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 …
GUWAHATI: For the first time in the city, a project has been initiated to study the emission of black carbon particles by vehicles and their impact on public health and the local environment. Black carbon is the most strongly light-absorbing component of particulate matter (PM), and is formed by the …
A shortage of HIV testing could undermine global efforts to diagnose and treat people with the infection, warn experts from the World Health Organization. They looked at responses to annual surveys that the WHO had sent to 127 countries between 2012 and 2014 asking about capacity and usage of blood …
All 47 African member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a new framework on how to deal with malaria on the continent, which still accounts for more than 90 percent of global malaria deaths in 2015, a UN spokesman told reporters here Monday. "They agreed on specific interventions …
CHENNAI: "Do not honk. Just fly above me" - read a sticker asking motorists to turn the volume down and restrain from blaring horns. In a bid to make people conscious about the noise pollution each one creates on the road, The Times of India, along with NGO Thozhan, has …
Melting Siberian Tundra Exposes Corpses Of Those Who Died In Epidemic 120 Years Ago Smallpox -a deadly dise ase eradicated from the world in 1977 -could return as the frozen tundra of Siberia melts and releases the virus from the corpses of people who died in a major epidemic about …
To help millions more people fight rising urban air pollution Blueair, a world leader in air purifying solutions with acclaimed leading — edge filtration technologies and design, announced on Tuesday it has been acquired by Unilever. Blueair founder Bengt Rittri said: "The acquisition will enable even more people to protect …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday admitted an impleadment application by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) in the case against severe air pollution in Delhi. SIAM wants to be party in the plea filed by lawyer Vardhaman Kaushik that led to the tribunal directing a phase-out of more …
As dengue cases show a steep increase, particularly in Delhi, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended introducing dengue vaccine in highburden countries like India. Two months ago, the apex committee on health, headed by the health secretary, had denied approval to a multinational firm for its dengue vaccine when …
MUMBAI: World Health Organization is launching an `Injection Safety Project' in India on World Hepatitis Day, along with guidelines to scale up treatment and care of Hepatitis. Hepatitis is preventable and treatable, but continues to be an acute public health challenge globally, and in south-east Asian countries. Safe injections, blood …
Lucknow: Contaminated water is the chief source of viral hepatitis in the state, warn doctors ahead of the world hepatitis awareness day. Hepatitis lands over 11,000 persons at government hospitals of UP each year, according to Central Bureau of Health Intelligence. Viral hepatitis-a group of infectious diseases known as hepatitis …
With over six lakh people succumbing to cancer and more than ten lakh new cases are reported in the country, the government today said air pollution and unhealthy lifestyles are among the major risk factors for the disease. It said that around seven percent of all deaths in the country …
Foods like papads, meal-based sauces, Asian sauces, pickles, bread and bakery products were found to have high levels of salt. Hyderabad: Several varieties of packaged foods have more than five grams of salt, according to recent research by George Institute of Health and Public Health Foundation of India. This poses …
Nigeria on Sunday celebrated two years without a new case of polio, in a major stride towards Africa being declared free of the devastating disease. If no new case is reported by July 2017, Nigeria will be certified free of the virus, which mainly affects children under five and can …
IN 2002 British American Tobacco (BAT), a big cigarette manufacturer, shuttled a temporary cinema around six Nigerian cities in what it called the “Rothmans Experience It Cinema Tour”. The company screened “Ocean’s Eleven”, “The Matrix” and other blockbusters for crowds of Nigerians, excited by the foreign concepts of high quality …
This report comes close on the heels of a World Health Organisation report released two days ago, emphasising how big a problem NCDs are in the region. Seven of every 10 boys and girls in the 13-15 years age group in India get too little exercise, meaning less than 60 …
Seven out of every 10 children in the age group of 13-15 years exercise for less than 60 minutes per day while more than one in five are overweight, placing them at a high risk of developing Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) which account for 60 per cent of all deaths in …
Air pollution levels rose in nearly a third of Chinese cities monitored in the second quarter, environmental campaign group Greenpeace said Wednesday. China's cities are often hit by severe pollution from coal-burning by power stations, heavy industry and vehicle use, and it has become a major source of discontent with …
The government today termed as "inappropriate" the recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report which ranked several Indian cities, including Delhi, among top 20 most polluted ones globally, and said the data was based on "extrapolated and estimated values". "A report was brought out by the WHO in May 2016 ranking …
Patna: In the wake of a survey conducted by the World Health Organization in May last year, in which Patna ranked second after Delhi in the list of the most polluted cities, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has finally agreed to implement a rule prohibiting diesel vehicles that have been operational …
The per capita expenditure on health in India in 2012 was 58 US dollars as against 88 and $ 108 in other developing countries like Sri Lanka and Indonesia respectively. "As per World Health Statistics 2015 brought out by World Health Organisation (WHO), the per capita total expenditure on health …
