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 Centre has been asked by the Delhi High Court to respond to a plea seeking an order for compliance of guidelines issued by the World Health Organisation at airport public health organisations for the “yellow fever vaccine”. According to the plea, Swinder Bir Singh Baweja and his wife Kiran …
A mysterious chronic kidney disease is afflicting a large number of people in India and Sri Lanka. Despite decades of studies, scientists are yet to pinpoint the cause of the disease. Vibha Varshney travels to Sri Lanka and analyses the state of research, while Richard Mahapatra and M Suchitra report …
‘Indian Council of Medical Research to take up the project in seven States’ An Indian Council of Medical Research-sponsored health impact study will be taken up in seven States which use maximum pesticides for agriculture, according to Dr. V.M. Katoch, Secretary, Department of Health Research and Director-General, ICMR. Talking to …
The fight against malaria has saved 3.3 million lives worldwide since 2000 but the mosquito-borne disease still killed 627,000 people last year, mainly children in Africa, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. A shortage of funding and basic remedies such as bed nets mean that malaria is still a major …
Over 35 per cent of the world's food supply would be lost without the use of pesticides. With already over one billion people, which is about 15 per cent of the human population, hungry and with an expected population of nine billion in 2050, the world needs a significant increase …
Pune: The western bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered that notices be issued to the collectors of 12 districts to seek their response to a petition that alleges that they have failed to provide clean drinking water to the people. The bench of Justice V R Kingaonkar …
Shanghai entered a second week shrouded in smog as China’s commercial hub reported levels of the most-harmful air pollutants that were 12 times the maximum recommended by the World Health Organization. City authorities warned children and the elderly to stay indoors and avoid outdoor activities as PM2.5 air pollution reached …
Nitrogen dioxide readings jumped in Hong Kong at two roadside pollution monitoring stations, reaching concentrations at which it becomes a toxic gas. The reading in the downtown district of Central was 231.8 micrograms per cubic meter at 3 p.m. local time, data from the Environmental Protection Department show. The gas …
Pakistan is one of only three countries in the world where the highly infectious crippling disease remains endemic. But opposition from militant groups has hampered efforts to immunise children, with vaccination teams murdered in some cases. Officials said the violence and suspicions about the vaccine were the reason for the …
China can learn from U.S. struggles to reduce pollution as it confronts recent high-profile incidents of poor air quality paralyzing major cities, the top U.S. environmental regulator said on Monday. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy spoke ahead of a visit to Beijing, Shanghai and other Chinese locations next week. …
Mumbai : A former World Health Organisation (WHO) expert on electromagnetic field has slammed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) draft policy, which bans cellphone towers on schools and hospitals. Professor Michael Repacholi, who was in the city Monday, said that such a policy is based on ignorance. “When the tower …
WHO released new treatment guidelines for the almost 20 million children under-five worldwide who have severe acute malnutrition. Severe acute malnutrition is when children suffer severe wasting that may or may not be accompanied by swelling of the body from fluid retention. It occurs when infants and children do not …
The city might boast of its stringent emission norms and the scrap policy for commercial vehicles ageing 15 years, but polluting vehicles go unchecked in the city. Thanks to poor monitoring. Majority of vehicle owners don't even bother to get their vehicles checked. The result is quite palpable. A frequent …
According to the recent National Nutrition Survey, around 60 per cent of Pakistan’s total population is facing food insecurity, and in these households, almost 50 per cent women and children were malnourished. The findings of this survey were presented in a research conference of the Population Association of Pakistan (PAP) …
The WHO has released a document on guidance to protect health from climate change through health adaptation planning to support the integration of health adaptation planning in national adaptation plans (NAPs). Released on the sidelines of the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 19) to the UN …
The Gauhati High Court on Saturday asked the Assam government to strictly follow the directions passed earlier on prevention and control of AIDS. It was hearing a suo motu PIL it had registered following media reports on five persons contracting HIV after being given contaminated blood at a hospital. A …
On November 19 (tomorrow) as nations around the globe observe United Nations World Toilet Day to highlight the importance of toilets and sanitation; around 48 million Pakistanis will be defecating under the open skies. Pakistan, despite being a nuclear power, is still unable to provide basic sanitation to majority of …
Pakistan ranks fourth among the 15 top countries which account for three quarters of childhood pneumonia cases worldwide. Quoting latest estimates and a study on ‘global pneumonia disease burden’, a senior official says that Pakistan lies in the top five countries which account for 99 per cent of childhood pneumonia …
102 vaccination posts have been set up along international borders in the wake of outbreak in Syria All States with international borders have been put on alert to reduce the risk of importation of poliovirus from neighbouring countries in the wake of a polio outbreak in Syria. As many as …
It, along with Nigeria, continues to have low coverage levels for prevention and treatment interventions India continues to have the highest pneumonia and diarrhoeal disease burden in the world, losing 4,00,000 children to these preventable diseases before they turn five, the latest report has revealed. Many more suffer from severe …
