International Organizations, Vaccine Manufacturers Agree to Intensify Cooperation to Deliver COVID-19 Vaccine
Fourth Meeting of the Multilateral Leaders Task Force on Scaling COVID-19 Tools The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization met with the CEOs of leading vaccine manufacturing companies to discuss strategies to improve the access to COVID-19 vaccines, especially in low- and lower middle-income countries […]
Qatar supports shipment of WHO life-saving medical supplies to Kabul
An aircraft carrying around 23 metric tonnes of life-saving medicines and supplies from WHO landed in Kabul today at 13:30 local time. The shipment, which is among the first humanitarian aid to arrive at Kabul airport since operations were disrupted on 15 August, was flown by a Qatar Airways flight donated by the Government of […]
Roche opens access to pathology imaging tools to improve patient care
Roche launches the Digital Pathology Open Environment, encouraging collaboration among software developers to improve patient outcomes and expand personalised healthcare through innovative image analysis tools Artificial intelligence technology shows promise in advancing pathology imaging, which can benefit cancer patients through more precise diagnosis leading to targeted treatment Open digital pathology environments can break down barriers […]
Leaders Make Urgent Call To Accelerate
14 September 2021, Geneva – WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and a group of global health leaders today issued an urgent call for vaccine equity globally and in Africa in particular. The leaders stressed that the worst pandemic in the last hundred years will not end unless and until, there is genuine global cooperation […]
International Nurses
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind conferred the National Florence Nightingale Awards 2020 to 51 awardees at a virtual ceremony, in the presence of Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare. Congratulating all the health care […]
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling […]
Democratic Republic of the Congo declares meningitis outbreak in north-eastern province
Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared an outbreak of meningitis in the north-eastern Tshopo Province where 261 suspected cases and 129 deaths—a high case fatality ratio of 50%—have been reported. Confirmatory tests carried out by the Institut Pasteur in Paris detected Neisseria meningitidis – one of the most frequent types of […]
Roche to present data from industry leading portfolio at ESMO 2021 showing significant progress in early stage and uncommon cancers
First data to be presented from the phase II coopERA Breast Cancer study evaluating neoadjuvant giredestrant treatment for oestrogen receptor (ER)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer New data from the phase III IMpower010 study provide further insights into the role of Tecentriq® (atezolizumab) in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) Genomic data from the phase II CUPISCO […]
COVID-19 Update
67.72 Cr. vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive 42,618 new cases in the last 24 hours Active cases account for 1.23% of total cases India's Active caseload stands at 4,05,681 Recovery Rate currently at 97.43% 36,385 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,21,00,001 Weekly Positivity Rate […]
Centre reviews COVID-19 Vaccination with 11 North Eastern and Hill States/UTs
Union Health Secretary Shri Rajesh Bhushan chaired a high-level review meeting today with 11 North East and Hill States and UTs: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand. At the outset, the Health Secretary underlined that: a) The States/UTs need to quickly saturate the first dose coverage […]
