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Pyush Misra
Editor-in-Chief

“India provided COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostic kits, and personal protective equipment to over 110 countries, reflecting the nation’s commitment to global health and solidarity”

Mansukh Mandaviya
Union Health Minister
Govt of India

Nov 30,2023: According to an official, four nations—including South Africa and India—have requested that the WTO members extend the patent waiver on Covid-19 diagnostics and treatments because the pandemic is still active and there is still a chance of new variations emerging. Read More...

Nov 29,2023: Hyderabad: The Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell Society (TSCS) in Hyderabad has issued an urgent plea for blood donations as the ongoing elections campaign worsens a critical shortage Read More...

Dec 06,2023: The Bill seeks to repeal the 80-year-old Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and introduce a new law. Read More...

Nov 23,2023:Substandard medicines, insufficient training, lack of quality culture, data integrity and more – an internal assessment of Indian pharmaceutical companies has exposed significant lapses during inspections across India. Read More...

Dec 05,2023: The Bombay High Court dismissed a petition filed by Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd challenging a 2016 amendment to the Income Tax Act, 2015. The amendment included subsidies, grants, and incentives as 'income'. Read More...

Dec 04,2023: A global study released at the United Nations Climate Change Conference reveals that 10% of hospitals in India may have to relocate or shut down due to climate change by 2100. The 'XDI Global Hospital Infrastructure Physical Climate Risk Report' predicts that Nepal will also be heavily affected, with 26% of hospitals facing closure. Read More...

Dec 03,2023: Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, which was passed in 2016 in India, has expanded the number of disability groups. It has grown to 21 but where are the people with disabilities? Are we counting them in the data that we collect? This year, they have been dropped out as a group altogether ! Read More...

Nov 30,2023: The Delhi High Court denied a woman's petition on Wednesday, stating that seats in the MBBS programme at one of the top medical schools were not for sale. The woman claimed to have given a man Rs 30 lakh in order to get her daughter admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Read More...

Dec 07,2023: AIIMS Delhi detects Mycoplasma pneumoniae, bacteria causing respiratory illness in children in China, through PCR and IgM Elisa tests. The positivity rate of PCR and IgM Elisa tests was 3% and 16% respectively. Mycoplasma pneumoniae causes 15-20% of community acquired pneumonia, also known as 'walking pneumonia'. Read More...

Dec 11,2023: The Meftal painkiller is prescribed for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, dysmenorrhoea, mild to moderate pain, inflammation, fever and dental pain. Read More...

Dec 13,2023: The European Commission published its first list of critical medicines, as part of a wider overhaul of laws governing the 136 billion euro ($148 billion) pharmaceuticals industry aimed at avoiding shortages of drugs. It is the biggest change to existing medical laws in two decades. Read More...

Dec 04,2023: Likewise, Central Drugs Testing Laboratory (CDTL) Mumbai analysed 523 samples, out of which 18 samples from 10 firms failed quality tests. Regional Drugs Testing Laboratory (RDTL) Chandigarh released 284 test reports, and 23 samples from 10 firms were NSQ. Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) Ghaziabad released 502 reports, out of which 29 from nine firms failed the quality test. Read More...

Dec 06,2023: The demand for supplements and nutraceuticals is on the rise, with a survey showing a significant increase in the purchase of these products. In September 2023, 31% of all billings at chemists were on nutraceuticals, up from 24% the previous year. Read More...

Dec 05,2023: Bangladesh recently achieved a major public health goal when it eradicated visceral leishmaniasis, commonly known as kala-azar, raising the question of when India would wipe out the debilitating, often fatal, parasitic disease - the fight very much on but far from complete. Read More...

 

Dec 05,2023: The Vadodara police on Monday nabbed two men who were on the run after being named in the FIR on December 1 in connection with the recent deaths of five people after allegedly drinking spurious Ayurvedic syrup in Kheda. Read More...

Dec 04,2023: The increasing air pollution has started to pose severe risks to public health and hence dedicated efforts are required to minimise air pollution and reduce the threat to public health and ecology, said JSS secretary Ajit Prasad. Read More...

Patients are isolated to prevent the spread of disease to other people in the medical environment. Isolated persons are typically either highly contagious or infected by a treatment-resistant organism. Patients who are immunosuppressed may also be kept in isolation. Medical personnel wear additional protection such as gowns and gloves when visiting isolated patients.

Dec 05,2023: The suspension order was issued, according to an MCD official, when the mayor unexpectedly visited the hospital on Monday and discovered a number of infrastructure deficiencies, including dimly lit hallways and passageways, poor personal hygiene, heaps of trash, and filthy, dark restrooms. Read More...

Dec 01,2023: ETHealthworld interacted with a few experts on the WHO theme significance of ‘Let communities lead’ as HIV/AIDS has been a global health challenge. According to the WHO, there were an estimated 39.0 million [33.1–45.7 million] people living with HIV at the end of 2022 Read More...

Dr. Anamika Wadhera 

BDS, MPH, MSW, MWMA

Director, Consumer Online Foundation

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