State of the world's nursing 2025
<p>Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent
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UP mulls health policy to curb out-of-pocket costs, boost life expectancy
Based on WHO, Unicef guidelines, the draft policy with a roadmap for 2030, has been submitted to Yogi cabinet for approval The Uttar Pradesh government is mulling a new state Health Policy modelled
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Long-term plans to fight pollution gathering dust
Despite having a Comprehensive Action Plan for Delhi-NCR, many measures still remain on paper Air pollution level in the city nosedived last week and stayed in the ‘very poor’ category for two days
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South Sudan intensifies efforts to control ongoing measles outbreak
Juba To interrupt the transmission of the measles virus, the Ministry of Health for South Sudan, with support from the World Health Organization, UNICEF and other partners, have launched reactive measles
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Can people afford to pay for health care: New evidence on financial protection in Europe
<p>Out-of-pocket payments for health can create a financial barrier to access, resulting in unmet need, or lead to financial hardship for people using health services. This report brings together for the
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Social media caused vaccine hesitancy leading to a health crisis: WHO
Despite vaccination available for some of the oldest diseases in the country, ever increasing cases of this crop up every year. In its list of top ten 'global threats to public health', the World Health
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Greens decry patchy recognition of air pollution, asks MPs to be pro-active
In the midst of elections, environmentalists have flagged concerns over "patchy recognition of the problem of unhealthy air" by MPs over the past five years, particularly those representing the cities
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Too late, too little: Why poll promises to cut air pollution are not enough
The BJP's promise of turning NCAP into a 'mission', which means institutionalising it better and increasing accountability at the Centre, is not enough because the NCAP has several limitations Measures
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ICMR unveils plan to ensure malaria-mukt India by 2030
While cases have declined by over 80% (from 2.03 million cases in 2000 to 0.39 million in 2018), deaths caused by malaria also went from 932 in 2000 to 85 in 2018 (over 90%) The Indian Council of Medical
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Eradicating TB needs a radical approach
Metropolitan cities such as Mumbai have the maximum share of drug-resistant TB cases, according to the Central TB Division’s India TB Report 2018. TB is today the world’s foremost infectious disease
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Javadekar is known to be in favour of the science. In December 2015, he told me that he was “determined” to approve GM mustard. But before he could take a decision, he was shifted to the ministry of human resource development. Any positive moves he makes
The number of cases of measles — one of the world’s most contagious diseases — is climbing, warned the World Health Organisation (WHO), stating that preliminary global data shows that reported cases rose