| Rs 5 cr for treatment of fatal diseases | | Posted Saturday, October 07, 2006 2:58:29 AM by Blog57 Team | | Jabalpur, Oct 5: The State Government has sanctioned an amount of Rs 5 crore under the Madhya Pradesh State Sickness Assistance Fund (SSAF) in the ongoing fiscal year. The amount would be utilised for treatment of 13 prescribed serious and fatal diseases. Nearly 3000 people suffering from such fatal diseases were benefited in the State so far. An amount of Rs 2.66 crore at district-level while Rs 2.34 crore have been reserved at State-level under the sanctioned amount. The amount sanctioned this year has been exceeded Rs 1.92 crore as compared to 2004-05 and 2005-06. It may be mentioned that Rs 3.7 crore were sanctioned for the purpose in 2004-05 and 2005 and 2005-06. Under SSAF , the amount is sanctioned for treatment of serious and fatal disease including cancer surgery , rhynal, surgery, knee replacement, breast surgery, hip replacement, head injury which requires surgery, transplantation of body organs, spinal surgery, post delivery complication, retinal detachment, cardiac surgery along with the sickness due to industrial accident, bomb explosion, natural calamity and agricultural equipment have been prescribed as the serious diseases of Madhya Pradesh and living Below Poverty Line are being benefited under the said scheme.... | |
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| | | Ethiopia: Unicef Sees More Diseases, Deaths in Flood-Hit Ethiopia | | Posted Saturday, August 26, 2006 1:03:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that the death toll from recent floods will rise and human suffering will continue to happen to those already displaced and many others to come as a result of heavy rains predicted in most parts of the country. "The toll in terms of death, disease, displacement and human suffering has been devastatingly high and will continue to grow as rains are expected to continue not only in South Omo but in other affected regions including Gambella, Somali, Afar, Oromia and Amhara regions," Bjorn Ljungqvist, UNICEF Representative to Ethiopia said. .... | |
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| | | Going after 'poor man's diseases' | | Posted Friday, July 28, 2006 6:58:41 AM by Blog57 Team | | It was announced last week that $287 million would be provided in grants by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to stimulate research for an HIV vaccine. The money will reward innovation and cooperation. Nicholas Hellman, the foundation's interim director of HIV programmes, has said that 11 of the 16 grants to be awarded will set up networks of some of the best minds from around the world to share information in the quest for a vaccine. This is in contrast to the way research is typically carried out by the large pharmaceutical companies, which jealously guard breakthroughs until they can be patented. The major difference in philanthropic operations like the Gates Foundation and pharmaceutical companies is, of course, that the latter are profit-driven while the former are results-driven.... | |
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