Even while the incidence of stroke has declined the world over, there has been an alarming increase in the number of people suffering from the fatal consequences of the ailment. According to the most

The fight against the dreaded disease of TB is set to get a major boost with the British Department for International Development (DFID) proposing to provide a grant of 20 million pounds spread over

For the past two decades, water from a million or more wells sunk into the alluvium of the Ganges delta by agencies such as Unicef, the World Bank and Britain's Overseas Development Administration,

The World Health Organisation drew fire from medical experts Thursday after it blamed 16 developing countries for acting "too slowly" to control tuberculosis, blunting global efforts to slow the

The World Bank has sanctioned Rs 50 crores to extend the tuberculosis control programme in the entire NCT of Delhi, taking patient-care to the doorstep, Delhi Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan

The Punjab Health authorities will soon be equipped to communicate more effectively with the people of the state on all the important issues concerning health of the mother and the child and the

A tuberculosis epidemic is out of control in many countries and unless urgent action is taken nearly one billion more people will become infected and 70 million will die by the year 2020, the WHO

At least 3,324 of 3,545 leprosy patients detected in disease prone Darbhanga district this year were fully

The World Health Organisation on Thursday launched the Reproductive Health Library in Mumbai to benefit its members in the developing

Social and economic upheaval after the collapase of Soviet Union has led to unemployment, poverty and sudden relaxation of social and legal taboos in Russia. This, coupled with an influx of heroin