Health

Molecular epidemiology of Amoebiasis: A cross-sectional study among North East Indian population

Epidemiological studies carried out using culture or microscopy in most of the amoebiasis endemic developing countries, yielded confusing results since none of these could differentiate the pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica from the non-pathogenic Entamoeba dispar and Entamoeba moshkovskii. The Northeastern part of India is a hot spot of infection since the climatic conditions are most conducive for the infection and so far no systemic study has been carried out in this region.

Publication Date: 
03/12/2015
Joyobrato Nath, Sankar Kumar Ghosh, Baby Singha & et al
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
1-19
Tags:
Waterborne diseases, North East, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura
Natural Disasters

Mountain states find common ground on disaster management, climate change

A unique three-day summit on sustainable development of mountain states in India, held in this Arunachal Pradesh capital, called for special steps for disaster risk reduction and optimal utilisatio

Publication Date: 
13/10/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Sustainable Development, Arunachal, Itanagar, Disaster Management, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Floods, Climate Impacts, Jammu & Kashmir
Habitat And Urbanisation

Tripura to build 8,000 houses to rehabilitate jhumia tribals

Agartala: Tripura government will construct 8000 houses to rehabilitate shifting cultivators, who are mainly living in the tree-top houses (Tong ghar) in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomus District

Publication Date: 
05/10/2015
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Tripura, Housing Construction, Tribals, Rehabilitation, Roads, Population, Habitat And Urbanisation
Health

Non-Communicable diseases biggest killer in NE: Report

Experts identified Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) as the biggest killer in NE and advised the states to go for massive prevention and control mechanism of the diseases.

Publication Date: 
18/09/2015
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Tripura, North East, Non Communicable Diseases, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Cancer, Diabetes, Hypertension (Blood Pressure), Lifestyles, Health Effects, Health
Food Policy

Tripura, Mizoram ready to implement food security Act

The Tripura and Mizoram governments have almost computerised their Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) to implement the National Food Security Act (NFSA), official sources in the two States

Publication Date: 
21/08/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tripura, Mizoram, Food Security, Public Distribution System (PDS)
Health

Deaths from acute abdominal conditions and geographical access to surgical care in India: a nationally representative spatial analysis

Few population-based studies quantify mortality from surgical conditions and relate mortality to access to surgical care in low-income and middle-income countries.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
14/08/2015
Anna J Dare, Joshua S Ng-Kamstra, Jayadeep Patra & et al
Lancet Global Health
1-8
Tags:
Health Care, India, Rural Health, Orissa (Odisha), Tripura, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Health Personnel, Poverty
Health

Hepatitis C virus alert in NE

Agartala: Besides four states of north and southern region, the World Health Organisation has found two northeast states Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh – have high prevalence of the dreaded Hepatiti

Publication Date: 
11/08/2015
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Mizoram, Arunachal, Hepatitis, North East, Tripura, WHO, Health
Health

Poor healthcare services in the Northeast alleged

North Eastern Council (NEC) members today rued poor healthcare services in the Northeast and underlined the need to enhance manpower, including setting up of more medical colleges in the region.

Publication Date: 
16/07/2015
Rining Lyngdoh
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
North East, Rural Health, Health Care, Assam, Tripura, Manipur
Land

10 states seek to have their own land laws

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at a NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi.

Publication Date: 
16/07/2015
Archis Mohan, Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Political Parties, Land Acquisition, Farmers, Legislation, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Tripura, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan
Environment

Tripura bans plastic bags

AGARTALA: Tripura has imposed a total ban on the use, manufacture, import, storage and sale of plastic bags in the state in view of its harmful effect on the environment, official said here on Tues

Publication Date: 
15/07/2015
Times Of India (Guwahati)
Tags:
Tripura, Plastics, Environment Act 1986, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environmental Security, Groundwater Recharge, Non-Biodegradable Waste, Environment

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