Bharat Biotech, GSK to halve price of malaria vaccine by 2028Drugmakers Bharat Biotech and GSK will reduce the price of their malaria vaccine, Mosquirix, to $5 per dose by 2028, more than halving the ...
25 Jun, 2025, 12.45 PM IST
India on track to meet SDG health targets well ahead of 2030: GovtThe Union Cabinet reviewed NHM's progress, noting significant advancements in maternal and child health, disease elimination, and healthcar...
22 Jan, 2025, 06.46 PM IST
AB-PMJAY has reduced cancer patients' financial burden significantly: Prime Minister ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi highlights the impact of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana on reducing cancer patients' fin...
29 Dec, 2024, 10.47 PM IST
India registers 'significant progress' in reducing malaria cases: WHOIndia has made significant strides in reducing malaria cases and deaths, exiting the WHO's high-burden group. Community health workers, pri...
20 Dec, 2024, 10.09 PM IST
In strife-torn Manipur, there are outbreaks of dengue, with 1338 dengue casesThis worrying development comes at a time when the hill state is struggling to get back to normalcy from the unprecedented ethnic strife th...
13 Oct, 2023, 10.23 PM IST
India reports 86% fall in cases since 2015, 79% reduction in deaths due to MalariaIndia's budgetary allocation to fight malaria more than doubled between 2017 and 2019 and it was made a notifiable disease in 31 states and...
22 Jun, 2022, 06.01 PM IST
14 million more malaria cases in 2020 worldwide; India sustained reduction in disease burden: WHOThe World Malaria Report 2021, brought out by World Health Organization (WHO), highlighted the havoc malaria continues to wreck on the worl...
08 Dec, 2021, 11.09 PM IST
India only high endemic country to report malaria cases decline of 17.6% in 2019 over 2018: Government"The Annual Parasitic Incidence (API) reduced by 27.6 per cent in 2018 as compared to 2017, and by 18.4 per cent in 2019 as compared to 201...
02 Dec, 2020, 04.21 PM IST
India recorded largest reductions in malaria cases in South-East Asia between 2000-2019: WHOWHO noted the "impressive gains" made by India in the fight against malaria, with reductions in cases and deaths of 18 per cent and 20 per ...
01 Dec, 2020, 10.01 AM IST
Covid-19 has spelt a lockdown for routine health services across IndiaThe number of fully immunised children fell by over 15 lakh in the three-month period from April to June compared to the same months last y...
31 Aug, 2020, 09.24 AM IST
A 'Lancet' study says Covid-19 pandemic may lead to surge in HIV, malaria deaths; timely treatment can save livesCore services for HIV, TB, and malaria could largely mitigate the broader health impact of the pandemic.
14 Jul, 2020, 06.20 PM IST
New malaria cases down a third: JP NaddaNadda said with nearly three-fourth of the share of the regional burden, India’s “successes” have significantly contributed to the reductio...
30 Nov, 2017, 01.01 AM IST
WHO calls for enhanced efforts for malaria controlOf the 18.9 million P vivax malaria cases reported in 2012, nearly 13 million were from countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region, mainly...
29 Jul, 2015, 06.52 PM IST
TB, diabetes drug prices to fall by 30%The drug price regulator has capped prices of 30 medicines including antibiotics and those used in treatment of diabetes, tuberculosis and ...
10 May, 2015, 09.30 AM IST
Existing drug may treat deadly form of malariaA drug already approved for treating other diseases in humans may be useful as a treatment for deadly cerebral malaria, according to Harvar...
02 Feb, 2015, 01.34 PM IST
Over 111 crore Indians at risk of getting infected with malaria: World Malaria Report 2014The country also faces the most deadly threat of the malaria strain becoming resistant to the most advanced drugs available till date.
10 Dec, 2014, 12.28 PM IST
- Gogoi presents deficit budget in Assam Assembly
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday presented a deficit budget of Rs 1,995.48 crore with tax reduction on various items and no fresh...
10 Jul, 2006, 08.00 PM IST