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 Zika virus, an infectious disease linked to severe birth defects in babies, may spread to Europe as the weather gets warmer, although the risk is low, health officials said yesterday. In its first assessment of the threat Zika poses to the region, the World Health Organization’s European office said …
Calling for large scale public awareness about air pollution, a senior US diplomat praised India on Tuesday for launching its own Air Quality Index (AQI) last year, saying that the issue is now getting a high-level political focus. Stressing on the need to weave policies around data, US embassy Deputy …
A UN panel that on Tuesday ruled that glyphosate was probably not carcinogenic to humans has now become embroiled in a bitter row about potential conflicts of interests. It has emerged that an institute co-run by the chairman of the UN’s joint meeting on pesticide residues (JMPR) received a six-figure …
While Delhi managed to chuck-off the tag of being the world’s most polluted city in the latest World Health Organisation’s (WHO) ranking on pollution levels, thirty plus Indian cities have made their way into the list of hundred most polluted ones. Twenty-two cities in the country parked themselves in the …
New Delhi: Studies have linked air pollution to significant decrease in life expectancy. Now a new study by Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) reveals that inhaling minute airborne pollutants reduces the life expectancy of Indians by an average of 3.4 years. As per a report from Hindustan Times, …
Data released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Saturday showed air pollution levels in 2015 were higher than the two previous years at most its monitoring stations. On the contrary, figures released by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) showed a decline in PM 2.5 (fine, respirable pollution …
Coimbatore: According to the new global urban ambient air pollution ranking released by WHO on Thursday, Chennai is the most polluted city in Tamil Nadu with a global ranking of 314. The state capital is followed by Trichy (370) and Coimbatore (410). The ranking was based on the levels of …
With Raipur being listed as the seventh most polluted city in the world in a World Health Organisation report, the Chhattisgarh government has drafted an action plan to arrest rising pollution in the city over the next two years. "Government has chalked out a strong action plan which will help …
A research conducted by the Water Research Institute (WRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has established that Ghana’s water treatment systems are incapable of removing algae toxins. Briefing the Daily Graphic on the report, the Director of the institute, Dr. Joseph Addo Ampofo explained that Ghana …
Zipline Inc, a California-based robotics firm Friday announced details of a partnership with Government to make on-demand deliveries of life-saving medical products using drones. This follows a deal signed in February, between the government and the firm to build infrastructure for unmanned aerial system (UAS) to ensure efficient logistical transportation …
Outdoor air pollution worldwide has increased by eight percent in the past five years, according to the new data released by World Health Organisation (WHO). Based on the data gathered by WHO, billions of people around the world are now exposed to dangerous air and more than 3,000 cities are …
One of the mysteries of epidemiology is why Asia does not suffer from yellow fever. The disease is endemic in Africa, the continent where it evolved. It is widespread in South America, having been carried there by European slave ships. It was once found in both North America and southern …
Patna: In a recent report released by the World Health Organisation ( WHO ), Patna has been ranked at sixth place out of 795 cities in 67 countries across the globe in terms of air pollution . Four Indian cities have found a place in the top 10 list prepared …
Government agencies on Thursday heaved a sigh of relief with WHO's latest urban air quality data showing a slight improvement in Delhi's ranking among the "most polluted" city's of the world. Civil society organisations, however, took it as an opportunity to discuss how much more needed to be done in …
Statistics have long ceased to alarm the people of Ludhiana. Year 2011 – as per the World Health Organisation (WHO) report, the city had the unenviable distinction of being the fourth most polluted city of the world. Apart from a few customary sighs and laments on part of the city …
Lucknow: The urban air quality database released by World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday placed Lucknow at the 18th position among 20-most polluted cities in the world. The concentration of PM2.5 in the city's air is alarmingly 113 micrograms per cubic metre, much higher than the permissible 60 micrograms per …
Delhi ranks 9th; Iran’s Zabol, plagued by dust storms, worst on WHO list India is home to four of the five cities in the world with the worst air pollution, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. But while WHO experts acknowledge India faces a “huge challenge”, many countries are …
As per WHO, BMI below 18.5 is considered underweight and less than 16 is in 'severe thinness' category. Hyderabad: Malnutrition among children is not only a rural phenomenon, it exists in Hyderabad too. A study conducted by four researchers from Tata Institute of Social Sciences-Mumbai, St. John’s Research Institute-Bengaluru and …
MUMBAI: The World Health Organization has recommended countries move toward shorter treatment regimens for certain people with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), including those co-infected with HIV, children, and people with simple MDR-TB who have not been treated before, or have no known resistance to any of the drugs in the regimen. …
At a time when cancer is fast spreading its tentacles globally owing to genetic , environment and lifestyle factors, India is also witnessing a steep rise in cancer cases and significantly, more and more women are falling prey to the emperor of all maladies, top health care providers stress . …
