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 Union Cabinet Chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has been apprised of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between India and World Health Organisation represented by its Regional Office for South-East Asia acting through its Country Office in India. The MoU was signed on 13th March, 2018 at New …
Tamil Nadu capital Chennai has the potential to generate close to 1,380 Mega Watt energy through rooftop solar photovoltaic (RTSPV) systems which can help the city reduce power demand by almost 10 per cent as well as help cut down on electricity bills, a study has revealed. The study titled …
BENGALURU:One would expect those working in the health directorate to be the most knowledgeable about diseases and their implications. However, health professionals in the state are themselves unaware of their health status. In a study published in the RGUHS' (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences) National Journal of Public Health …
Vaccine causes complications, 3 deaths reported. Hyderabad: Dengue vaccine is not for all and according to a review data of World Health Organisation (WHO) it has led to complications in children and three deaths have been recorded in the Philippines where the vaccine is being given. Due to this reason, …
The NCAP draft, however, notes that many international studies often report data on mortality due to air pollution exposure, and "these studies use extrapolation techniques for air quality and health/disease related data, which probably may not be realistic”. The WHO says that 3 million people die each year due to …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With another monsoon season round the corner, the Health Department has found itself in a Catch-22 situation. The department is concerned that, while the state may see a significant drop in dengue cases, the death rate may climb. The department feels an emergency situation may unfold if those tested …
Most people think of the liver as a digestive organ, but in reality, it engages itself in immune mechanisms to thwart infections, filters and removes toxins in food and water we drink, while playing an active role in the handling of sugar, protein and cholesterol in the body. World Liver …
HYDERABAD: In a cause for concern, many babies admitted in the neonatal intensive care units (NICU) are bombarded with third and fourth generation antibiotics right from their birth. About 50 per cent of neonates admitted in NICUs in hospitals across the country, including Hyderabad, are given at least one powerful …
Officials of the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) have commenced investigation into the cause of widespread soot in Rivers State. Leader of the UN Delegation to Rivers State, Charles Ekong, from WHO Brazaville, Congo, disclosed its mission at the Government House, Port Harcourt yesterday. …
Specific to India, the report pointed out residential biomass burning was the largest individual contributor to disease burden. Coal combustion, open burning and open burning of agricultural residue were also contributors to disease burden. The highest mortality burden due to air pollution is concentrated in Asia, with China and India …
CHENNAI: The state health department rolled out a new nine-month drug antibiotic regimen for drug-resistant TB instead of the old two-year course. The drugs that will be available free of cost in government hospitals will improve outcomes, reduce dropout rate and help Tamil Nadu move towards elimination before 2022, health …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An interim report of the first-ever dengue seroprevalence collaborative study being carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the state government is in the offing by June. As part of preparing the report and for assessing the progress of the study, a team from WHO will pay …
CHENNAI: A simple gaffe in protocol for TB diagnosis is turning out to be fatal for patients who are going missing from the state’s records. At least three of 10 patients registered with Tamil Nadu government-run tuberculosis clinics could not be traced because the contact details were either illegible or …
TRICHY: Tamil Nadu is one of the well-performing states in the country when it comes to healthcare system, minister for health and family welfare, C Vijaya Baskar said here on Saturday. He was speaking at the 15th convocation at the K A P Viswanatham Government Medical College. Speaking on the …
Imagine building a small pile of wood and kindling in the smallest room in your house, and setting fire to it. You can keep the door open, to let out some smoke, but cannot switch on an extractor fan. You must tend the fire for an hour. Repeat the process …
Blaming the rising number of malaria incidents to the wrong diagnosis in the private sector, the Government has banned antibody test kits (serological tests) which is being rampantly used by the private medical practitioners to detect the vector-borne disease in the country. Intriguingly, diagnostic test for malaria based on the …
During the post-monsoon season, the air in northern India is particularly stagnant, meaning smoke particles do not vent into the atmosphere as they would during other times of the year. Agricultural fires are to blame for about half of the pollution experienced in Delhi in October and November, a peak …
BENGALURU: India has one doctor for every 921 people, as of December 2017, which is way ahead of the doctor-population ratio of 1:1000 prescribed by the World Health Organisation. The number includes ayurveda, homeopathy and unani (AUH) practitioners, along with allopathy doctors. If allopathy doctors alone are considered, the ratio …
An outbreak of Zika fever, which causes microcephaly — a rare birth defect marked by unusually small head size, eye abnormalities and nerve damage — is likely in coming years because of a build-up of favorable environment for the virus, researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) …
VALPOI: A tuberculosis detection mobile van was launched by Vishwajit Rane at the medical camp held at Khadi village, in Valpoi on Saturday. “Two thousand TB patients are found in Goa, per year and around 40 to 50 people are dying due to TB in Goa per year. For the …
