India recorded an 80.5 per cent decline in malaria cases between 2015 to 2023, the Health Ministry said on Friday, on the occasion of World Malaria Day.
The Houthi-run Health Ministry has said that the overnight US strikes killed at least 53 people, including five women and two children, and wounded more than 100 people in Yemeni state capital Sanaa, media reported.
Pakistan reported a new case of polio in the country's southern Sindh province, bringing the total number of the disease-infected children to three since the beginning of this year, officials from the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
Union Health Ministry on Saturday hosted ASHAs who are in Delhi to attend the 76th Republic Day celebrations, and lauded their contributions towards the success of various health initiatives.
It said in view of reports about rising cases of respiratory illnesses in China in the past few weeks, a Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) meeting was held under the Chairmanship of DGHS of the ministry here on Saturday.
The patient is stable and there is no immediate risk to the public, it said.
The patient has been isolated in a designated hospital and is currently stable, it said.
The Centre has approved the introduction of BPaLM regimen for more effective and a quicker treatment option for drug-resistant TB in the country.
In a communiqué, the Health Ministry said, “The first meeting of the NTF set up in accordance with directions of the Supreme Court was held today under the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary. All members including the Home Secretary and Health Secretary were present at the meeting.”
The panel which will be headed by Cabinet Secretary, Government of India as its Chairperson has been constituted following the Supreme Court's direction on 20th August.
