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 …
Days after the Prime Minister stepped-in directing the Cabinet Secretary to assess country’s preparedness to tackle Ebola, the Union health ministry has beefed up preparations to keep the virus at bay. While aggressive training of epidemiologists is going on, teams are being sent to help high-risk states like Gujarat, Maharashtra …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed a new drug to stem the global spread of multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, but has cautioned that its use must follow a set of guidelines issued by it. Pointing out that since information about this new drug, Delamanid, remains limited, as it has …
The ongoing Ebola outbreak poses an alarming risk to the countries of West Africa and beyond. To assess the effectiveness of containment strategies, we developed a stochastic model of Ebola transmission between and within the general community, hospitals, and funerals, calibrated to incidence data from Liberia. We find that a …
A new WHO position paper examines the balance of benefits and harms in offering mammography screening to women after the age of 40 in a variety of settings. Every year, breast cancer kills more than 500,000 women around the world. In resource-poor settings, a majority of women with breast cancer …
Thick smoke hung over New Delhi this week as millions lit firecrackers to mark the Diwali festival, but calls for a boycott highlighted growing concerns over air quality in one of the world's most polluted cities. Pollution in the Indian capital reached "severe" levels on Friday, the day after Diwali, …
Even as deadly Ebola continues to spread its wings, pharmaceutical companies developing the vaccines are committed to ramp up production capacity for millions of doses to be available in 2015. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), trials of vaccines have already begun in the US, the UK, and Mali …
The World Health Organisation's emergency committee on Ebola will meet on Wednesday to review the scope of the outbreak and whether additional measures are needed, a WHO spokeswoman said on Tuesday. "This is the third time this committee will meet since August to evaluate the situation. Much has happened, there …
European Union says ‘increased’ effort needed to tackle Ebola Three Ebola-infected travellers from the worst affected West African countries Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea are predicted to depart on an international flight every month, if no exit screening were to take place, according to new modelling research published in the …
China on Monday announced a new batch of $6-million donation to the United States World Food Program’s emergency operation to assist 1.3 billion people impacted by the Ebola virus outbreak in the three most affected countries – Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The substantial amount of donation will be divided …
EU to meet to scale up Ebola response Nigeria is expected to be declared Ebola-free on Monday, just three months after fears that the virus could spread like wildfire through Africa’s most populous nation. The World Health Organisation (WHO) is preparing to announce that Nigeria has not had a confirmed …
ON MARCH 25th the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported a rash of cases of Ebola in Guinea, the first such ever seen in west Africa. As of then there had been 86 suspected cases, and there were reports of suspected cases in the neighbouring countries of Sierra Leone and Liberia …
Centre holds all-state meet to assess nation preparedness Two days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned of a possible surge in the number of Ebola cases in coming weeks, the government on Thursday held a high-level meeting at the behest of the Prime Minister with states via-video conferencing to …
The Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF) has called on national and international leaders to recognise the importance of heart-healthy environments in order to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD), just as it disclosed that 80 per cent of Nigerians die from heart-related diseases that are preventable. The disclosure was made …
A second, smaller Ebola outbreak has been going on in Africa, and a new study shows it has a different source in nature than the massive epidemic raging now in the western part of the continent. The outbreak that began in July in the Democratic Republic of Congo is similar …
Following the non-detection of new Ebola cases in Senegal and Nigeria after the requisite 42 days of active surveillance that is currently in place, the World Health Organisation is set to declare the end of the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in the two countries. The anticipated declaration that …
Soon, you won’t be able to refuel at a petrol pump in the capital if you don’t have a Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate. Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung has approved a proposal that makes it mandatory for motorists to have the certificate for refuelling at pumps. If you don’t have the …
India today joined Thailand to become the world leader on the size and impact of health warnings on tobacco packages. The government has issued a fresh notification on anti-tobacco warnings making it mandatory for the industry to cover at least 85 per cent of the principal display area on the …
High-caffeine energy drinks are being widely consumed by children and young people and could be storing up “a significant public health problem“ for the future, experts from the WHO have warned. Researchers found that many such drinks were being “aggressively“ marketed to children, who can be more susceptible to the …
To boost the sale of electric vehicles in the national capital during the festive season, the city administration is reportedly providing subsidies directly to the customers on the purchase of both electric scooters and electric cars. A subsidy of 15 per cent on the maximum retail price (MRP) is being …
Boston: A majority of Americans believe the Ebola virus can be spread by sneezing or coughing and more than a third fear that they or someone in their immediate family may contract the deadly disease in the next year, according to a Harvard University poll. Some 85 per cent of …
