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 health ministry has chalked out an overarching National Multi-Sectoral Action Plan with the aim to reduce premature deaths from cancer, diabetes and heart diseases by 25% in the next 10 years (by 2025). The plan, which includes initiatives and measures from at least 27 government departments including ministries like …
Report says existing excise and VAT rates are insufficient to increase the prices of tobacco products, making them easily affordable Tobacco prices in India cheaper than essential food items: Study A new study conducted by the Health and Family Welfare ministry and the World Health organization (WHO) Country Office states …
The steep rise in socio-economic burden due to vector-borne diseases like dengue, malaria, chikungunya, and Zika has prompted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to ask member countries, including India, to focus on mosquito control. Estimates of the UN agency show incidence of dengue alone has risen 30-fold worldwide over the …
Countries battling the Zika virus should consider new ways to curb disease-carrying mosquitoes, including testing the release of genetically modified insects and bacteria that stop their eggs hatching, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. "Given the magnitude of the Zika crisis, WHO encourages affected countries and their partners to …
Artemisinin, a drug isolated from the sweet wormwood plant artemisia annua, has been in common use to treat malaria. However, of late, the malaria superbug has gained resistance against all existing antimalarials, including artemisinin, in some parts of the world. A study conducted by a researcher at the Indian Institute …
New and potentially controversial techniques including releasing genetically modified or irradiated mosquitos could be deployed to hamper the spread of the Zika virus, according to a statement from the World Health Organisation (WHO) today. Zika is a disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The disease originated in Africa, but …
The outbreak of Zika virus in Central and South America is of immediate concern to pregnant women in the region, but for some experts the situation is a glimpse of the sort of public health threats that will unfold due to climate change. “Zika is the kind of thing we’ve …
Officials in China have confirmed the first case of a person importing the Zika virus from abroad. The 34-year-old man from Ganxian county, located in Jiangxi province had recently returned from Venezuela when he began showing signs of infection. According to the state-owned Xinhua News Agency, the National Health and …
In an attempt to counter any possible outbreak of Zika virus, the health ministry has decided to operationalize ten more diagnostic facilities by end of this month. At present, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and National Institute of Virology (NIV) are designated for testing of any suspected Zika virus …
Survey in central business district shows 20% of population at high risk Around 20% of those exposed to open air conditions in the city's central business district (CBD) are at high risk of lung diseases, revealed a study conducted by a private hospital. "Air pollution in the form of vehicular …
A Maharashtra firm is getting ready to find out whether genetically engineered mosquitoes can be a useful tool to check the growth of the insect. Even as panic spreads worldwide over the Zika virus, harboured by the mosquito species that spreads dengue and chikungunya, a Maharashtra company is getting ready …
Noting that outdoor air pollution increases the risk of cancer, World Health Organization (WHO) urged the governments of Southeast Asian region to tackle the issue with "urgency" as the area has 14 of the world's top 20 polluted cities. WHO said that every year 8.2 million people die from the …
In what could be an alarming fallout of air pollution, top cancer doctors say they have noted a significant rise in lung cancer among non-smokers in recent years. Roughly one in every five persons diagnosed with the disease does not smoke, they said. "Till about a decade ago, less than …
New Delhi: Even as cancer is fast taking epidemic proportions in India, the country is facing severe shortage of care- givers with merely 2000 oncologists to look after around 10 million patients. Besides, there is also a dearth of surgical oncologists and radio-therapists, who play a crucial role in cancer …
In a major breakthrough, Hyderabad-based biotechnology research company Bharat Biotech has announced that it has developed the world’s first vaccine for Zika virus. The company has submitted two vaccine candidates — one inactivated and one recombinant — to the Government of India and is waiting for regulatory approvals to produce …
Luanda — A delegation of the European Union (EU) in Angola is announcing this Wednesday in Luanda the granting this year of EUR 1.3 million to fight hunger and malnutrition of children and vulnerable people affected by drought that is hitting the southern region of the country. This sum will …
MORE than 40,000 people have been diagnosed with various types of cancer in the country and only 10 per cent of the victims have started medication at Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) in Dar es Salaam. 0 Comments Among those screened at ORCI, results indicate that 80 per cent were …
The suspected and confirmed cases of newborns with abnormally small heads linked to the Zika virus in Brazil had increased to 4,074 as of Jan. 30 from 3,718 a week earlier, the Brazilian Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Of a total of 4,783 notified cases of the severe neurological condition …
Tonga has confirmed two zika cases and there are at least 259 suspected cases of zika virus in the Pacific island kingdom, local media reported Thursday. According to Radio Tonga, two Tongan pregnant women are confirmed by the Ministry of Health to have contracted zika virus, and there is a …
Mexico has 37 cases of Zika virus infection in seven of the country's 32 states, the authorities said Wednesday. Thirty-four people were infected locally, while three were infected abroad, Health Minister Mercedes Juan told a press conference. Two-thirds of the cases were confirmed in the southern state of Chiapas. The …
