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 …
Open source drug discovery offers potential for developing new and inexpensive drugs to combat diseases that disproportionally affect the poor. The concept borrows two principle aspects from open source computing (i.e., collaboration and open access) and applies them to pharmaceutical innovation. By opening a project to external contributors, its research …
New Delhi The International Cri-minal Police Organisation, popularly known as Interpol, wants to assist the Indian government in its effort to clamp down on the alleged ‘fake drugs’ network in the country. While the France-headquartered agency wants New Delhi and India’s generic drug companies to sign up for the Interpol …
AMC Plans Metered Supply In All Areas Instead of hinging on a pilot project for metering Jodhpur ward, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is of the opinion that metered water connection should be extended to the entire city at a single go. It will take the project five years to …
Saudi Arabia is to give $200 million to Pakistan to strengthen its vaccination programme meant for fighting childhood diseases, according to former Saudi health minister Dr Hussain A Gezairy. “The Islamic Investment Bank of Jeddah will shortly give the grant to Pakistan to help it fulfill the national obligation of …
A city-based advocate has sought a Madras High Court direction to the State government to prohibit the manufacture and sale of tobacco and nicotine consumable products, including pan masala and gutka, in the interest of public health. In the public interest litigation, P.T.Geotom of George Town said tobacco was used …
KOLKATA, 10 SEPT: Indian scientists have found a safe orally-administered drug against kala-azar, a disease that puts at risk an estimated 165.4 million people in Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. Termed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) a "neglected disease,” kala-azar or visceral leishmaniasis, the second-largest parasitic killer …
“There is no dearth of rules, regulations or laws in India to protect the health of consumers or to ensure fair practices in the food trade. But, laxity or some sort of `misfiring’ at the implementation level has been identified as the key problem facing the State in terms of …
India has the highest number of deaths from road accidents, according to the World Health Organisation. In 2009, there were half a million accidents in India and 1,05,000 people lost their lives. Besides, 1,00,000 maternal deaths occur in India every year. Loss of blood is a major factor in these …
In what is being seen as a disturbing trend, studies have revealed that the drinking and groundwater in Chittoor district is polluted with high concentrations of uranium, 135 times more than the safe limit fixed by the World Health Organisation. Research studies in Vagalla and nearby villages in the district …
This is the State’s second attempt to ban the carcinogenic substance Tamil Nadu is considering a proposal to ban gutka and pan masala throughout the State. This is the State’s second attempt to ban the carcinogenic substance. The State Tobacco Control Cell has submitted the proposal, and it is being …
Countries in East Asian region are forecast to be free from polio disease by early 2014, a WHO top official said here Thursday. Eleven countries in Southeast Asia are now on track to declaring the region polio free, said Dr Margaret Chan, WHO director general, while addressing the organization's regional …
Increasing misuse of chemicals is causing health and environmental damage especially in emerging economies and governments must do more to carry out a promised clean-up by 2020, a United Nations report said on Wednesday. Production and use of chemicals - from plastics to pesticides - is shifting to developing nations …
The fifth Joint Monitoring Mission (JMM) of India and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) has endorsed the National Strategic Plan (NSP) for TB control for 2012-17. The JMM lauded the Government’s efforts in TB control but cautioned that successful implementation of the …
New Delhi:Delhi government’s environment department is set to commission IIT Kanpur to study its problem of air pollution. The government has already devised a master plan to deal with the issue and its implementation should start by next year. “The master plan is quite comprehensive but we still felt the …
The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 14 and the crisis is not yet under control, medical officials said on Monday. The epicentre of the outbreak, which killed its first victim last month, is in the busy town of Isiro in …
Automotive technology: Driverless cars promise to reduce road accidents, ease congestion and revolutionise transport IN AN average month 108,000 people are killed in traffic accidents around the world, and the death toll is increasing. On current trends it will exceed 150,000 people a month by 2020, according to the World …
The World Heart Federation (WHF) has introduced the notion of ‘one world, one home, one heart’ to spur the promotion of cardiovascular health and prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) worldwide on the occasion of the World Heart Day 2012 (September 29). Estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) suggest that …
Formalin, a harmful chemical, has been found in fish being sold in the market, a study of the Central Food Laboratory said. According to the study, about 0.2mg per kg of formalin was noticed in the fish being sold in the market. The amount of formalin present is low and …
NEW DELHI: The CAG has slammed the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for delay in finalising safety standards for mobiles phones. "The fact remains that standards on important aspects i.e. mobile handsets, radiation from mobile phones, etc. had not been formulated so far," the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged the government to formulate a regulatory framework to control the quality of imported fertilizers and pesticides and test them for nephro-toxic agents such as arsenic and cadmium as they are known to cause kidney diseases. Research has shown that water in the North–Central …
