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Responding to Avian Influenza in Assam, West Bengal
The
Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries (DAHD&F),
Ministry of Agriculture has notified avian influenza in nine districts of Assam and two districts of West
Bengal. The districts – Kamrup,
Kamrup Metro, Barpeta, Nalbari, Chirang,
Dibrugarh, Nagaon, Baksa
and Bongaigon in Assam, and Malda and Darjeeling in West Bengal – are affected partially.
Local
authorities are culling birds within the three-km radius of the infected
villages. Mopping up and sanitization operations are being carried out by the
Animal Husbandry Department.
Active human surveillance is being undertaken
to cover the population living within three-km radius of the infected
villages/localities. No case of influenza like illness with history of
exposure to infected poultry / poultry products has been reported. The
situation is being monitored. Central Government’s Rapid Response Teams have been deployed at all epicenters. More
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General
Information on Avian Influenza:
What
You Need to know and Do
Preventing Bird Flu: Questions and Answers [pdf]
Preventing Bird Flu: Precautions poultry farm
workers should take [pdf]
A Manual for Improving Biosecurity
in the Food Supply Chain: Focus on Live Animal Markets
Round Table Meeting on Polio with Mr Bill Gates
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A meeting to
discuss the polio eradication programme and future initiatives was held at
the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on 4 November 2008, and was
chaired by Dr A. Ramadoss, Union Health Minister,
Government of India. The meeting with Mr Bill Gates and
members of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was attended by senior
officers of the Ministry, Planning Commission, UNICEF, Rotary
International, and WHO.
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India-Indonesia share experience in decentralizing
health systems
Visiting
officials from Indonesia
studied Kerala’s model of decentralization of
health systems under the Multi-Country Activity, an experience sharing programme for countries in WHO South East Asia Region.
An
eight-member delegation of officials from the Indonesian Health Ministry
interacted with Kerala Health Minister Mrs P K Sreemathi Teacher and senior health department officials in the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. More >...
Diabetes Summit
 The
Diabetes Summit for South-East Asia was
organized in Chennai on November 28 by the World Diabetes Foundation in
collaboration with WHO-SEARO, the International Diabetes Federation and the
World Bank.
The
main purpose of the three-day meeting was to serve as a forum where key
stakeholders, opinion leaders, and media interact through scientific sessions
and panel discussions, and further drive the agenda on prevention and care in
developing countries.
Around
three million people across the world die of diabetes every year. If not
checked, an estimated 360 million people worldwide are expected to get
diabetes by 2030, with the largest increase occurring in the developing countries. More >…
CBHI designated WHO Collaborating Centre
The
Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare, GoI, was designated as a WHO Collaborating
Centre for Family of International Classification (FIC) on October 30, 2008.
Established in 1961, the Central
Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI) is the National Nodal Institute actively involved in the area of health information. More
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Universal Immunization Programme
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HHS, CDC)
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