New Delhi, March 13 Rajya Sabha Congress member Mukul Balkrishna Wasnik highlighted the problems faced by people suffering from corneal blindness on Friday, stating that India requires an estimated 2 lakh eye donations annually to clear the current backlog and treat new cases.The senior...
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Jaipur, March 12 A new technique called "growing implant" is emerging as an important option in the treatment of bone cancer among children, allowing doctors to adjust the length of an affected limb as the child grows, experts say.The technology is particularly useful in cases where a portion...
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Raipur, March 11 Chhattisgarh has secured the top position among larger states in the February 2026 national ranking under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, marking a significant milestone in the field of women's health, nutrition, and empowerment, officials said on Wednesday...
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Mandya (Karnataka), March 9 – A couple is alleged to have strangled their two-year-old child and subsequently committed suicide following a reported family dispute in the K.R. Pete town of Mandya district on Monday. However, the toddler survived the attempt and has been admitted to a hospital...
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Islamabad, March 7 – Pakistan’s persistent polio outbreak reflects political neglect, with successive governments failing to establish a coherent national narrative promoting vaccination, while also failing to counter extremist propaganda.A report released on Saturday said that the current...
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Kolkata, March 5 – Around 15 children fell ill at an Anganwadi center in West Bengal on Thursday after a dead lizard was allegedly found in the cooked food served there.The incident took place at the Nagendrapur Uttarpara ICDS center in Raidighi in South 24 Parganas district. All the 15...
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The Integrated Child Development Services Department has launched Poshan 2.0 in the Reasi district to strengthen efforts aimed at combating malnutrition among children and improving the health and nutrition of women and young mothers.As part of the initiative, a dedicated center under the...
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New Delhi, March 4 The World Obesity Federation, a global organization exclusively focused on obesity and a key partner to international agencies, including the World Health Organization, has warned that most countries, including India, are falling short of achieving the 2030 global target of...
Ferozepur, February 27 A 13-year-old girl died in what is suspected to be a jaundice outbreak in Hazara Singh Wala village along the India-Pakistan border in the Mamdot block here, while another 22 children have tested positive, officials said on Friday.The outbreak, suspected to have been...
Thiruvananthapuram, February 23 Many advanced countries and Kerala now have similar infant mortality rates, a senior UNICEF official said on Monday, highlighting how the state's progress in child health has shifted the focus to new challenges such as NCDs among children."Kerala is one of the...
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Islamabad, February 23 – Even though experts estimate that childhood cancer survival rates in wealthy nations are over 80 percent, they drop to below 30 percent in low and middle-income countries like Pakistan, primarily due to delayed recognition of symptoms, lack of quality supportive care and...
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Shimla, February 23 The Himachal Pradesh government has planned to launch the Indira Gandhi Matri Shishu Sankalp Yojna (IGMSSY) with an outlay of ₹207.11 crore to strengthen women and child healthcare services and combat malnutrition in the state.The scheme aims to provide high-quality...
New Delhi, February 15 – Assuring innovative funding models to support childhood cancer, Deputy Director General of Health Services L. Swasticharan said on Sunday that the Union government is aiming to achieve a survival rate of 60 per cent for childhood cancer by 2030.Speaking at an event to...
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Noida, February 14 A six-year-old boy has reportedly died during an MRI procedure at a private diagnostic center in Greater Noida, with his family accusing the facility of negligence and administering expired medication or an overdose, officials said on Saturday.The facility was sealed on...
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Hamirpur, February 9 The Hamirpur Deputy Commissioner announced on Monday that, as part of National Deworming Day, approximately 1,10,309 children and adolescents in the district, aged between 1 and 19, will be provided with Albendazole, an anti-worm medication, during the last week of February...