User: esg Topic: Health
Category: Diseases :: Communicable :: Tuberculosis
Last updated: May 19 2013 04:37 IST RSS 2.0
 
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Doctor accused of raping patient flees (Cached) 19.5.2013 TOI: Mumbai
Doctor accused of raping patient flees
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Rapeaccused doc flees while on way to police station (Cached) 19.5.2013 Hindustan Times: India
Rapeaccused doc flees while on way to police station
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6.4 million Indians suffer from cancer and bronchial diseases 18.5.2013 Latest News
Despite government's claim to provide better healthcare, 6.4 million people in India suffer from cancer and bronchial diseases.Workers who are employed by the Beedi industry, the Indian version of cigar, are the main victims of bronchial ...
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Three ICSE toppers from state but fewer students pass exams (Cached) 18.5.2013 Hindustan Times: India
Three ICSE toppers from state but fewer students pass exams
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Battling stomach TB (Cached) 18.5.2013 TOI: Mumbai
Battling stomach TB
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Mother on indefinite fast after two kids die due to starvation (Cached) 17.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
Varanasi, May 16 : The mother of two children, who died due to alleged starvation, is on an indefinite fast since the past three days demanding financial compensation from the Uttar Pradesh government.
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Device to motivate TB patients for treatment 17.5.2013 The Telegraph : North East
Guwahati, May 16: The very thought of having to gulp down seven tablets every 10 to 15 minutes thrice a week at a health centre can be intimidating. It is also one of the reasons why many tuberculosis patients give up on the six to eight month-long DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short-term) therapy before being cured completely.
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After $1 diarrhoea vaccine, Govt wants same for malaria, TB 16.5.2013 HBL: Home
Partnership with industry helps pool research abilities, expertise
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Health gap between countries is narrowing: UN report (Cached) 16.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
New York, May 16 : The health gap between poor and rich countries has narrowed significantly over the past two decades according to a United Nations report released on Wednesday, which stresses that in spite of this progress, challenges still remain to achieve the health targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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The Big Fight (Cached) 15.5.2013 Indian Express: Pune
A national forum for tuberculosis will help raise awareness about this disease.
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Woman donates body for medical study 14.5.2013 Guwahati - City - The Times of India
In a gesture for the development of medical science and benefit of humanity, the body of Nilima Khatun was donated today by her husband as per her wishes to Barpeta Medical College and Hospital in Assam.
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National forum to press for better TB control 14.5.2013 Pune News, Pune City News | Cities News - Times of India
National forum to press for better TB control
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Weavers remain economically weak: Survey 14.5.2013 Varanasi - City - The Times of India
The recent death of two children in Bajardiha locality exposed the plight of weavers engaged in the famous Banarasi Sari industry.
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Teachers to look after CHGS 14.5.2013 Allahabad - City - The Times of India
The teachers will have to now take the responsibility of looking after sick school children.
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Where are the drugs for tropical diseases? 12.5.2013 HBL: Home
Find cures for diseases, not ways to fatten the pharma industry
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Pakistan elections: health on agenda (Cached) 10.5.2013 Down to Earth

Pakistani politicians woo voters with proposals for improvements in country’s healthcare system ahead of polling on Saturday

Pakistan is conducting its 14th parliamentary elections this Saturday. In a country fraught with tremendous political and social instability and terrorism, healthcare has so far been a low priority. Pakistan spent just 0.27 per cent of its GDP on healthcare for its 180 million people in 2011-12. The country ranks fifth among high burden tuberculosis countries. About 1.6 million cases of malaria occur annually.

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National Forum on Tuberculosis launched (Cached) 9.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 9 : A campaign to help raise countrywide awareness of Tuberculosis and control the disease was launched here last evening.
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Aadhaar card service to help eradicate poverty, says World Bank 9.5.2013 Top Headlines
Jim Yong Kim, believes that this massive effort by the India would help in poverty eradication by 2030.
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Aadhaar to help eradicate poverty, says World Bank chief (Cached) 9.5.2013 NDTV National
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Aadhaar card will help in poverty eradication: World Bank 9.5.2013 HBL: Home
Describing Aadhaar card as one of the best example of integration of technology for social welfare use, the World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, believes that this massive effort by the Indian Gove...
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