Other health news: 1) India will soon have separate guidelines for eye donations and transplantation. The Union health ministry, in its bid to augment eye donations in the country, has set up a committee, headed by the chief of R P Eye Centre at AIIMS, Dr R V Azad, to frame new rules which will separate eye retrieval and transplant from organ donations. 2) Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Nabam Tuki has urged elected representatives to play a proactive role in creating awareness on HIV and AIDS and asked them to incorporate the topic in their public addresses. 3) London: Scientists have developed a pill to prevent Delhi belly - a condition that causes cramps, vomiting and diarrhoea due to intake of contaminated food and water - in those travelling to India and other tropical countries. 4) The World Health Assembly recently agreed a new global target of a 40 per cent reduction in the number of stunted children by 2025.World leaders signed a global agreement to fight malnutrition in children, and made commitments of up to USD 4.15 billion to tackle the global menace and reduce the number of child deaths. Reference: timesofindia.indiatimes/india/Separate-guidelines-for-eye-transplants/articleshow/20513130.cms articles.timesofindia.indiatimes/2013-06-09/guwahati/39849362_1_nabam-tuki-oscar-fernandes-arunachal-pradesh zeenews.india/news/health/diseases/new-pill-to-battle-delhi-belly-developed_22354.html week.manoramaonline/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?BV_ID=@@@&tabId=13&programId=1073754912&contentId=14255415
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