Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for National Institute for One Health and inaugurate the Centre for Research, Management and Control of Haemoglobinopathies in Nagpur on Sunday.
The Union Health Ministry said the prevalence of Sickle Cell disease in the Vidarbha region of Central India, especially in the tribal population, is high, with expected carrier frequency as high as 35 per cent in certain tribal groups.
Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population officials said that they have proposed to roll out the vaccine at a meeting of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee, four times but no decision was taken in this regard, The Kathmandu Post reported.
A team of resident doctors handed over a copy of a letter to the senior officials of the Union Health Ministry regarding their demand for the deploymentt of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) or Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at hospitals so that they can work freely in a safe and healthy environment.
Panaji (Goa) [India], September 17 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Union Minister Shripad Naik on Saturday participated in a cleanliness drive organised at Miramar Beach, under their 'Clean Coast, Safe Sea' programme.
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): India reported 5,747 fresh Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The national capital logged 123 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours with a case positivity rate of 1.16 per cent, as per a bulletin by the Delhi Health Department on Friday.