New Delhi, April 11 – All India Congress Committee (AICC) Treasurer and former Delhi Assembly Speaker Ajay Maken on Friday accused the government of failing to address air pollution in the National Capital, claiming that the city's air quality has reached alarming levels.In a social media...
air pollution
ajay maken
central pollution control board
delhi
delhi government
electric vehicles
environmental policy
green budget 2026-27
india
national ambient air quality standards (naaqs)
pm2.5
public transport
rekha gupta
transportation
vehicle emissions
who
Dhaka, April 5 Bangladesh on Sunday said a severe outbreak of measles has claimed the lives of at least 94 children in the past 19 days, prompting the government to launch an emergency campaign to combat the infectious disease.As the outbreak affected 56 out of the 64 administrative districts...
bangladesh
child mortality
disease surveillance
health services
interim government
measles
muhammad yunus
outbreak
public health
rajshahi
salahuddin ahmed
tarique rahman
vaccination
vaccination coverage
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Lucknow, March 31 – The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is considering a proposal to include cancer, particularly among children, on a list of notifiable diseases to facilitate early detection and treatment, a senior health department official said on Tuesday.A notifiable disease...
cancer
cancer care
cancer treatment
cankids
childhood cancer
childhood cancer international
financial protection
health department
healthcare access
icmr
notifiable diseases
pediatric oncology
state initiative
uttar pradesh
who
Hanoi, March 31 – Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, has recorded 29 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the year, with no deaths reported, according to the local daily, Tuoi Tre, on Tuesday.The Hanoi Centre for Disease Control reported 17 new infections across 12 communes and wards between March...
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covid-19
disease
hanoi
health department
infection
masks
medical conditions
prevention
public health
respiratory etiquette
sars-cov-2
transmission
variant
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United Nations, March 31 Amid the Middle East hostilities, UN humanitarian workers pointed to a sharp increase in attacks on healthcare in Lebanon and growing obstacles for humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that...
attacks on healthcare
civilian protection
gaza strip
health workers
healthcare
humanitarian aid
humanitarian operations
humanitarian response
israeli authorities
israeli high court of justice
lebanon
ngos
ocha
united nations
who
Chandigarh, March 24 – The Punjab government is actively considering a proposal to allow hospitals in other states to be enlisted to treat children with cancer from the state under the official health insurance scheme, an official said on Tuesday.“Recently, we received an enrollment request...
cancer care
cancer treatment
child health
childhood cancer
government assistance
haryana
health insurance
healthcare access
icmr
medical facilities
non-communicable diseases
northwest india
patient referral
punjab
who
Beirut, March 13 – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel on Friday, and urged Lebanon to restore its sovereignty and stability.Following a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Beirut, Guterres said he was visiting "as a friend of...
antónio guterres
casualties
ceasefire
conflict
displacement
economic impact
exports
hezbollah
israel
joseph aoun
lebanese economy
lebanon
middle east conflict
rocket attacks
united nations
who
Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda has reaffirmed India's strong commitment to eliminating cervical cancer as a public health problem and strengthening global health cooperation. Speaking virtually to a press briefing on global health issues with the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
adolescent girls
ayushman arogya mandirs
cervical cancer
early detection
gardasil quadrivalent vaccine
global health cooperation
human papillomavirus (hpv)
india
national programme for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
prevention
screening
treatment
vaccination
visual inspection with acetic acid (via)
who
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 26: A media sensitization meeting was held at Government Hospital, Gandhi Nagar, in Jammu, in preparation for the National Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Campaign, which is scheduled to begin on February 28, 2026, across the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.The...
14-year-old girls
cervical cancer prevention
cold chain systems
dr. poonam sethi
family welfare mch & immunization
government hospital gandhi nagar
health awareness
hpv vaccination campaign
jammu and kashmir
media sensitization
public health
vaccination
vaccine supply
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