Urgent action needed to prevent a return to pre-antibiotic era: WHO
Sep 10, 2015, at 12:11 am
Kolkata, Sept 9 (IBNS): Cautioning that indiscriminate use of antibiotics and other drugs is increasingly leading to resistance to medicines, persistence of infections, and treatment failure, the World Health Organization has urged member countries in South-East Asia Region to urgently address this threat to public health.
Kolkata join hands to help underprivileged cancer patients at Tata Medical Center
Sep 09, 2015, at 11:24 pm
Kolkata, Sept 9 (IBNS): Leading citizens from Kolkata came together recently to raise funds for the treatment of underprivileged cancer patients, at the Tata Medical Center in Kolkata, through the 'Dil Sey Deejiye' campaign.
Columbia Asia to Build Next-Gen Hospital Management System with Microsoft
Sep 07, 2015, at 09:42 pm
New Delhi Sept 7 (IBNS) : International healthcare group Columbia Asia has partnered with Microsoft to evolve a next-generation cloud ready hospital management system to meet its emerging enterprise needs. Columbia Asia is currently using its proprietary hospital management system, Care21.
National nutrition week underway in West Bengal
Sep 05, 2015, at 05:58 pm
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IBNS): Like every year, National Nutrition week will be celebrated from 1st-7th September by the Dept of Child Development and Women Development and Social Welfare, Government of West Bengal in association with UNICEF Kolkata.
Medical device industry call upon government to empower domestic manufacture
Sep 03, 2015, at 03:09 am
New York, Sept 2 (IBNS) Industry leaders participating FICCI Heal 2015 have called upon the Government to take strong measures to drive the consumption of medical devices in the country, bring clarity to regulatory policy, correct inverse import duties and provide fiscal incentives to give the domestic manufacture of medical devices a strong impetus for growth and turn India into a global innovation hub for medical technology.
Ministers from South-East Asia meet in Dili to set health priorities
Sep 01, 2015, at 09:15 pm
Kolkata , Sept 1 (IBNS): Health Ministers of the 11 countries of WHO’s South-East Asia Region are meeting in Dili, Timor-Leste, from Sept 7-11 to set health priorities and discuss the health agenda for the region.
UN health agency unveils sanitation and hygiene plan towards eradicating tropical diseases by 2020
Aug 28, 2015, at 06:12 pm
New York, Aug 28 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday announced that it is strengthening water, sanitation and hygiene services to accelerate progress in eliminating and eradicating neglected tropical diseases by 2020 that affect more than 1 billion of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable populations.
PM Modi inaugurates two-day "Call to Action Summit-2015 in New Delhi
Aug 27, 2015, at 09:47 pm
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the two-day "Call to Action Summit-2015-ending preventable child and maternal deaths", organized by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and the Ministry of Health, Government of Ethiopia, here on Thursday.
India has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus: PM Narendra Modi
Aug 27, 2015, at 09:08 pm
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India has achieved a 'milestone' as the country has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus.
Aug 27, 2015, at 04:28 pm
New York, Aug 27 (IBNS) Sierra Leone on Wednesday began its countdown to be declared by the World Health Organization as free of Ebola virus transmission as the West African nation's President described the release of the last patient treated for the disease at a treatment centre as "the beginning of the end of Ebola."
Ebola response panel studying ways to enforce compliance with key UN legal health instrument
Aug 27, 2015, at 04:14 pm
New York, Aug 27 (IBNS) A special United Nations international panel reviewing the role of existing international health regulations in the response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is studying the use of possible sanctions and other mechanisms to ensure better compliance with what it described as "a very important legal instrument in order to improve the global health security."
UNICEF organizes health and sanitation awareness program for women and children in West Bengal
Aug 26, 2015, at 03:39 am
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IBNS): UNICEF has conducted the first ever consultation program to address the health and sanitation crisis faced by women and children in West Bengal in collaboration with faith-based organizations.
Ravi Shankar Prasad launches govt's SEHAT initiative
Aug 25, 2015, at 09:29 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Minister of Law and Justice launched the government's latest health and IT initiative called SEHAT ( Social Endeavour for Health And Telemedicine ) at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi on Tuesday.
Ebola aftermath is 'best chance' to transform future epidemic response - UN health agency
Aug 25, 2015, at 03:40 pm
New York, Aug 25 (IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned that infectious diseases have become "a much larger menace" under the unique conditions of the 21st century with its unprecedented global travel volume of nearly 100,000 flights carrying 8.6 million passengers every day.
Kolkata's Fortis Hospital launches 'Attack the Attack' campaign
Aug 22, 2015, at 09:33 pm
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IBNS) Cardiac arrest claims around 20 lakh lives annually in India alone and to advocate a change and bring about awareness, Kolkata's Fortis Hospital launched its latest program 'Attack The Attack' on Friday in Kolkata.
