Health

India Enforces GRAP Stage-I Restrictions As Air Quality Deteriorates

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (NNN-PTI) – Amid worsening air quality, in the Indian capital, Delhi, the federal government yesterday, announced…

WHO Issues Alert About Contaminated Indian Cough Syrups

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (NNN-PTI) – The World Health Organisation (WHO), has issued an alert about three contaminated cough syrups…

Sri Lankan Health Minister Elected Chair Of WHO’s 78th South-East Asia Regional Committee Session

COLOMBO, Oct 14 (NNN-LNW) – The 78th session of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO), Regional Committee for South-East Asia began…

Vietnam Warns Of Dengue Fever Outbreaks After Heavy Rains, Flooding

HANOI, Oct 14 (NNN-VNA) – Recent heavy rains and flooding in northern Vietnam, have increased the risk of dengue fever…

Indian Authority Revokes Licence, Orders Shutdown Of Company Responsible For Cough Syrup Deaths

NEW DELHI, Oct 14 (NNN-PTI) – The local government in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, yesterday, announced the…

Bangladesh Launches Typhoid Vaccination Campaign For 50 Million Children

DHAKA, Oct 13 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi government launched a nationwide typhoid vaccination campaign, aiming to immunise about 50 million…

Pakistan To Start Nationwide Polio Vaccination Campaign In 159 Districts

ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 (NNN-APP) – A polio vaccination campaign is set to kick off from today, in 159 districts of…

Egypt Moves To Deliver Aid To Gaza After Ceasefire: President

CAIRO, Oct 11 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, said yesterday that, Egypt has begun sending urgent food and…

Six Patients Died In Fire At Hospital In West India

NEW DELHI, Oct 6 (NNN-PTI) – Six patients died, when a massive fire broke out inside an Intensive Care Unit…

Bangladesh’s Dengue Fever Death Toll This Year Rises To 212

DHAKA, Oct 6 (NNN-BSS) – Dengue fever claimed nine lives in Bangladesh yesterday, marking the country’s highest single-day death toll…