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Medical negligence: Doctors fined for causing death of pregnant woman

April 29, 2013

Upholding a district forum order which found two doctors guilty of negligence, the Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission dubbed a doctor a ‘quack’ for administering anaesthesia despite not being qualified …

Tags: Acute respiratory distress syndrome,Anaesthesia,Foetal distress,Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission,Medical negligence,Pneumonia,Quack,Spinal anaesthesia

Diarrhoea and Pneumonia: The biggest killer diseases of kids!

April 17, 2013

Given its current performance level, India is unlikely to meet the just stipulated benchmark on mitigation of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea among infants in the country. The death rate due to pneumonia and diarrhoea has increased by …

Tags: Children's health,Diarrhoea,Malnutrition,Pneumonia,UN,UNICEF,WHO

WHO, UNICEF lay down plans to fight diarrhoea and pneumonia

April 13, 2013

Taking the bull by its horns, WHO and UNICEF have put together a Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea (GAPPD) aimed at ending preventable child deaths by these two major killers by 2025. In …

Tags: Children's health,Diarrhoea,Pneumonia,UNICEF,WHO

How WHO plans to eradicate pneumonia and diarrhoea by 2025

April 30, 2013

In the ever crowded city of Mumbai, pneumonia seems to be taking a toll on its residents. According to Dr Deepak Ugra, leading paediatrician and former head of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics, pneumonia is the biggest killer of …

Tags: Child care,Child health,Child mortality,Diarrhoea,Dr R S Ghosh,Maternal mortality India,Pneumonia,Respiratory disease,WHO,WHO 15-point program

Sons more likely to get treatment for chest infections in India

January 30, 2013

Even when it comes to hospitalizing their children, Indians discriminate between their sons and daughters. A male child with acute chest infections is nearly three times more likely to receive hospital care than a girl child in …

Tags: Chest infection,Gender discrimination,Hospital care,Pneumonia

Engineered peptide can kill high resistant bugs

January 25, 2013

An engineered peptide could kill an entire category of highly resistant bugs that are behind potentially lethal infections such as pneumonia and sepsis. The synthetic drugs acts by shredding and dissolving their double-layered …

Tags: Pathogens,Pneumonia,Sepsis,Tuberculosis,XXDR TB

Ex-VJ Sophiya Haque passes away

January 17, 2013

Sophiya Haque, ex-VJ and actress passed away today morning in London. Reports suggest that she was suffering from cancer but the cause of death was pneumonia. The media got wind of the news from Twitter where filmmaker Pooja …

Tags: Cancer,Channel V,Pneumonia,Sophiya Haque,Sophiya Haque death

Healthy Hand Wash Programme: Dettol reaches out to 14 lakh students

January 16, 2013

As part of its Healthy Hand Wash Programme along with NGO School Health Annual Report Programme (SHARP), leading disinfectant brand Dettol has reached out to 14 lakh students in 3,114 schools in 65 cities across India, a company …

Tags: Dettol,Diarrhoea,Hand washing,Healthy Hand Wash Programme,Pneumonia,School Health Annual Report Programme

Forum formed by MPs to help improve child survival

November 17, 2012

A group of parliamentarians on Friday announced forming of a forum to improve child survival in India, after India reported one-fifth of global deaths caused by pneumonia and diarrhoea among children. The forum has Champaran MP …

Tags: Child mortality,Child mortality rate,Diarrhoea,Parliament,Pneumonia

Pneumonia kills more children than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis put together

November 14, 2012

Pneumonia kills over 1.4 million children every year – more than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis put together. Strengthening immunity and resistance is only way to fight the disease. India sadly counts for almost 25% of all …

Tags: AIDS,Breast feeding,Flu,Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP),Malaria,Malnutrition,Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV),Pneumonia,Tuberculosis,World Pneumonia Day

‘Say no to pneumonia’ campaign launched

November 12, 2012

To mark World Pneumonia Day on Nov 12, the Chhattisgarh chapter of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) Monday launched a 'say no to pneumonia' campaign in all the 27 districts of the state. Omkar Khandewal, Secretary IAP …

Tags: Breast feeding,Flu,Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP),Malnutrition,Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV),Pneumonia,World Pneumonia Day

Not just flu, beware of cardiac problems too this winter: Experts

November 5, 2012

It is not just common ailments such as flu, cough and fever that you should be careful about this winter. Doctors say cardiac problems and other serious health complications also see a rise in this changing weather. Vikas …

Tags: Asthma,Cancer,Coronary artery disease,Dengue,Diabetes,Flu,Heart Attack,hypertension,Influenza vaccine,Pneumococcal vaccine,Pneumonia

Should a potentially ‘unsafe’ vaccine be used to treat pneumonia?

October 18, 2012

Despite being attributed with the highest child mortality rate from pneumonia by WHO, India has only partially introduced one of two available vaccines in the market for children against pneumonia under a national programme. This …

Tags: Adverse effect following immunisation,AEFI,Child mortality ratte,DPT,Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation,Hepatitis B,Hib,National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation,Pentavalent haemophilus influenza type B vaccine,PIL,Pneumococcal vaccine,Pneumonia,Public Interest Litigation,UNICEF,Vaccine,WHO

21 day hand hygiene awareness campaign launched by HUL

October 15, 2012

Consumer goods maker Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has launched a 21 day hand hygiene awareness campaign to celebrate Global Handwashing Day (GHD) on October 15. The initiative is part of Memorandum of Understanding between Government …

Tags: Diarrhoea,Global Handwashing Day 2012,HUL,Memorandum of Understanding,Pneumonia,UNICEF