India delivers 13 tonnes of BCG vaccines to Afghanistan to boost child immunisation programme against TB
The consignment was sent to Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health to augment the country's child immunisation programme against tuberculosis.
The consignment was sent to Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health to augment the country's child immunisation programme against tuberculosis.
Now, approximately three crore children aged 1 to 19 years will be administered the medicine in a mop-up round on Friday. Experts have appealed to parents to ensure that no child is left out.
The Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (DPH) simultaneously released a public health communication urging residents to remain alert and follow safety protocols.
The latest fatality was identified as Algu Choudhary (70), who was admitted to Aurobindo Hospital on January 9 after suffering from severe vomiting and diarrhoea. He later developed respiratory complications and passed away during treatment.
The latest fatality has been identified as Anita Kushwah (65), who had been undergoing treatment for over a month at Bombay Hospital, where she was on ventilator support.
In this context, the prime minister on his X handle shared Union Health Minister JP Nadda's article on a landmark initiative aiming for a Sickle Cell Disease-free India by 2047.
The 11th International Yoga Day was marked by twin narratives in Jharkhand — one led by the BJP, emphasising India’s cultural and spiritual heritage, and the other by the state government projecting yoga as an instrument of health and public welfare.
The efforts aim to spread awareness about heatwave preventive measures.
Trump has long been critical of the WHO, and his administration formally withdrew from the organisation in July 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic continued to spread.
In the never-ending debate on public health, some products are subjected to great scrutiny while others enjoy free access to markets. Some recent articles have highlighted speculative health concerns associated with vaping, particularly regarding reproductive and cardiovascular health.
