Political leaders across the country took to social media to spread awareness about October 21, which is marked as World Iodine Deficiency Day ...
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October 21 is marked as Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) Prevention Day to draw attention to sustaining the success of universal salt iodization (USI) and make people aware about health complications that one can face due to Iodine Deficiency ...
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As October 21 is marked as World Iodine Deficiency Day, here’s a look at why Iodine is so important for the human body ...
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Child malnutrition has emerged as a silent national emergency and the greatest human development challenge for India. According to the World Health Organization, child malnutrition accounts of 68 per cent of all infant mortality rate in India.
In 2019, Reckitt Benckiser conceptualised Nutrition India Programme with an aim to work together with the communities, to push for solutions more rapidly on the ground. The programme is presently working with the Maharashtra government to end malnutrition in state’s Amravati and Nandurbar districts, considered to be one of the toughest regions. Here's an excerpt from the report explaining the impact of the programme so far. ...
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Reckitt Benckiser’s Nutrition India Programme shows why investing in the country’s healthcare system is so important ...
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How Nutrition India Programme kick-started by Reckitt Benckiser in Amravati and Nandurbar districts of the second most populous state of India - Maharashtra is ending malnutrition and creating community nutrition workers ...
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According to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control, practising hand hygiene in homes and community settings can prevent infections and therefore reduce the need for antibiotics ...
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Plasma therapy that involves taking antibodies from a recovered COVID-19 patient and administering it into the body of a critically ill patient of coronavirus is still in experimental stage ...
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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the clinical trial of AYUSH medicines on health workers and those working in COVID-19 high-risk areas was initiated on May 7 ...
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The project being led by Bharat Biotech aims at alternate therapeutic regimen by generating highly effective and specific human monoclonal antibodies that are capable of neutralising the SARS-CoV2 virus ...
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AIIMS-Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria had earlier said that according to modeling data and the way coronavirus cases are increasing, it is likely that peak can come in June and July ...
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The Union Health Minister said that an app called 'Sanjeevani' has also been launched to collect information from 50 lakh people about the usage of medicines advised by AYUSH to boost immunity ...
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