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 …
The report of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a part of the World Health Organisation, that diesel fumes are as cancer-causing as asbestos, arsenic, mustard gas and tobacco is the most definitive in this regard. Scientists who studied the subject were unanimous in reaching this conclusion, leaving little …
Sixty per cent of people living in India do not have access to toilets, and hence are forced to defecate in the open. In actual numbers, sixty per cent translates to 626 million. This makes India the number one country in the world where open defecation is practised. Indonesia with …
Diesel fumes cause lung cancer, the World Health Organisation declared Tuesday, and experts said they were more carcinogenic than secondhand cigarette smoke. The WHO decision, the first to elevate diesel to the “known carcinogen” level, may eventually affect some American workers who are heavily exposed to exhaust. It is particularly …
Fumes from diesel engines cause lung cancer, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), based in Lyon, France, issued a notification on Tuesday identifying diesel as a confirmed carcinogen similar to asbestos and arsenic. Experts quoted in the Western media said diesel …
Exhaust fumes from diesel engines do cause cancer, a panel of experts working for the World Health Organization says. It concluded that the exhausts were definitely a cause of lung cancer and may also cause tumours in the bladder. It based the findings on research in high-risk workers such as …
China has achieved the Asia-Pacific regional goal of reducing chronic hepatitis B infection rates to less than 1% among children up to age 5, the World Health Organization said, calling it a remarkable public health accomplishment. The conclusion was reached by an independent panel under the WHO Regional Office for …
URBAN AIR pollution is a complex issue, fuelled by multiple sources. In December 2010, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in New Delhi released measurement-based source contributions for Delhi, Pune, Chennai, Kanpur, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, highlighting road dust and vehicle exhaust as major sources of the growing particulate pollution, followed …
Jaipur: The draft report of Rajasthan State Action Plan on Climate Change has brought out some alarming facts about the water situation in the state. According to the report, the state has the highest probability of drought occurrence in the country. It also falls within areas having greatest climate sensitivity, …
WHO panel proposed treaty requires all governments to share cost India supports a proposed legally binding global instrument that requires all governments to share the cost of research and development (R&D;). The treaty, recommended by a World Health Organisation panel, will boost access to countries least able to pay for …
For making immense progress with the State's anti-tobacco campaign, the World Health Organisation has awarded Himachal Pradesh the WHO South East Asia Regional Office Award 2012. Disclosing this, an official spokesman said the State has achieved the target of making all district headquarters in the State smoke-free. The State is …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has put in place a mechanism to define counterfeit medical products. The set of definitions of sub-standard, spurious, falsely labelled, falsified and counterfeit products will be globally accepted and help to bring about uniformity in identifying such drugs, without interrupting worldwide supplies. The decision to …
“Tobacco industry interference”, this year’s theme for the World No-Tobacco Day (May 31), brought with it a strong reminder to India to evolve mechanisms that would ensure complete insulation of its public health policy from any possible interference of the tobacco industry. Evidence is now growing to show that the …
World No Tobacco Day was observed on Thursday. The focus this year was on addressing interference by the tobacco industry. According to World Health Organisation, the industry has been using intimidating tactics to counter the curb on use of tobacco. One gets a good understanding of tobacco influence and the …
Lahore—In last three months, as many as 299 suspected cases of dengue have been reported throughout the Punjab out of which only 05 have so far been confirmed. This was revealed in a seminar arranged by Punjab health department in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) on “Prevention and …
Contrary to the prevalent belief, smoking is the most important cause of premature heart attacks, with India having about 4.5 crore patients with ischemic heart disease, doctors warned on Wednesday on the eve of the “World No Tobacco Day.” According to the World Health Organisation, tobacco use is one of …
A nine-member Pakistani delegation has arrived in India to learn from its experience of polio eradication. Pakistan saw a manifold rise in polio cases this year, and is one of the three countries, along with Afghanistan and Nigeria, where the infectious viral disease is still prevalent. India became polio-free in …
GUWAHATI: the World Health Organization (WHO) will observe the 12th World No Tobacco Day. This year WHO has selected ‘Tobacco Industry Interference’ as the theme. Article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires all parties when setting and implementing their public health policies with respect to tobacco …
An average 274 people die each day in the country from tobacco-related diseases, according to a survey carried out by a consumer protection agency. In its report on the eve of World No-Tobacco Day being observed on Thursday, the agency says that more than 100,000 people die every year in …
Tobacco use is one of the leading preventable causes of death. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the global tobacco epidemic kills nearly 6 million people each year, of which more than 600,000 are people who have been exposed to second-hand smoke (passive smoking). World No Tobacco Day is …
Nearly 6 million Mumbaikars consume tobacco in some or the other form, according to statistics collected by Tata Memorial Hospital as part of its ongoing studies on tobacco use. The hospital has estimated that of these, 2 million, or one out of every seven, will die prematurely of tobacco-consumption related …
