- Created on 18 September 2018
5.6 cr. kids may die of preventable causes by 2030: UN
Rohit Shishodia
In shocking figures published by UN agencies, around 6.3 million children under the age of 15 died across the world in 2017 due to preventable diseases. Over half these deaths were of infants.
- Created on 15 September 2018
BXQ-350 drug: New hope for brain cancer patients
Rohit Shishodia
Bob Rulli, a 66-year-old in the US, had lost all hope after he was detected with glioblastoma multiforme, a rare and regressive brain cancer. But a new drug, BXQ-350, gave him ray of hope as the drug showed positive results when it was first tested on him as first clinical trial on a human being.
- Created on 01 September 2018
Wipro healthcare head Heenan-Jalil quits
DTMT Network
Bengaluru: Wipro Ltd’s healthcare and life sciences division head Jeffrey Heenan Jalil has resigned after a decade with the company marking the second top-level exit in the healthcare division in less than three years.
- Created on 18 September 2018
Dr K K Aggarwal, new president of CMAAO
BS RAWAT
NEW DELHI: Dr K K Aggarwal, president, Heart Care Foundation of India, will take over as the president, Confederation of Medical Associations of Asia and Oceania (CMAAO). He was appointed to the prestigious body as part of the 2018 CMAAO General Assembly held at Penang, Malaysia.
- Created on 05 September 2018
Dr Poonam Khetrapal renominated regional director WHO SE Asia Region
BS RAWAT
NEW DELHI: Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh has been nominated for a second term as the regional director WHO South-East Asia by the 11-member states of the region.
- Created on 31 August 2018
WHO SE Asia countries to meet in Delhi on dengue, malaria
BS RAWAT
NEW DELHI: With malaria and chikungunya cases continuing to rise in the South-East Asia Region, the WHO has said it would hold a meet with health ministers and senior officials from the 11 member countries.
