Transforming India’s approach to cancer care
In India, a country with a vast population and a diverse socio-economic fabric, healthcare remains fraught with challenges including disparities in access. These socio-economic disparities are deep, and
In India, a country with a vast population and a diverse socio-economic fabric, healthcare remains fraught with challenges including disparities in access. These socio-economic disparities are deep, and
To mark October as the "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" the Pink Ribbon National Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign held a ceremony in memory of 40,000 women dying every year with breast cancer in Pakistan.
About 18.4 in every 100,000 Sri Lankan women had breast cancer in 2005. This figure has gone up to 25, Health Ministry media coordinator W M D Vanninayake said. He said there has been an increase in
Trace amounts of plutonium were found as far as 28 miles from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant, the first time that the dangerous element released from the accident was found outside of
Summer monsoons that provide up to 80 percent of the water South Asia needs have gotten drier in the past half century, possibly due to aerosol particles spewed by burning fossil fuels, climate scientists
In many cities air pollution is reaching levels that threaten people's health according to an unprecedented compilation of air quality data released today by WHO (World Health Organization). The information
A landmark UK study using a new cancer drug that targets tumours directly has raised hopes in the medical fraternity. The high alpha radiation drugs help patients suffering from prostate cancer live longer,
4th plenary meeting (part 2, NCDs) - UN General Assembly 19 September 2011. <object width="535" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/swfs/player.swf" /><param
The United Nations will begin debating Monday how to stem a proliferation of chronic diseases that a new report says could cost the global economy trillions of dollars over the next two decades if left
As the UN begins its meeting to devise strategies to tackle NCDs, Indian public health activists say it was a wake-up call for the health authorities in India. Some of them expressed concern that the meeting
There is growing awareness and concern about the large and escalating burden of chronic, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) not just from the public health perspective but also from the economic one. The