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 …
Lucknow: The much-hyped anti-smoking campaign of the government seems to have failed to make any impact on tobacco users. Despite being aware about the harmful effects of tobacco consumption, people are not ready to quit it. A survey done by the Union ministry of health and family welfare reveals that …
GUWAHATI, May 29: In a meeting at the Don Bosco Institute held on May 29, the ant, a NGO based in Chirang district released the findings of its study conducted in 4 districts of Assam earlier this year. The study looks at the status of Malnutrition in rural areas of …
PATNA: Bihar food safety commissioner-cum secretary, health, Sanjay Kumar has been selected for the prestigious 'World No-Tobacco Day Award 2013' by the World Health Organization (WHO). In different categories, India has got six awards this year. Kumar told TOI that the representatives of WHO-India have confirmed the award, though the …
GUWAHATI, May 27: On May 31 every year, the world observes World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), also called as World Anti Tobacco Day (WATD), that is promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO). The objective of observing WATD is to reduce tobacco consumption which can lead to deadly diseases like …
The action plan provides a road map and a menu of policy options for all Member States and other stakeholders, to take coordinated and coherent action, at all levels, local to global, to attain the nine voluntary global targets, including that of a 25% relative reduction in premature mortality from …
The plan sets important new directions for mental health including a central role for provision of community based care and a greater emphasis on human rights. It introduces the notion of recovery, moving away from a pure medical model, and addresses income generation and education opportunities, housing and social services …
With the only government-run production unit for yellow fever vaccine in Kasauli out of order for nearly two years, most authorised vaccine centres in the country are fast running out of stock. This has prompted the Ministry of Health to issue advisories allowing prospective travellers to purchase the vaccine from …
The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) of Sri Lanka has implemented an integrated air quality management project, 'Blue Sky 2020', to minimize emission of greenhouse gases and resulting adverse climatic changes. Sri Lanka expects to reach the World Health Organization's interim target by managing the ambient air quality in the country. …
Hyderabad: With only five per cent of injections used for immunisation and the remaining 95 per cent for therapeutic use, children are often subjected to unnecessary injections, say paediatricians of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics. The association has asked doctors to refrain from giving too many injections as the World …
Pune: A national forum on tuberculosis (TB) has been launched to raise awareness on the need for better control of condition. Members of the forum will meet and discuss critical challenges in TB control, based on which, members will make recommendations to the Union ministry of health and family welfare …
About one-third of the world’s population — 2.4 billion people — will remain without access to improved sanitation in 2015, according to a joint WHO/Unicef report issued on Monday. The report — Progress on sanitation and drinking-water 2013 update, warns that at the current rate of progress, the 2015 millennium …
One person dies of Tuberculosis every minute in India. The problem is equally severe in Chandigarh and adjoining areas where the prevalence of Multi Drug Resistance Tuberculosis (MDRTB) is as high as 9%, as per the research conducted by the doctors of PGIMER. The study was conducted by Dr Sunil …
A PGI study has revealed the incidence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) in the Northern region is much higher than the WHO estimates. The study, which was published in the BMC infectious diseases journal in March this year, has found that the incidence of the MDRTB is 9 per cent …
Accham became the first district in the Far-Western Region to provide toilet access to all by declaring itself Open Defecation Free (ODF) on Wednesday. The district also became the fifth ODF district in the country after it constructed toilets in each household in all the 75 Village Development Committees (VDC). …
The city is all set to wear a greener look with the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation indentifying at least six medians on major roads for a massive plantation drive. The city forest department, which is the nodal agency for plantation, will aid BMC in the drive, which will be carried out …
Toxic waste sites in India with elevated levels of lead and chromium are causing disease, disability and even death, leading to loss of healthy years of life among people, according to a new research. The scale of the problem is comparable to that of other major public health issues such …
Five people in Saudi Arabia have died from a Sars-like virus and two more are seriously ill, officials say. The seven cases were all from al-Ahsa governorate in the east of the country, the Saudi news agency SPA said citing health officials. The novel coronavirus (NCoV) causes pneumonia and sometimes …
Recently, the Joint Policy Committee (JPC) of the Societies of Epidemiology (SE), a consortium of national and international epidemiologic societies and organizations, released a statement calling for the global ban of asbestos use (JPC-SE 2012). This is not the first such call for an international ban (Collegium Ramazzini 2010), but …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified anti- malarial resistance in four countries of South East Asia and launched an emergency response to prevent resistant strains of the malarial parasites from spreading further. On the occasion of World Malaria Day today, the WHO has also cited concerns over resistance emerging …
The level of malnutrition in Pakistan is alarming that cannot be brought down through health sectors policies only as there is a need to adopt multisectoral approaches that should be devised through the lens of nutrition. Nutritionist, policy makers and health experts said this while speaking to media after attending …