Stem cell pioneer presented 'Woman Leader in Science' Award
Aug 21, 2015, at 06:19 pm
Kolkata, Aug 20 (IBNS): Inventor of human embryonic stem cell therapy, Dr Geeta Shroff, has been presented the prestigious 'Woman leader in Science' award at the 6th Annual Women leader India 2015.
India to host 'Call To Action Summit 2015' ending preventable child and maternal deaths'
Aug 20, 2015, at 10:41 pm
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IBNS): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Thursday announced that India will host the global 'Call To Action Summit 2015- ending preventable child and maternal deaths', on Aug 27 - 28 in New Delhi.
Changing habits and behaviours is key to overcome vaccine hesitancy - UN health agency
Aug 19, 2015, at 05:21 pm
New York, Aug 19 (IBNS) With one in five children still not receiving routine life-saving immunizations, and an estimated 1.5 million dying each year of diseases that could be prevented by vaccines, people who delay or refuse vaccines for themselves or their children are presenting a growing challenge for countries seeking to close the immunization gap, according to the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).
No new Ebola cases reported in Sierra Leone in past week for first time since outbreak: UN
Aug 18, 2015, at 08:16 pm
New York, Aug 18 (IBNS): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday announced that no new Ebola cases were reported during the most recent reporting period in Sierra Leone for the first time since the beginning of the outbreak in West Africa, thanks to strong community involvement and the thorough work of rapid response teams.
CRY launches nation-wide campaign 'Healthy Start'
Aug 18, 2015, at 12:01 am
New Delhi / Kolkata, Aug 17 (IBNS): In a small village in the district of South 24 Parganas in West Bengal, 7 month old Anwesha plays under the watchful eyes of her fruit-seller father and her mother.
South Sudan: UN health agency ramps up efforts to tackle cholera outbreak
Aug 14, 2015, at 03:29 pm
New York, Aug 14 (IBNS) As the battle against cholera outbreak continues in South Sudan, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners are boosting assistance to help children and the most vulnerable prevent and reduce the spread of further cases.
At Security Council, top UN health officials spotlight role of emergency preparedness in Ebola fight
Aug 14, 2015, at 03:13 pm
New York, Aug 14 (IBNS) The deadly Ebola outbreak which ravaged West Africa for more than a year has demonstrated the increasing importance of emergency preparedness both in Africa and across the world, said two senior United Nations health officials who noted that if the current intense focus on case detection and contact tracing is maintained, the virus could be "soundly defeated" by year's end.
Aug 13, 2015, at 09:11 pm
Kolkata, August 13 (IBNS): Narayana Health Network on Wednesday announced the launch of NH Cancer Institute at Narayana Superspeciality Hospital in Kolkata.
Priyanka Chopra emphasizes on stepping up the fight against adolescent anaemia
Aug 13, 2015, at 04:40 am
Kolkata, Aug 12 (IBNS) UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra on Wednesday emphasised the importance of stepping up the fight against adolescent anaemia, regarded as a major health problem among adolescents in developing countries including India.
20,000 kgs of Maggi instant noodles seized in Lucknow
Aug 11, 2015, at 06:43 pm
Lucknow, Aug 11 (IBNS) The Uttar Pradesh Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized 20,000 kgs of the two minute noodles from a Nestle warehouse in Lucknow.
Bengal Oncology Foundation hosts panel discussion in Kolkata
Aug 05, 2015, at 01:46 am
Kolkata, Aug 4 (IBNS) : While last week International-Oncology Society and American Psychosocial Oncology Society hosted World Congress on Psycho-Oncology 2015 in Washington, Bengal Oncology Foundation conducted a panel discussion on the same issue Tuesday evening at The Princeton Club.
WHO calls for strengthening malaria elimination strategy, says 3.2 billion people still at risk
Jul 30, 2015, at 12:56 am
Kolkata, July 29 (IBNS): The World Health Organization on Wednesday called for bolstering efforts for malaria control and elimination by targeting malarial parasites believed to be less fatal, but now causing high disease burden.
Health department and UNICEF organizes Diarrhea Control Fortnight in Budge Budge
Jul 29, 2015, at 04:22 am
Kolkata, July 28 (IBNS): The West Bengal health department, along with the UNICEF, launched an Intensified Diarrhea Control Fortnight (IDCF) at Budge Budge area in South 24-Parganas district on Monday.
SRL Diagnostics to expand its business in West Bengal
Jul 29, 2015, at 12:05 am
Kolkata, July 28 (IBNS): In an endeavour to provide world class diagnostic services to people of Eastern India and especially West Bengal, SRL Diagnostics, the leading global diagnostic chain plans to expand their footprints in the eastern part of India.
Jul 28, 2015, at 11:17 pm
Lyon, France, July 28 (IBNS) Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced on Tuesday that new data analyses published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) provide a comprehensive picture of the potential public health impact of vaccinating endemic populations from pre-adolescence to adulthood against dengue.