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 monographs contained in this volume were prepared at the seventy-first meeting of the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/ World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which met at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on 16
In most developing countries wastewater treatment systems have very low coverage or function poorly, resulting in large-scale water pollution and the use of poor-quality water for crop irrigation, especially in the vicinity of urban centres. This can pose significant risks to public health, particularly where crops are eaten raw. Wastewater …
Surat: Swine flu death toll touched 100 in Gujarat as two more people, including fourand-a-half-year-old girl Pooja Patel, succumbed to the deadly virus on Tuesday. State
World Health Organisation chief Margaret Chan said on Tuesday that it was too early to declare victory over swine flu and insisted that measures taken to deal with the pandemic were justified.
D Ravi Kanth / Geneva December 30, 2009, 1:13 IST Even as the H1N1 influenza pandemic is coming to an end in the rich countries, nations like India and Egypt in the developing world must remain alert as there is
DOTS, or directly observed treatment, in which the patient is made to take medication right in front of a doctor or health worker, is recommended by the WHO as the most effective strategy against TB. India boasts of the largest coverage under this free programme, adding one lakh patients to …
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will soon be tabling a proposal to introduce a new policy under which cellular service providers would be barred from installing cell phone towers in residential areas. Also, under the new policy those who have illegally set up cell phone towers would have …
This latest World malaria report describes the global distribution of cases and deaths, how WHO-recommended control strategies have been adopted and implemented in endemic countries, sources of funding for malaria control, and recent evidence that prevention and treatment can alleviate the burden of disease. It contains individual country profiles for …
Aids treatment in India has received a setback with the World Health Organisation (WHO) issuing a recommendation last week to phase out Stavudine, an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV. Forty-five per cent patients in the country use Stavudine or d4T due to its low cost and widespread availability, and …
Report of the Joint Meeting of the FAO panel of experts on pesticide residues in food and the environment and the WHO core assessment group on pesticide residues held at Geneva, Switzerland from 16-25 Sep 2009.
This booklet is about how nongovernmental organization (NGOs) and other civil society organizations (CSOs) can help protect farmers, workers, communities and the environment from harms caused by hazardous pesticides. It was produced for an international consortium of NGOs as part of a global NGO campaign to encourage organizations in all …
The report is the second in a series that tracks the status of the tobacco epidemic and the impact of the interventions that are being implemented to stop it. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the evidence base for protecting people from the harms of second-hand tobacco smoke through …
As the number of swine flu cases escalate in the national Capital, the Delhi government plans to spread more awareness about the H1N1 virus with a slew of ads in newspapers in the coming week. The total number of confirmed cases of swine flu in Delhi till Saturday was 4,454, …
The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that it was looking at a mutation of the A/H1N1 flu virus recently detected in several countries and regions
SHILLONG: The level of air pollution where people smoke in hospitality sites in Shillong is 20 times higher than the World Health Organisation (WHO) air quality guideline. This has been revealed in a survey on Air Quality Monitoring conducted by the Voluntary Health Association of Meghalaya (VHAM) at the initiative …
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said the country's environmental challenges were costing Rs 365 billion to the national exchequer and said the government was fully aware of this situation, while making concerted efforts for meeting this challenge. Addressing at the distribution ceremony of Green Journalists Awards. The …
A Human Rights Watch report emphasises the need for a system of recording and investigating all maternal deaths. A scene inside the Government Maternity Hospital in Kothi, Andhra Pradesh. In this file photograph, two lactating mothers, with their babies, are seen sharing the same bed. The lack of proper post-natal …
VINODHINI India leaves behind African countries like Nigeria and Ethiopia which have 1.51 lakh and 73,000 child deaths due to diarrhoea A study report Nov. 19: A study report conducted by UnicefWHO has startling figures on diarrhoea, as a leading child killer. India has attained the notoriety of having the …
