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 …
Countries in the WHO South-East Asian Region including India today resolved to fast-track efforts to eradicate and eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTD) such as leprosy, lymphatic filariasis and kala-azar by 2020. These diseases, the global health body said, affect the most marginalised and neglected population, pushing them further into poverty …
A new drug candidate “has tremendous potential to cure and protect against malaria in a single dose”‚ said a statement from the Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D) at UCT. Professor Kelly Chibale‚ who led an international team from the Medicines for Malaria Venture that published its findings on Wednesday‚ …
NEW YORK, April 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Saudi Arabian charitable foundation said on Monday it will give $50 million to the United Nations children's agency to help eliminate measles, the largest private donation ever to UNICEF's efforts. The donation by Riyadh-based Alwaleed Philanthropies comes amid rising concern about …
Hyderabad: The US Consulate General in Hyderabad and Hyderabad Urban Lab organised a panel discussion on Air Quality in Hyderabad on Thursday at Lamakaan. Experts, activists, Urban geographers, students and young professionals participated in the programme. Members at the discussion stated that the problem of air pollution is as big …
In what appears to be an outcome of changing weather conditions, the pattern of allergies affecting people is showing a new trend in the city. Problems like allergic conjunctivitis, allergic rhinitis and eczema have started appearing in the months of February, March and April. Earlier, such allergies were generally reported …
While circulation of plastic bags for secondary packaging in Kenya is expected to cease in August, consumers are already looking forward to adoptable alternative befitting their daily activities. Plastic bags with or without handles used for commercial and household packaging will no longer be manufactured or imported into Kenya thereby …
Most of the dominant HIV testing kits used in Kenya and several other African countries have failed crucial thresholds set by the World Health Organisation. Of the eight most widely used HIV Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs), seven of which are pre-qualified by the WHO, only one met the recommended threshold …
South Asia despite decreasing rates of infectious disease, accounts for a significant proportion of their global burden. The sub-continent is also in the midst of rapid economic growth; large scale changes in land use, access to water and sanitation, and agricultural production; environmental degradation; and technological transformation, all against a …
What should set the alarm bells ringing for the state government is the increasing presence of uranium in the sub-soil water used for drinking and irrigation. The average value of uranium in sub-soil water is 115 parts per billion (ppb) in the state. This means that the cancer risk of …
From being some of the happiest people on earth, Nigerians have slumped to the rank of the most depressed in Africa. This was the conclusion contained in the latest figures released by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which show that Nigeria has 7,079,815 sufferers of depression, that is 3.9 per …
The incident of multi-drug resistance cases of typhoid is increasing in Sub Saharan Africa, making it difficlut and expensive for the disease to be treated. Samuel Kariuki, a researcher with the Kenya Medical Research Institute, noted that about 60% of cases of typhoid recorded in Sub Saharan Africa are resistant …
The acting director-general of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Emmanuel Odu, yesterday told the Senate that a whopping sum of $1.1 billion was currently required for the vaccination of 22 million persons in the five states affected by the outbreak of the Type C cerebrospinal meningitis …
The Kogi State Government on Sunday confirmed a case of Lassa Fever in Angwan Kura Community, in the old market area of Lokoja, the state capital. The Commissioner for Health, Saka Audu, disclosed this in a statement. He said a patient (male) who is a resident of Angwan Kura, Lokoja, …
Four in 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa are impacted by vaccine stockouts leading to 89 percent probability that immunization delivery services will be compromised, a collection of new articles published today in Vaccine journal shows. According to the collection, outdated vaccine supply and distribution systems are delaying and limiting the …
HYDERABAD: Eradication of tuberculosis, by all means, appears to be a priority for the Centre which was recently indicated in the Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley where he has set a deadline of 2025 for achieveing the same. Closer home, officials of Telangana State Revised National Tuberculosis …
Latest figures of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) for 2015-16 indicates obesity may be the next major health challenge in the country. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), one-fifth of Indian women, or 20.7 per cent to be precise, in the age group of 15-49 are overweight. …
As per latest ranking of 50 large cities in hearing loss and urban noise pollution, urban areas such as New Delhi Guangzhou, Cairo and Istanbul-topped the list of cities where hearing was most degraded. Likewise, cities least afflicted by noise pollution-including Zurich, Vienna, Oslo and Munich-registered the lowest levels of …
A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water and air, second-hand smoke and a lack or adequate hygiene, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Such unsanitary and polluted environments can lead to fatal cases of diarrhoea, …
In a stark and chilling reminder of the realities of life in India, the recently released family health survey (NFHS 4) results show that over 58% of children below five years of age are anaemic, that is, they suffer from insufficient haemoglobin in the blood, leaving them exhausted, vulnerable to …
Urban noise pollution and hearing loss are closely linked, according to rankings of 50 large cities in both categories released on Friday. High-decibel urban areas -- such as Guangzhou, New Delhi, Cairo and Istanbul -- topped the list of cities where hearing was most degraded, researchers reported. Likewise, cities least …
