Study suggests community health workers reduce maternal, foetal and new-born deaths

Aug 23, 2020

Washington DC [USA], Aug 23 : Woking towards a lower mortality rate of maternal and newborn deaths, a recent study has highlighted that large...

Antimicrobial Resistance will reduce global annual GDP by 3.8 pc by 2050: WHO

Nov 18, 2022

New global estimates show that in 2019, nearly 5 million human deaths worldwide were associated with bacterial AMR, of which 1.3 million human deaths...

Accelerate measures to reduce road traffic deaths: WHO calls on South-East Asian countries

Sep 02, 2024

The World Health Organization on Monday called on South-East Asia countries to accelerate measures to reduce road traffic deaths, a leading cause of mortality...

Covid antiviral pill cuts risk of hospitalisation, deaths by half, says manufacturer

Oct 01, 2021

Washington [US], October 1 : An antiviral pill has been found to reduce the risk of hospitalisation and deaths by 50 per cent in...

Centre sets target to reduce 50 pc road accident deaths by 2024

Jun 17, 2021

New Delhi [India], June 18 : Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that...

Union Health Ministry launches action plan to reduce snakebite deaths by half by 2030

Mar 12, 2024

Apurva Chandra, Union Health Secretary, launched a National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Snakebite Envenoming (NAP-SE) in India in Delhi on Tuesday....