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Unable to afford treatment, parents kill baby girl

June 14, 2013
Agartala, June 14 (IANS):  Unable to afford costly treatment for their six-month-old daughter, a daily-wage labourer and his wife strangled her to death and dumped her body in a ditch near their home, Tripura Police said on …

Vaccines for your child – what you should know

October 3, 2012
When you visit your baby's doctor for the first time, he or she educates you about the vaccines your child would need. The thought of so many painful injections every  few weeks/months hurting your precious baby is heart …

UN members to help India keep tabs on HIV-AIDS and other diseases

April 27, 2012
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said member nations of the world organisation are ready to help India in dealing with polio, malaria, tetanus, measles and HIV transmission-related mortality. The UN …

Cases of measles, neonatal tetanus have decreased: Health Minister

March 21, 2012
The number of people suffering from neonatal tetanus and measles has come down over the last two years, the Rajya Sabha was informed Tuesday."The number of reported measles cases has decreased from 56,188 in 2009 to 29,462 in …