Donate an organ, give someone a new life – Preeti” She joined AIIMS as a young data entry operator, and around the age of 26, she became one of the first and youngest recipient of a donated heart in 2001 — from a 14-year-old boy. Today, over a decade later, she has become the face of a massive outdoor campaign launched by the institute to promote organ donation.

DM Foundation, part of DM Healthcare Group that has presence across the Gulf countries and India, has launched a health portal in Malayalam. The content in the portal is supported by specialist and experienced doctors in various disciplines from around the world. It offers in-depth information on major ailments, along with content on lifestyle-related issues.

Providing teeth to the anti-dengue and malaria campaign, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to reach out to the students of its schools.
"The MCD has decided to make the over 9.5 lakh children studying in its 1,800 primary schools harbingers of its awareness campaign against the vector-borne diseases," said Mahender Nagpal, chairman, education committee.

Nagpal said awareness would be spread among the students of the MCD schools through prayers and quiz and painting competitions. Students' rallies would also be held, he added.

Newborn mortality rate declined from 57 to 30 per 1000 births in Bangladesh during 1990 to 2009, said a study.

The report of the study conducted by World Health Organisation, Save the Children and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Health was published in medical journal PLoS Medicine last week, said a press release.

Experts said that more actions were needed to keep the trend on track to reach millennium development goal-4 which seeks to reduce two thirds of child mortality by 2015.

The public health department has been seeking support from the education department for raising community awareness.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) today organized a rally at India Gate to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
The Delhi social welfare minister Kiran Walia flagged off the rally participated by hundreds of activists.

The NCB also put up a museum to educate people on the various types of drugs and their harmful effects.
The Delhi zone of the NCB conducted s

Sri Lanka has come to the forefront from among 11 South East Asian countries with regard to several health indices according to the 2010 world health situation report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), said the Health Ministry.

Priority given to free healthcare services by the government, people's high literacy rate and their ability to understand health related information and a