Johannesburg, May 12 (ANI): The growing trade and the ongoing Indian Premier League will give a boost to the bilateral relations between India and South Africa, Indian High Commissioner Rajiv Bhatia has said.
Unless the tuberculosis (TB) advocates reach out to decision makers to impress upon them the urgency of strengthening TB care and control programmes, the global economic meltdown is likely to threaten to reverse the gains made in TB care over past decades.
“I believe we should not lower our sights one bit. Rather, we should broadcast […]
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Introduction:
Pakistan came into being more than sixty years ago. There are not many around who saw it happening. Some alive today though may have been born yet might not have been mature enough to grasp the politics of the time, unless they are today in their late seventies or more. How many […]
More than 90% of the diagnosed TB patients are successfully completing treatment in Nepal today. Nepal’s anti-TB programme has received appreciation in the south-east Asian region which is the result of ongoing government commitment, community support, forging wide range of partnerships, and the use of innovative ways of ensuring access to Directly Observed Treatment Shortcourse (DOTS) - especially in remote areas, says Dr Dirgh Singh Bam, Secretary, Ministry of Health, Nepal, who is also the former Vice-President of Nepal’s Anti-Tuberculosis Association (NATA).
A police bullet pierced right through the 10-year-old boy’s forehead, and flew out from the other end, near his neck. But Azharuddin walks to his school across the streets of Ahmedabad today, more than six years later, a little wobbly on his feet, his one hand bent permanently like a spastic, but coherent in his mind and ready to often smile. It is a resplendent miracle of love. To add further shine to the wonder, his mother Shakila Bano also survived a bullet that penetrated her chest, just inches away from her heart.
It is a pity that India’s robust smoke-free policies have been challenged by those with vested interests neglecting the immense and undisputed proven public health benefits of implementing such policies for people at-large.
“Sometimes tragedy can lead to resurrection of hope and spirit†wrote late Benazir Bhutto in her book Whiter Pakistan: Dictatorship or Democracy? (page 34).
No surrender to the barrel of gun was the message the late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto conveyed to his able daughter, Pinky, the late Benazir Bhutto. Theirs was the struggle against the establishment. Both raised voice for the down trodden people of Pakistan called Awam. Both Bhuttos bequeathed on the people awareness to their rights and the accompanied strength to demand the same: roti, kapra, aur makan..
RAWALPINDI : President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said the moral development of students is the responsibility of teachers and they should ensure that the young generation understands and rejects corruption and nepotism.
JOHI: As Karachi sweltered in the summer’s heat, it was a cool night at Gorakh Hill in district Dadu, which is otherwise known for its cooking 40-degree plus temperatures.