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 …
Chinese tourists from smoggy and pollution-hit cities are buying fresh air cans for about USD 4.5 at an ongoing trade expo in Hainan province. About 300 cans of fresh air from south China's Hainan province were sold at seaside tourism resort. Selling at a discount price of 29 yuan (about …
West Africa's Ebola outbreak no longer constitutes a threat to international public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, declaring an end to a nearly 20-month emergency that has killed about 11,300 people. Dr. Margaret Chan, the WHO director-general, accepted the recommendations of a committee of independent experts …
The Environment ministry today released the new Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 which will bring in a wider and more comprehensive regime for bio waste management. "The new bio-medical waste management rules will change the way country used to manage this waste earlier. Under the new regime, the coverage has …
General Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, gives an update on the Zika virus in Geneva, Switzerland. (EPA/Salvatore Di Nolfi) The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it expects Brazil will have more than 2,500 babies born with a severe birth defect known as microcephaly if current …
A fire in one of Mumbai's three rubbish dumps on Saturday has triggered a fall in air quality to "poor", the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board said. The rise came after several schools in India's financial capital had to be shut down in January due to worries children would suffer breathing …
While initially the masks will be exclusively available on Amazon India, they will later be made available on other e-commerce websites. Dettol and Amazon India have joined hands to provide air masks to protect against rising pollution in the country, especially the national capital. While initially the air masks will …
A `miracle drug' to bat tle multi-drug resist ant tuberculosis MDR-TB, and extensivelydrug resistant TB (XDRTB), will be rolled out on Monday in six public hospitals across the country. This is part of a co-ordinated programme between the government and Johnson & Johnson, whose pharma arm Janssen has manufactured the …
KOCHI: The changing environment and lifestyle have had a tremendous impact on today's world. The World Health Organisation (2010) reports that as the world's population ages, gets richer, smokes more, eats more and drives more, liver diseases will continue to become bigger killers over the next 20 years. With Keralites …
Water from underground aquifers in the Gaza Strip suffers a deficit of over 100 million cubic meters (mcm) a year amid extremely high pollution levels, the Palestinian Water Authority said here Sunday. Yasser Shanti, head of Water Authority in Gaza, said in a press conference that the coastal strip requires …
One in four deaths worldwide are due to environmental factors like air, water and soil pollution, as well as unsafe roads and workplace stress, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. An estimated 12.6 million people died in 2012 as a result of living and working in unhealthy environments, …
Children and the elderly are the worst hit by environment-related diseases, said the World Health Organisation's Preventing Disease through Healthy Environments report released on Tuesday. The report said that one in 4 deaths across the world occurred due to environmental pollution at home or the workplace. The report found that …
Three new but independent studies have recorded breakthrough against two of the most deadly diseases in Africa- tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. Results of a new study involving over 3, 000 women in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Zambia show four available antimalarial treatments are safe to use in pregnancy, providing …
The World Health Organization says that traditional insecticide spraying has had no significant impact in slowing dengue, raising major questions about how officials might stop the spread of the Zika virus, also spread by mosquitoes. At the conclusion of a three-day Zika research and development meeting on Wednesday, WHO's Marie-Paule …
Awaaz Foundation and the national Indian Medical Association (IMA) have launched a countrywide campaign to tackle a health nuisance: honking. Dubbed the Horn Flu campaign, it will aim to create awareness among people on the ill-effects of blowing their vehicle's horn. "Indian horns are the loudest in the world. We …
Chennai: Rising air pollution levels in the city have increased the appeal of air purifiers among anxious residents, with manufacturers witnessing a significant rise in sales. The World Health Organisation recommends 10 micrograms of PM 2.5 ( indicator of pollution) in ambient air. However, in Chennai, it is between 40micrograms …
A new breed of mosquitoes laden with bacteria has proven capable of controlling the spread of dengue fever and the Zika virus, said Vietnam's health officials on Monday. Scientists have officially confirmed the ability of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia bacteria to block the Zika virus and prevent it from …
Ahead of the International Women’s Day, the WHO today urged countries to ensure gender parity in health noting that bulk of deaths due to household pollution in the Southeast-Asian region involved women. This region comprises 11 countries, including India. “Due to the economic structure of many households, investing in a …
If you go by NDMC's smart city concept note, its goal is to achieve WHO's air quality standard of 10 micrograms per cubic metre for PM 2.5 by 2025. It also aims to reduce per capita automobile count to 0.1 and clear all slums by that year. However, it's not …
One of India’s most recognised faces has lent his star power to fighting tuberculosis. Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who was in the city on Monday, opened up about his ordeal after he was diagnosed with the disease “on the day he started shooting for Kaun Banega Crorepati in 2000”. The …
Delhi Government has directed schools in the national capital to consider banning sale of food items which are high in fat, sugar and salt content from their canteens and sensitize students about their ill effects. "All the heads of government and private schools are directed to sensitize the students and …
