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Govt looks to draw plan to combat future pandemics - Rhythma Kaul

-Hindustan Times WHO will be updating the list of priority pathogens—agents that can cause outbreaks or pandemics—to guide global investment, research and development, especially in vaccines, tests and treatments, the UN health body announced. India is working on a plan to effectively combat public health emergencies and disease outbreaks in future, according to people familiar with the matter, even as WHO on Monday announced it will be identifying pathogens that could cause...

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Steep rise in food poisoning cases after eating mid-day meals this year: Data -Anil Ashwani Sharma

-Down to Earth Food poisoning cases in Bihar, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have been highest in the last 6 years Some 979 school students have suffered food poisoning after eating mid-day meals in the first nine months of 2022, according to government data. The data has been collected by the Union government under the Integrated Disease surveillance Programme (IDSP), a major health programme that is part of the National Health Mission. Some 120 students...

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Mid-day Meal-Related Food Poisoning Cases at 6 Year Peak: CAG -Sabrang India

-Sabrang India/ Newsclick.in An audit by CAG blame poor infrastructure, insufficient inspections, irregular licensing and limited reporting. The Hindu reports that as schools re-opened and students returned to the classroom -two years after the pandemic -- serious cases of food poisoning due to the consumption of mid-day meals have resurfaced, and even grown. In the last 90 days alone as many as 120  students suffered from food poisoning across schools in Karnataka,...

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India Has Come a Long Way Since 1947, But Much Still Needs to Be Done -Virginius Xaxa

-TheWire.in The need of the hour is to reorient policies built on equity, not only economic, political and social, but also ecological and environmental. India is completing the 75th year of its independence. It is a moment of celebration and, at the same time, an occasion to remember all those known and unknown who laid down their lives during a long struggle to make India free from the yoke of colonial rule. It...

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Monkeypox cases in India: UP govt on alert, beds reserved in Covid hospitals

-IndiaToday.in According to sources in the health ministry, surveillance will be increased for people coming in from countries where monkeypox has become prevalent. The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday ordered the administration to reserve beds for monkeypox in Covid-designated hospitals across the state. Although no monkeypox case has been reported in the state so far. The officials in all hospitals have been asked to adhere to the Centre's guidelines. The decision comes on the day...

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