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MusQan certification push: JIPMER trains 100 nurses, releases child health SOP manual
MusQan, the national child health quality programme, was the focus of a JIPMER conference in Puducherry that trained 100 nurses and released…
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Shishu Sanjeevani launched: Diya Kumari starts twice-weekly nutrition food for Jaipur anganwadi kids
Shishu Sanjeevani, a vitamin-rich supplement for children aged 3 to 6, was launched by Diya Kumari at a Jaipur anganwadi and will…
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Milawat Par Vaar: Jaipur food safety team seizes 2,699 kg bakery shortening, 520 kg paneer destroyed
Milawat Par Vaar drive in Jaipur: food safety officers seized 2,699.2 kg of bakery shortening in Jhotwara and destroyed 520 kg of…
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Breast self-examination booth, said to be India’s first portable one, opens at AIIMS Bhubaneswar
Breast self-examination booth opens at AIIMS Bhubaneswar for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, giving women a private space to learn the steps of…
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Ebola readiness: WHO steps up support in 22 Eastern Mediterranean countries, with Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti first
Ebola readiness is being stepped up by WHO across its 22-country Eastern Mediterranean region, with Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan named as the…
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Sikkim Ayurveda institute: CM Tamang lays stone for 50-acre wellness centre at Lungchok
Sikkim Ayurveda push: CM Prem Singh Tamang lays the foundation stone of a 50-acre Holistic Institute of Ayurveda and Wellness Centre at…
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WHO Ukraine warehouses hit four times since July, destroying $1.5 million of medicines
WHO Ukraine warehouses were hit in four strikes since July, destroying over $1.5 million of medicines, as attacks on health care top…
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Kenya Ebola: second case confirmed in relative of first patient, WHO says no community spread
Kenya Ebola update: a 39-year-old relative of the first patient tests positive for Bundibugyo virus in quarantine. WHO says there is no…
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WHO: lead poisoning causes over 3.5 million deaths a year, yet half of countries lack paint limits
Lead poisoning is linked to over 3.5 million deaths a year, WHO says, and fewer than half of countries have binding limits…
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Inherited cancer risk found in nearly 30% of tested patients at Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital, New Chandigarh
Inherited cancer risk: Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital, New Chandigarh, found mutations in nearly 30% of 912 tested patients, mostly breast and ovarian…
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DR Congo cholera cases top 125,000 as the country also battles an Ebola outbreak, WHO warns
DR Congo cholera: WHO reports more than 125,000 suspected cases and 3,644 deaths since January 2025, as an Ebola outbreak strains the…
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WHO Eastern Mediterranean meeting: Tedros says 117 million people in the region need aid
WHO Eastern Mediterranean committee in Cairo: Tedros says 117 million people need aid and noncommunicable diseases cause two-thirds of deaths in the…