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's (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) has today launched a major new partnership to help African countries reduce the burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). With the greatest burden of these diseases coming from the African continent, the new programme, called the Expanded Special Project for …
Dishman Pharma Poonam Khetrapal Singh said in India, we would need to think of new ways in which the health care services are rendered. Laying stress on promoting research work in pharmaceutical sector, Regional Director of WHO South East Asia, Poonam Khetrapal Singh said India needs to incorporate changes and …
No tobacco day: 150 lives lost per hour in Southeast Asian countries With tobacco-related fatalities in Southeast Asia reaching the 150 per hour mark, the World Health Organisation today urged governments of the region to make plain packaging of tobacco products mandatory to reduce their appeal and make anti-product warnings …
The European Commission will propose a temporary 12 to 18 month extension of EU authorization for the weed killer glyphosate, used in Monsanto's Roundup, to allow time for a new scientific study into fears it may cause cancer. After failing to win support for an initial proposal for a 15-year …
The baseball player says he got the virus during the offseason in his native Venezuela. He told sports network ESPN he was bedridden for two weeks with severe body aches, joint pain and headaches. "It's something people have to be careful with and worry about," he said, adding that it …
Overnight noise levels in intensive care units (ICU) often exceed levels recommended by the World Health Organization, according to a recent study. Guidelines say that ICUs should be just 35 decibels, the hushed tones of a traditional library, but reported sound levels in ICUs are significantly higher with average sound …
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has announced that it had been notified of 273 cases of Lassa fever, including 149 deaths in Nigeria between August 2015 and May 17, 2016. In a disease outbreak update released weekend, the world body said 165 cases and 89 deaths have been confirmed through …
India figures among countries with stringent air quality laws and regulations The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) meeting at Nairobi noted that air pollution has increased by 8 per cent and progress and policies on air quality fall short of what is needed to save millions of lives each year. …
Kent is among those who have launched air purifiers in India. The company claims its new Hepa Air Purifier range will remove PM 2.5 and PM 10 particles If the latest WHO report is believed Delhi might no longer be the world’s most polluted city in terms of air quality. …
The Union health ministry on Monday asked for a detailed report on the findings of Centre for Science and Environment ( CSE ) suggesting presence of potassium bromate , classified as a possible carcinogen by World Health Organisation , in most Indian bread and bakery products. The environment and health …
The spread of yellow fever (YF) is a global health threat. In response to current outbreaks in Angola, other African countries, and China, which represents the first ever documented cases of YF in Asia, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an emergency committee on May 19, 2016 to underscore the …
GENEVA - The Zika virus strain linked to surging cases of neurological disorders and birth defects in Latin America has now been found in Africa, health officials said Friday, as the first fatality on French territory was reported on the Caribbean island of Martinique. The World Health Organization announced that …
A new report by the World Health Organisation shows that Africa has registered an increase in life expectancy by almost 10 years over the past 15 years. The report titled; 'World Health Statistics: Monitoring Health for the SDGs' shows that dramatic gains in life expectancy between 2000 and 2015 were …
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Saturday called on developing countries to step up efforts to control air pollution to help reduce death from diseases associated with the menace. Fanny Demassieux, UNEP's Environment and Heath Coordinator, said measures should be put in place to avert 7 million annual deaths caused …
Two months after the Union health ministry launched a miracle drug for tuberculosis, Bedaquiline, with great pomp and show, the drug has not been put to use on a single patient. While the drug is available at the six sites shortlisted by the government, experts are waiting for the “ …
City residents and NGOs have urged the district administration to start a massive campaign to plant native saplings and trees to restore Amritsar’s green cover and identify the sources of pollution in the city after a WHO report placed Amritsar at 21st rank in the list of most polluted cities …
Terming the latest WHO report on air pollution "misleading", environment minister Prakash Javadekar said India would soon come out with air pollution data of major cities across the US and Europe so that people know the whole picture. He said the Centre's decision to publish pollution data of other countries …
Only 52% of packaged foods had data on sugar, total fat etc. A study conducted here by researchers from three different institutes — in Hyderabad, Sydney and London —has found that many local, Indian and multinational packaged food companies are breaking rules in providing information on the nutrition labels pasted …
As global air pollution levels rise, Nigeria appears to be the country most affected by the phenomenon. New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows four of Nigeria’s cities are among the world’s 20 worst-ranked cities for air quality. Onitsha, a densely-populated commercial hub in the east of Nigeria …
Global life expectancy increased by five years between 2000 and 2015, the World Health Organization said Thursday, crediting progress in Africa against HIV, AIDS and malaria. The gains made over the last 15 years are the largest since the 1960s, when the world—especially Europe and Japan—saw broad socio-economic improvements linked …
