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Webinar Organised On World Patient Safety Day to Discuss ‘Safe Maternal & Newborn Care’

Sep

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Webinar Organised On World Patient Safety Day to Discuss ‘Safe Maternal & Newborn Care’

The Webinar revealed that 810 women and 6700 newborn die everyday due to pregnancy and child birth issues New Delhi, September 21, 2021: As a part of the global action on patient safety, the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution on 24th May 2019 to address global patient safety in a concerted manner. Part of this resolution is about adopting 17th September as a World Patient Safety Day. PFPS India and National Thalassemia Welfare Society (NTWS) in association with GAP Health Foundation and Youth Thalassemics Alliance organised a webinar on 19th September to mark the 3rd World Patient Safety Day…

Scientists devise new strategy for combating fungal eye infection

Jul

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Scientists devise new strategy for combating fungal eye infection

New Delhi: India has a huge agrarian population, which is very prone to vegetative trauma while farming. Vegetative trauma to the eye is generally caused by infected vegetable matter such as plant leaves and often leads to fungal infection of the cornea in the eyes or fungal keratitis. According to the WHO, fungal keratitis is a leading cause of monocular blindness i.e, blindness in one eye, in the developing world. According to a recent study published in Lancet, the highest annual incidence per 1 lakh people is reported in Southern Asia and India accounts for more than 50% of the…