemic Act, the Health Ministry will be empowered to take samples of brain tissues of the mystery disease victims.
Six deaths have been reported during the last 48 hours, including five at K D Kejriwal Maternity Hospital.
With the monsoon having arrived, the threat of water-borne diseases is looming large over the city with the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board failing to supply potable drinking water to all citizens.
Water samples collected from various localities in the city by the Institute of Preventive Medicine (IPM), the Institute of Health Systems (IHS), the Water Board and the Greate
The Health Ministry has revealed that the strain of E-coli found in public water tanks in Addu City and those recently found in vegetables in Europe are two completely different strains.
The death toll from the outbreak of E coli in Germany rose to 30 on Thursday as the Government admitted its failure in dealing with the worst bacterial epidemic in six decades.
A 57-year-old man became the latest victim who travelled with his wife to the Northern city of Hamburg, an epicentre of the outbreak, authorities said.
The Ministers also admitted failures in their crisis management a
