Doctors turn netas, 15 to enter Telangana House

15 doctors, including three orthopaedic doctors, have won in the high-stakes assembly elections in Telangana. Interestingly, none of the victories are from the city. The doctors who won include Dr Palvai Harish Babu, Dr Tellam Venkata Rao, Dr R Bhoopathi Reddy, Dr Ram Chander Naik, Dr Vamshi Krishna, Dr Murali Naik, Dr K Satyanarayana, Dr Mynampally Rohit, Dr Vivek Venkataswamy, Dr Parnika Reddy, Dr P Sanjeeva Reddy, Dr Kalvakuntla Sanjay, Dr M Sanjay Kumar, M Ragamayee, and Dr Kuchukulla Rajesh Reddy. The future minister for health and family welfare is still a suspense.

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Bangladesh eradicates kala-azar, India on track too but challenges remain

Bangladesh recently achieved a major public health goal when it eradicated visceral leishmaniasis, commonly known as kala-azar, raising the question of when India would wipe out the debilitating, often fatal, parasitic disease - the fight very much on but far from complete. Challenges in sustaining the momentum of the fight persist, particularly in tackling post-disease symptoms and HIV co-infections, experts said as the 'LV spotlight' swivelled to India.

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'WHO has lost its independence, Indian govt should exit global health body'

Eminent British-Indian Cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra has alleged that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has completely lost its independence and suggested that the Indian government should ignore its advice on various issues and exit the global health body. Talking to a news agency, Malhotra, who gave a lecture at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on "The Corporate Capture of Medicine and Public Health" recently, also claimed that regulators do not independently evaluate data related to drugs.

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World AIDS Day 2023: ‘Let Communities Lead’ to end HIV/AIDS

ETHealthworld interacted with a few experts on the WHO theme significance of ‘Let communities lead’ as HIV/AIDS has been a global health challenge. According to the WHO, there were an estimated 39.0 million [33.1–45.7 million] people living with HIV at the end of 2022, two-thirds of whom (25.6 million) were in the WHO African Region. In 2022, 6,30,000 [4,80,000 – 8,80,000] people died from HIV-related causes, and 1.3 million [1.0 – 1.7 million] people acquired HIV.

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After COVID experience, RUHS doubly cautious on China illness

The Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS), which spearheaded the medical community’s fight against COVID-19, is keeping a close eye on the recent spike in respiratory illnesses in China. The Centre has told state governments to remain prepared, and RUHS, with its experience of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, knows well the costs of being unprepared.

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India logs 79 new COVID cases

India has logged 79 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have been recorded at 291, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll was recorded at 5,33,298, the data updated at 8 am stated.

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House surgeons posted for COVID duty demand incentive marks

In a letter to state health secretary Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Vellore-based Dr S S Shrinidhi, said doctors posted in Covid-19 wards of government or government-approved private medical college hospitals should be sanctioned incentive marks. During the second wave and third wave of COVID, Shrinidhi was posted in the COVID ward as part of the compulsory rotatory residential internship. “During these stressful periods, some of my batch mates/ CRRI trainees were also infected with COVID-19, in spite of all precautionary methods being followed,” she argued.

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