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
NAPLES, Italy: Thousands protested on Saturday in Naples over illegal waste dumps blamed on the mafia that generate toxic fumes, an AFP photographer said. Between 30,000 and 100,000 people braved heavy
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes – are the biggest cause of death worldwide. More than 36 million die annually from NCDs
There has been no let-up in the burning of garbage across the city despite several concerns raised by activists about its adverse effects on the environment and the health of people. Civic officials in the past had promised action against the municipal workers burning solid waste. However, mounds of garbage continue to be burnt in the city to avoid transporting the waste for safe disposal.
Release of dioxin in the air through burning of municipal waste, hospital waste and automobile emission is the major cause behind the spread of cancer in the state. A city-based environmental activist,
It is understood that most food or beverages sold in restaurants or stalls contain trace quantities of contaminants, but in the case of the piping hot cups of tea purchased from roadside vendors in the
Telecom and tower firms have demanded uniform tower guidelines across Maharashtra. They should be in tandem with the procedure of the Centre, the companies said. The Department of Telecommunications had issued the guidelines in August. But the companies feel the civic and State policies vary.
China's residents' health at risk as air pollution levels in the city of Harbin reach off-the-chart levels Cityscapes shrouded in thick smog have become a common scene in China. Last winter, Beijing's
Alberta is Canada's industry epicenter and home to more than 40 companies that produce industrial emissions. Recent studies conducted by the University of California and the University of Michigan have
The most polluted city among the metros being crowned the country’s lung cancer capital is no coincidence, but Calcutta failed — or rather refused — to see it coming. This “congenitally dust-prone”
Cancer cases have seen a sharp rise in Jharkhand over the past few years. In spite of this, there is no comprehensive data to deal with one of the largest killing diseases globally, primarily due to the