India, which has taken proactive steps to reduce neonatal mortality, is likely to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets in this key area by 2030, a top WHO official has said, citing data on the annual rate of reduction for newborn deaths in the country between 2016 and 2021. “India has taken important steps … Read more
New Delhi: Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence has announced the deployment of an AI solution titled Comprehensive Loss to Follow-Up And Mortality Prediction (CLAMP-TB), developed under the USAID-supported TRACE-TB Project. The AI solution will help to predict the risk of ‘loss to follow-up’ (LFU) and mortality among TB patients when they start TB treatment from … Read more
India’s ambitious Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) will host the fifth edition of ‘International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure’ (ICDRI 2023) on April 4-5 with an aim to scale up potential solutions for a more resilient world and facilitating disaster and climate adaptation objectives. The theme of the conference is Delivering Resilient and Inclusive … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden has proposed to double the economic support fund to cash-strapped Pakistan to $82 million for fiscal 2024 to help its recovery from devastating floods, diversify the energy supply and support activities to build emergency preparedness capabilities. “Assistance to Pakistan will expand private … Read more
“US has contributed more than $ 200 million worth of COVID19 assistance. Biden said, adding that India-US will work together including through the Quad vaccine partnership to bring this pandemic to an end.” (File photo: ANI) The US on Wednesday announced an additional $25 million from the Biden administration, through USAID, to support India’s Covid-19 … Read more