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 …
A draft National Occupational Health Safety Strategic Plan 2016-2020 was recently validated at a ceremony held at the CIAM National Malaria Conference Hall in Kanifing. The event was presided over by Bolong Jobarteh, the Chief Public Health Officer at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, on behalf of the …
The World Health Organization said Monday it had deployed an emergency response team to help Ethiopia cope with its worst drought in decades due to El Niño. Anticipating a surge in health risks, the United Nations public health arm is mobilizing drugs, equipment and human resources to support the Ethiopian …
One in 10 people across the globe get sick each year because of contaminated food, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Roughly 30 percent of the 600 million who fall ill are children, researchers say; that's 420,000 people who die every year--125,000 who happen to …
Government to ban commercial vehicles that are older than 15 years from April 1 Nearly 2.7 million trucks could go off the road from April next year as the government, in a bid to check pollution, plans to make 15 years the end of life for vehicles carrying goods. “We …
World governments have been urged to tackle air pollution in poorer countries by greening cities, reducing traffic and adopting better diets, and told that this will also rein in climate change, which global health specialists estimate will cause at least 250,000 additional deaths a year by 2030. “It makes complete …
MUMBAI: WHO's first ever report on the estimated burden of foodborne disease shows that over 150 million people fall sick and 175000 die every year after consuming contaminated food in the south-east Asia region. Three in ten under-5 children suffer from diarrhoea, which continues to be a major killer. The …
MUMBAI: The fight against pediatric TB acquired an edge on Wednesday when the World Health Organisation (WHO) unveiled strawberry- and raspberry-flavoured medicines customised for children, at a conference on lung health in Cape Town, South Africa. This is the first time that a fixed dose has been customised for children …
NEW DELHI: As world leaders met in Paris on Monday to commit to a united fight against climate change, the capitals of India and China remained blanketed in heavy smog triggered by pollution. The difference was that Beijing sounded an alert for its citizens while in Delhi it was business …
The importance of hand-washing in personal and public hygiene has evolved over the centuries. While the market with its countless number of soaps and hand-wash products for personal hygiene with the accompanying advertising has created a false sense of security, it is community hygiene implemented through public health measures that …
JAIPUR: The highest population of obese people in the state is in Kota. One out of 20 people in Kota is obese and 5.6% of Kota's population has body mass index (BMI) above 30. Udaipur ranks second in percentage of obese people in the state as shown by the figures …
In October and November, farmers in Punjab and Haryana burn their fields to cheaply clear paddy stubble, raising PM2.5 levels in neighbouring Delhi Since September 2015, an ecological and public health disaster has been unfolding in Indonesia, as fires burn out of control. Such fires spread a haze over the …
Paediatricians say more than half of under-five child deaths are due to diseases that are preventable Pneumonia is now the second leading cause of death (15 per cent) among under-five children with birth asphyxia third (11 per cent) and diarrhoea fourth place (9 per cent) followed by malaria (7 per …
NEW DELHI: India's push to produce less polluting BS-VI fuel by 2020 may not necessarily result in cleaner air in heavily-polluted Indian cities for many years after that, as most vehicles on the road will not be able to use this fuel. Life-threatening pollution levels in cities-13 of the top …
The effectiveness of car-free day in reducing Delhi's air pollution levels is massive, provided it's not just a monthly affair. This was opined by Centre for Science and Environment, which had taken up the task to monitor the effect of the event on pollution. On Sunday , CSE compared the …
Hyderabad: While antimicrobial resistance is a growing global threat, the knowledge alone is not enough to combat it. In the wake of the first World Antibiotic Awareness Week, which was observed from November 16 to 22, the World Health Organisation stated that there was need for more evidence to create …
The state witnesses a severe shortage of government doctors, with one doctor to serve a population of more than 9,000, a recent survey found. As per the National Health Profile 2015, there are a total of 3,121 government doctors in the state’s health department to serve a population of 2.77 …
The World Health Organization's failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa's Ebola outbreak was an "egregious failure" which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global health experts said on Monday. A specialist panel convened by Harvard's Global Health Institute (HGHI) and the London School of …
"It is estimated that only one in three families (34 per cent) in Tanzania has access to improved toilets with wide disparities between regions, across urban and rural areas," according to a report from The United Nations Children's Fund, USAID and the World Health Organization (WHO). The report issued also …
In what could be a set-back for the country, three new cases of Ebola have been reported more than two months after Liberia was declared free of the virus. Around 153 people have been placed under surveillance. Liberia has twice been declared free of the virus by the World Health …
Indoor air pollution is causing more deaths than outdoor air pollution and needs to be addressed with an integrated approach to increase the access to clean fuel in the country, leading environment experts on Wednesday said. They called to form a community of researchers who can come together to draw …
