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Big B to campaign for AP state 17 February 2015
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is all set to be part of Andhra Pradesh government's awareness campaigns on health issues like maternal and child mortality. AP government has confirmed considering Big B's name for the awareness campaign and an official announcement...
Keywords: Big B awareness campaigsn, Big B awareness campaigsn, polio eradication, Amitabh Bachchan
Read MoreHuge media campaign on immunisation from March 23 17 March 2015
The government will launch a major 15-day media campaign from March 23 to educate the masses on immunisation, ahead of implementing its ambitious health programme - 'Mission Indradhanush' in April. Health Minister J P Nadda will hold deliberations with the...
Keywords: vaccination, Health Ministry, Health Ministry, Mission Indradhanush
Read MorePulse polio on April 15 04 April 2012
The State Polio Prevention Department announced that this month on 15 the pulse polio would be administered to all children below 5 years. The announcement was made on Tuesday in Hyderabad. All parents are requested to take their children to...
Keywords: Children vaccine, Pulse Polio, Vaccine dates, Polio drops dates
Read MoreHyderabad couple research on `Polio Vaccine’ bag GCE grant 11 May 2012
Polio the dreaded menace, to a major extent has been eliminated by the Government initiative 'Pulse-Polio Program'. Thanks to the celebrity endorsing by the tinsel world and the hard work of medical assistants, who administer the dosage, the initiative has...
Keywords: Metro news., Grand Challenges Explorations, Vaccine, Grand Challenges Explorations
Read MoreAmerican researchers create panacea drug 11 August 2011
In a major breakthrough in the medical field, researchers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have created a drug called DRACO which would serve as a panacea for several health problems ranging from common cold to...
Keywords: rabies, polio, wonder drug, DRACO
Read MoreBig B as AP Brand Ambassador 06 January 2015
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has been named as the Brand Ambassador of Andhra Pradesh state's Health Ministry. AP government has confirmed Big B's appointment while the actor came forward to provide his services without charging anything. Amitabh has been associated...
Keywords: American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, Unicef, Big B as AP brand ambassador, Amitabh Bachchan as AP brand ambassador
Read MoreFirst World Immunization Week from today 21 April 2012
Immunization saves between 2 and 3 million lives each year. Vaccines are relatively inexpensive and extremely powerful weapons against disease, disability and death. They protect people of all ages, from babies to senior citizens, against life-threatening diseases. For the first...
Keywords: WHO, polio, pneumococcal disease, polio
Read MoreIndia to become polio free country 07 January 2014
For the past two years there were not polio cases in the country and if no polio cases are registered by January 13th then World Health Organization (WHO) would declare India as a polio free country, said Union Health Minister...
Keywords: UPA government, Gulam Nabi Azad, Health, Polio cases
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