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Brazil urges people to continue COVID-19 vaccination

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday urged people to continue to get COVID-19 vaccines, though the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. “Despite the end of the state of emergency, the pandemic is not over yet. Take the booster doses and make sure your vaccination schedule is ...

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23 Covid cases reported, daily positivity rate now 2.07pc

Twenty three fresh Covid-19 cases were reported across the country in the 24 hours till Sunday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) With the new numbers, the country’s total caseload rose to 2,038,338. The daily case test positivity dropped to 2.07 per cent from Saturday’s 2.96 per cent as 1,111 samples were tested. However, the official ...

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85,294 persons screened for TB in HP’s Kinnaur

As many as 85,294 persons have been screened in the Active Case Finding (ACF) for tuberculosis in the district Kinnaur of Himachal Pradesh. An official spokesperson said here on Saturday that the state government is determined to eradicate tuberculosis from Himachal Pradesh by the year 2025, and to achieve this target, the District Health Department Kinnaur is effectively implementing TB ...

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Prachi forms new committee

Prachin Chikitsa (Prachi), a platform of alternative medicine practitioners, on Saturday formed national executive committee nominating Saleh Muhammd Abdur Rahman as president. The organisation also nominated Kamruzzaman and Abdul Matin as general secretaries in the 71-member national executive committee for next two years, said a press release. Prachi national standing committee chairman Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman, members Mokhlesur Rahman and Atikur ...

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WHO: COVID-19 no longer global health emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the WHO’s highest alert level, reports Xinhua. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of WHO, made the announcement at a virtual press conference from Geneva. The WHO first gave COVID-19 its highest level of alert on Jan 30, 2020, ...

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AIIMS docs perform rare surgery to save women from scourge of cancer

Doctors at AIIMS Bhubaneswar performed are surgery for a rare variety of larynx (Voice box) cancer (Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma) to save the life of a young woman. The 25-year-old woman from Jagatsinghpur district was afflicted with an advanced stage of the cancer at the junction of food and windpipe, causing difficulty in breathing and swallowing. Unlike the usual variety of ...

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Bangladesh may witness worse dengue outbreak in 2023: Experts

Health experts have warned that the country may witness even a worse outbreak of Aedes mosquito-borne dengue this year as the presence of this virus carrying insects has increased in the early days of summer. The Directorate General of Health Services has issued a warning that those who previously had dengue and recovered will not be affected by the same ...

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WHO issues new strategic plan for COVID-19

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday issued a new strategic plan for COVID-19 focusing on the transition from emergency response to long-term COVID-19 disease management. The Global Strategic Preparedness, Readiness and Response Plan (SPRP) 2023-2025 is the WHO’s fourth strategic plan for COVID-19. The document is a guide for countries on how to manage COVID-19 over the next two ...

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National Conference 2023: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Bangladesh held

The National Conference 2023: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Bangladesh (NCSRHR2023) showcasing research through Ideas, Ingenuity, and Innovations (NCSRHR2023) was held at the InterContinental Dhaka on May 3, 2023. The conference was organised by Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health (AdSEARCH) by icddr,b and was a huge success with over 300 attendees including, researchers, policymakers, government high officials, representatives ...

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First batch of bivalent COVID vaccines arrive in country

Eleven lakh doses of bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, a new type of vaccine that provides protection against both the Delta and Omicron variants of COVID-19, have been brought to the country, while another 20 lakh will arrive ‘in a short period of time’, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said Tuesday. They will be administered as booster doses to tackle Covid-19, he added. ...

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