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Bharat Biotech’s diarrhoea vaccine ROTAVAC gets WHO pre-qualification
The WHO pre-qualification paves the way for health and humanitarian organizations such as Unicef to procure ROTAVAC for public health vaccination programmes
3 min read25 Jan 2018Few gluten-free food products available in India: study
India has a potential of 2,347 kilo tonnes of gluten-free products, against 7.55 kilo tonnes produced in 2016, said the Institute of Agri- Business Management
2 min read12 Dec 2017How diseases are taking a toll on India
The government's state-wise disease burden analysis is one step towards understanding the spread of communicable and lifestyle diseases
1 min read15 Nov 2017India shows improvement in pneumonia and diarrhoea control, shows report
India's Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea score has seen a 7-point increase
1 min read4 Nov 2017Over 25 million children under 2 years not immunized with Pneumonia vaccine in 2016: report
Pneumonia killed 178,717 children in 2015 in India, or more than 20 children every hour, says the report by Save the Children
3 min read2 Nov 2017Watersheds protect children against diarrhoea: 35-nation study
The researchers hope the findings will help governments and development agencies to improve the health and environment of children around the world
2 min read9 Oct 2017Medecins Sans Frontieres to legally challenge Pfizer’s patent on pneumonia vaccine
Medecins Sans Frontieres also raises the matter with the government, urging it to issue a compulsory licence for Pfizer'S pneumonia vaccine
2 min read29 Aug 2017India continues to record high child mortality rate due to diarrhoea: Study
According to a study published in medical journal Lancet, more than 1 lakh children under the age of five died of diarrhoea in India in 2015
1 min read2 Jun 2017Hilleman Labs inks MoU with ICMR to develop new vaccine for diarrhea
Hilleman Labs will take the lead in further development of the vaccine candidate for which National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases has already conducted initial research
1 min read30 Mar 20171.7 million children die every year due to polluted environment: WHO
While 570,000 children under five years of age die from respiratory infections such as pneumonia, 361,000 children die due to diarrhoea, says WHO report
3 min read7 Mar 2017Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared