WHO published its World health statistics report 2025, revealing the deeper health impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on loss of lives, longevity and overall health and well-being. In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy fell by 1.8 years—the largest drop in recent history— reversing a …
KARACHI, Jan 1: Measles cases surged in Pakistan in 2012, and hundreds of children died from the disease, an international health body said on Tuesday. In recent days, government officials said they has launched an immunisation campaign to reach children in the worst-hit areas. But the country still struggles with …
WHO reports unprecedented progress against 17 neglected tropical diseases, thanks to a new global strategy, a regular supply of quality assured, cost-effective medicines and support from global partners. The report Sustaining the drive to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases reveals new momentum has shifted the world closer …
INDORE: Here is a news to worry for Indoreans. The level of air pollution in the city is increasing with every passing year and so is the amount of suspended particulates (PM10).This can be scary for the city residents with the new findings of Global Burden of Disease (GBD) count, …
The Planning Commission has set a target for the pharmaceutical industry to reach $100 billion by 2020 and account for five per cent share of the global drug industry in the next five years. According to the final draft of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17) by the panel, the objective …
Industry lobbies representing India’s tower operators and mobile phone companies offering services on both the GSM and CDMA technology platforms have told the government that the recent Rajasthan High Court verdict calling for the removal of mobile towers from schools, hospitals, jails and heritage buildings is “completely erroneous” as it …
In an effort to curb the rapid dieselisation, the Environment Pollution Prevention and Control Authority (EPCA) has called for a proposal to impose both a one time green tax on new cars and also reintroduce the system of owners paying an annual tax on diesel cars. The EPCA describes this …
On the surface, it sounded like an outburst from a minister known to speak his mind. “Public health lies outside the medical fraternity,” said Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh inaugurating THE WEEK Health Summit held on December 7. He was referring to the lack of proper sanitation and …
India’s vaccine manufacturing sector is set for massive export boost with the country’s national regulatory authority, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), passing the WHO’s toughest efficacy and safety tests. An 18-member team of drug inspectors from the WHO, US-FDA, Sweden, China, Switzerland and Thailand reviewed the Central Drug …
The amount of funds available for malaria prevention and control globally is less than half what is needed, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said in a report. While it is estimated that $5.1 billion is needed every year between 2011 and 2020 to achieve universal access to malaria interventions, …
12 units from India are eligible for supplying vaccines to international bodies In a major boost to the country’s private vaccine manufacturing pharmaceutical companies, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that India’s national regulatory authority — Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) — and its affiliated institutions meet the …
According to Global Burden of Disease (GBD) count, a global initiative involving the World Health Organisation, in South Asia, air pollution is ranked as the sixth most dangerous killer. Around 65 per cent of the air pollution deaths occur in Asia and close to quarter of this in India. Reacting …
According to Global Burden of Disease (GBD) count, a global initiative involving the World Health Organisation, in South Asia, air pollution is ranked as the sixth most dangerous killer. Around 65 per cent of the air pollution deaths occur in Asia and close to quarter of this in India. Reacting …
: India, the country most affected by malaria in the South east Asian region, is projected to see a decrease of 5075 per cent in malaria case incidence by 2015, a report by the World Health Organisation said. The Who's World Malaria Report 2012 said a concerted effort by endemic …
A vaccine to combat malaria could become a reality by 2014. While currently there are no licensed vaccines against malaria or any other human parasite, a research vaccine against P. falciparum, known as RTS,S/AS01, is at an advanced stage. According to the WHO experts, the vaccine is currently being evaluated …
Study published by Lancet says surge in car use in south and east Asia killed 2.1m people prematurely in 2010 An explosion of car use has made fast-growing Asian cities the epicentre of global air pollution and become, along with obesity, the world's fastest growing cause of death according to …
The world’s first vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis (JE), created using an Indian strain of the virus, is now ready. National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune had provided Bharat Biotech with a strain of the JE virus collected from Kolar in Karnataka — a hotbed for JE infections, for the vaccine. …
India needs to wake up to the threat from rising air pollution, which has been declared as one of the top 10 killers in the world by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) count, which tracks deaths and illnesses from all causes across the world. According to the latest GBD, …
The programme was started at six centres in Tamil Nadu The Chennai-based National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre) has started a pilot testing programme of providing for six months isoniazid TB drug as prophylactic to HIV-positive individuals. People recruited will include those on antiretroviral therapy (ART) …
JAIPUR: The state government is taking measures to make Jaipur smoke-free city by the end of this financial year through effective implementation of Cigarette and Other Tobacco Product Act (COTPA) 2003. Under a special campaign, the medical and health department, in collaboration with city police, have issued challans to over …
Publication of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) is a landmark event and we hope, for health. The collaboration of 486 scientists from 302 institutions in 50 countries has produced an important contribution to our understanding of present and future health priorities for countries and the global …
