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 …
Data published by the town hall here on Tuesday shows the Spanish capital registered levels of pollution above those fixed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for "all primary contaminants" except ozone for 2015. A total of 13 of the 24 stations situated in Madrid to measure pollution levels showed …
GUANGZHOU -- South China's Guangdong province reported a new Zika case Sunday, bringing the total number of imported infections in the province to 11. A 7-year-old girl, a Venezuelan citizen, developed a skin rash after returning to her hometown in Enping City, Guangdong, on April 4 and tested positive for …
Sierra Leone called Sunday for increased vigilance to prevent a resurgence of the Ebola virus after new cases in neighbouring Liberia and Guinea, but cautioned against shutting off borders between the west African states. The alert came after the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed a link between a fatality in …
Dehradun: The number of diabetes patients in Uttarakhand has more than doubled in the past five years, with the state witnessing a rise in both type I and type II diabetics, according to the latest data released by the health department. In 2011, Uttarakhand had recorded 19,308 diabetes patients while …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report placed before the state Assembly in its budget session has exposed serious short comings in the system of ensuring quality of potable water by the Public Health Engineering Department in the state. The report reveals that the department has not only been taking …
On World Health Day, that is observed on April 7 by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has called for government policies to control consumption of unhealthy junk foods. This year’s theme, Beat Diabetes, is immensely relevant to India, which is home to over …
Diabetes cases up to 422 million worldwide; India ranks among top 3 countries with diabetic population. After tightening laws on tobacco and alcohol, experts now want a high tax on sugary drinks as they cause a sugar high that leads to insulin resistance. Ahead of World Health Day (April 7), …
Nagpur: Habits adopted in childhood stick with a person all one's life, they say. Adopting habits that encourage children to make healthy lifestyle choices can also be inculcated early on in life. Doctors believe schools and the general community can contribute towards this. Lifestyle modifications are found to have been …
Junk food and sugar-sweetened beverages will soon be taxed higher and subjected to tougher advertising norms. The government plans these measures to control the growing incidence of diabetes in the country. The health ministry and the central food safety regulator are working on a proposal to cut consumption of unhealthy …
Eighteen states, including Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telengana and West Bengal, have set the ambitious target of making 400 cities and towns free of open defecation (ODF) by December. Only the New Delhi Municipal Council area in the national capital aims to achieve this target in …
Viskahapatnam: This lifestyle disease has erased the rich-poor, rural urban divide and has affected around 350 million people worldwide. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), this number is likely to double within 20 years. In India, nearly 10 per cent of the general population is a victim of this disease …
NEW DELHI: India is firing dozens of foreign-funded health experts working inside the government, seen as part of a broader clampdown to reduce the influence of non-government organisations (NGOs) on policy. The loss of these professionals, most of whom are Indian nationals, has raised concerns that signature programmes to combat …
Mumbai: Countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region must take vigorous and concerted action to 'prevent, treat and beat' diabetes, said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, regional director, WHO South-East Asia, ahead of World Health Day celebrated on April 7. "Diabetes rarely makes headlines, and yet it will be the world's …
Survivors of Ebola are holding protests across Sierra Leone over what they believe is a lack of government care. They say some people have died because they have not received proper medical treatment. Some women whose husbands died from Ebola say the government has not provided them with the support …
Calling attention to the nearly 800 million chronically undernourished people and over two billion with micronutrient deficiencies, the United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2015 the start of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition. The 193-member General Assembly adopted a consensus resolution on Friday, calling on the Food and …
HANOI – Vietnam has confirmed the country’s first two cases of Zika virus. The online Vnexpress newspaper quoted Vice Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long as saying two women, aged 64 and 33, tested positive for the virus. The two suffer from fevers, rashes and red eyes, it said, adding …
Two out of the four patients that were admitted to Masaka Regional Referral Hospital after they contracted a strange illness have died. The patients, who came from the parishes of Kasaka and Mazinga in Buwunga Sub-county, were admitted last Wednesday after showing signs similar to those of the deadly Ebola …
A week ahead of the World Health Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has highlighted the need for countries in the south-east Asia region to take vigorous and concerted action to prevent, treat and beat diabetes. The potentially fatal disease has reached epidemic proportions and is expected to spread further …
CONAKRY – A resurgence of Ebola in a rural Guinean community has killed seven people, health officials said Wednesday, even as the World Health Organization voiced confidence that remaining isolated cases could be contained. The WHO said Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa no longer constituted an international …
Korean scientists have developed a new way to cut down on the number of cases of food poisoning in the world – a portable laser system that can detect bacteria on food in just a few seconds. According to the Food Standards Agency, in the UK every year there are …
