World Malaria Day – making world malaria free
Today is World Malaria Day. The day is observed every year to create awareness among the people about this vector borne disease. Within the next four years, six nations in … continue reading
Health
Dr. Ganesh Rakh waives his fee if a girl is born in his hospital
An Indian doctor is on a unique mission to save the female child – he waives his fee if a girl is born in his hospital. This is reported by … continue reading
Amitabh Bachchan to spread awareness about infectious diseases
Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan offered his services to the Indian government for creating awareness about infectious diseases, specially tuberculosis and hepatitis B. Bachchan, accompanied by his wife and Rajya Sabha … continue reading
Indian Health Ministry on H1N1
The Health Ministry has been closely monitoring the situation arising due to cases and deaths caused by H1N1 in some states and there is no shortage of drugs or any … continue reading
Swine flu situation in Gujarat, Rajasthan & Maharashtra
Union Health Minister JP Nadda reviewed the swine flu situation in Gujarat, which has claimed 98 lives in the state so far. He held a review meeting with state Health … continue reading
Need of AYUSH remedies and practices in cancer care
The Minister of State for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik called upon the scientists and researchers to indulge in systematic evaluation of AYUSH remedies and practices in cancer care. Shri … continue reading
Heart diseases, cancer, diabetes & respiratory diseases increasing
The probability of dying pre-maturely from a non-communicable disease like cancer has gone up in India between 2010-2012 and it has emerged as the leading cause of fatalities globally, a … continue reading
Health budget reduced of Rs 6,000 crore due to underutilization of funds
Recently, Govt. of India reduced health budget this year. On reduction in health budget to the tune of Rs 6,000 crore, the minister said the finance ministry took the decision … continue reading
Un-utilised and utilised funds in AYUSH India
This is the last week of 2014 and we have finished 9 months of our working in the financial year 2014-2015. What we have achieved in 2014 in alternative medicine … continue reading
Ebola Virus Ecology Graphic
This graphic shows the life cycle of the ebolavirus. Bats are strongly implicated as both reservoirs and hosts for the ebolavirus. Of the five identified ebolavirus subtypes, four are capable … continue reading