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 World Health Organisation (WHO) has made a business case for how it plans to support immunisation in Africa. The UN health agency on Wednesday launched the “Business Case for WHO Immunisation Activities on the African Continent 2018-2030” in Geneva outlining how it will assist African countries achieve universal vaccination …
Uganda's ministry of health on Thursday said it had contained the Anthrax outbreak in a South Sudan refugee settlement that left one person dead and another hospitalized in the northwestern part of the east African country. Jane Ruth Aceng, minister of health told Xinhua by telephone that the outbreak at …
GENEVA: India aims to win its war on TB by 2025, but the goal seems too far-fetched. With an estimated 1.2 lakh detections, India reported the highest number of childhood TB cases (0-14 years) in 2016, according to a report presented on Wednesday by the International Union Against TB and …
Calcutta: Environment experts in the city have criticised the draft "national clean air plan" (NCAP), recently introduced by the environment ministry to combat air pollution as being "too Delhi-centric". The draft was on the Union ministry's site till May 17 and comments were invited from the general public. The rate …
One of the most common respiratory diseases around the world is bronchial asthma. As per WHO between 100 and 150 million people worldwide are suffering from this disease and the number is only rising. In India alone, over 15 million people suffer from asthma. A recent report by World Health …
Nepal and India top the list of countries with the most polluted air in the south Asian region. Hyderabad: A recent WHO Health Statistics report stated that India is the second most polluted country in the southeast Asian region after Nepal, with an annual average of 68 microgram particulate matter …
Kolkata: The Clean Air Collective network comprising citizens’ groups, civil society organizations and farmers’ bodies have labelled the draft National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) a paper tiger without time-bound targets. On Thursday, the collective sent recommendations to the ministry of environment forests & climate change, including introduction of sectoral emission …
Gujarat gets $2m project for HIV prevention and care AHMEDABAD: Gujarat became the first state of India last week to launch Unified Budget, Responsibility and Accountability Framework (UBRAF) project. The project, to be implemented by department of health and family welfare, Government of Gujarat, is supported by seven UN agencies …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first 'essential diagnostics list', a catalogue of tests needed to diagnose the most common conditions as well as a number of global priority diseases. The step was taken to address the problem of people's inability to access diagnostic services, thus failing to …
While Africa has seen tremendous progress towards access to immunization, one in five African children still lack access to all the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended life-saving vaccines, a threat not only to the health of families, but also to the strength of economies and equity in African societies. The …
The number of patients that Kanpur's Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College receives with respiratory illnesses has more than tripled over the past five years to 600 a month Kanpur: In the world's most polluted city, Kanpur, the biggest hospital is so overcrowded with patients with respiratory ailments that they …
At a time when India is battling with increased antimicrobial resistance (AMR) cases pushed by irrational use of antibiotics by healthcare practitioners and the uninformed public, a study published in the latest issue of the Current Science journal has called for sounding the alarm and educate each citizen about the …
Even though air pollution affects not just the environment but also health, the draft entrusts all responsibility on MoEF and CPCB. No inter-ministerial or inter-departmental coordination is outlined. The draft National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) has missed out Patna, Gaya and Muzaffarpur in its list of polluted cities even though …
Calcutta: The city had the highest rate of rise in the level of PM 2.5, an ultra-fine toxic pollutant, among the metros between 2014 and 2016, according to a World Health Organisation report. The level is almost twice that of the national permissible limit and eight times the WHO prescribed …
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally, accounting for one in every three deaths, with nearly half of deaths in lower-income countries among people younger than 70 years. WHO has identified the elimination of industrially produced trans fat (an artificial product contained in partially hydrogenated oils) from the …
The Yamuna has become a breeding ground for insects that swarm the monument at night. Rising pollution and the entry of newer pollutants have aggravated the problems The Supreme Court said last week that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) “will have to be thrown out of the picture” if …
The global health outfit, World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has obtained 4,000 doses of Ebola vaccine and is preparing for deployment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). WHO’s Africa director, Matshidiso Moeti, told Reuters on Sunday: “We’re working on the deployment of these materials, especially readying the cold …
Air quality researchers are demanding that air pollution data for India’s 43 critically polluted zones be made public. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) air quality database released last week revealed India has 14 out of 15 most polluted cities in the world led by Kanpur. But air quality researchers associated …
With the misinformation campaign affecting the ambitious Measles-Rubella vaccination programme, the Punjab Government on Thursday took the help of the experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) to dispel the same. Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Brahm Mohindra, PGIMER’s …
Comprehensive action plan to be notified in its entirety within 4 weeks, says Additional Solicitor General The Supreme Court asked the government on Thursday to consider implementing the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in Delhi first as the people here are “struggling” due to pollution. A Bench comprising Justices Madan …
