India implementing largest digital programme for TB surveillance, says official

Experts discussed the latest innovations, challenges and collaborative solutions in the fight against TB at the National Health Writers and Influencers Convention held at AIIMS, Delhi.

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Recurrent UTIs and the potential health risks associated with it

Some of the most common symptoms of UTIs are frequent urination, feeling a sensation of burning while you urinate, pain while urinating, a sudden and strong urge to urinate, which means very little control over passing urine, etc. Sometimes, there is even blood in the urine and other factors like the smell and color of your urine also play a role in determining if you have any urinary tract infection.

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PM Modi's dream to create healthy, developed India: Health Minister Mandaviya

Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar and Minister of Health in Meghalaya government Dr Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh were also present at the workshop jointly organised by the Department of Health Research, Union health ministry; Indian Institute of Public Health, Shillong; and Indian Council of Medical Research - Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh.

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Indian tradition potent to counter illnesses: Mandaviya

The health minister added that the world has many health models, but India must strengthen its own model aligned with our genetics.

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Measles cases rose 79 percent globally last year: WHO

To get more accurate figures, the UN health agency models the numbers each year, with its latest estimate indicating that there were 9.2 million cases and 136,216 measles deaths in 2022.

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WHO calls to accelerate tobacco and e-cigarette control measures

"The region still has the highest number of people using tobacco, which puts them at risk of life-threatening diseases such as cancer, respiratory and heart disease. Urgent measures are also needed to control e-cigarettes, which have not been proven to be effective for smoking cessation. We must do all we can to control tobacco and e-cigarette use to protect health and save lives," said Saima Wazed, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia.

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Fight against Disease X: Scientists identify essential prevention tactic

As per the World Health Organization (WHO), Disease X is designated to represent a potential unidentified pathogen capable of triggering a severe global epidemic. Currently, the priority diseases include: COVID-19, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus disease, Lassa fever, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Nipah and henipaviral diseases, Rift Valley fever, Zika and "Disease X" itself. WHO regularly revises and supplements this list as necessary, adapting methodologies over time.

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