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...