Health ministry Of Bhutan will administer pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) through the routine immunization service by January next year. PCV is one of the three new vaccines that were launched in June this year.
In May 2000, Raul Silva was involved in a motorcycle accident in Baja California, Mexico, badly breaking his left femur, or thighbone. He underwent emergency surgery in Mexicali and, at first, everything seemed fine. Then an infection set in worsened, and Silva eventually made his way to San Diego, where his left leg was amputated.
To achieve the vision of Universal Health Coverage by 2030, all Sri Lankans should have access to the health care that they need without being pushed into poverty or giving up other life necessities.
Monitoring a wound is critical, especially in diabetic patients, lack of sensation due to nerve damage can lead to infection of a lesion and, ultimately, amputation. New research from the McGill University Health Center (MUHC) and McGill University show that the use of a new app, called Swift Skin and Wound, which accurately measures and charts the progression of skin wounds, could have a significant impact on clinical management and patient outcomes
In sprawling camps that dot Bangladesh’s southern coast, nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees spend each day in limbo. Questions about what their future holds have intensified in recent weeks as Bangladesh and Myanmar negotiate the tense push and pull of repatriation.
Nepal has made remarkable achievements in improving healthcare access to its citizens. Nepali Minister of Health and Population Upendra Yadav said the country made a remarkable progress in achieving its goals related to child and maternal health under the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Researchers at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, have created a noninvasive technology that detects when nerve cells are based on changes in shape. The method could be used to observe nerve activity in light-accessible parts of the body, such as the eye, which would allow physicians to quantitatively monitor visual function at the cellular level.The work was funded by the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Researchers at MIT , Draper, and Brigham and Women's Hospital have designed an ingestible capsule that can be controlled using Bluetooth wireless technology.
To achieve the vision of Universal Health Coverage by 2030, all Sri Lankans should have access to the health care that they need without being pushed into poverty or giving up other life necessities.
Although depression and alcohol use disorder (AUD) are expected to be common among patients presenting to primary health care setting, there is limited research on prevalence of depression and AUD among people attending primary health care services in low-income countries.
Researchers receive funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to capture vital signs via video.
Understanding the lifestyle factors associated with obesity is critical to creating a successful intervention that would prevent or reduce the obesity beforehand. However, these factors have not been assessed among Nepalese youths thus far. This study aims to determine the prevalence of obesity and to explore the potential lifestyle risk factors in young university students of Nepal.