World malaria report 2023
<p>India topped countries in the South-East Asia region for the most number of malaria cases and deaths in 2022, according to this report published by the World Health Organization (WHO).</p>
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Antibacterial agents in clinical development: an analysis of the antibacterial clinical development pipeline, including tuberculosis
A report, Antibacterial agents in clinical development – an analysis of the antibacterial clinical development pipeline, including tuberculosis, launched by WHO shows a serious lack of new antibiotics
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Noncommunicable Diseases Progress Monitor, 2017
<p>This new WHO report charts down actions undertaken by countries to set targets, implement policies to address main shared and modifiable NCD risk factors – tobacco, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and harmful use of alcohol.</p>
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Preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) by reducing environmental risk factors
A new World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights the links between air pollution and the epidemic of non-communicable diseases (also called NCDs) that is affecting people worldwide. Heart disease,
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Tobacco and its environmental impact: an overview
This overview assembles existing evidence on the ways in which tobacco affects human well-being from an environmental perspective – i.e. the indirect social and economic damage caused by the cultivation,
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World Health Statistics 2017- Monitoring Health for the SDGs
<p>The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the world’s first comprehensive blueprint for sustainable development. Launched at the end of 2015, this Agenda frames health and well-being as both
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Managing speed
In the context of the Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week, WHO has released Managing speed. The document highlights that excessive and inappropriate speed is among the key risks for road traffic deaths and
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World report on health policy and systems research
This first World Report on Health Policy and Systems Research reflects the importance of monitoring and measuring developments in the field. It provides evidence that allows national policy-makers and
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Financing universal water, sanitation and hygiene under the Sustainable Development Goals: UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2017 report
<p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/uploads/0.25962100_1439544375_2_large.jpg" style="width: 320px; height: 213px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />This UN GLAAS 2017 report presents an analysis
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Inheriting a sustainable world: Atlas on children’s health and the environment
More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years of are attributable to unhealthy environments. Every year, environmental risks – such as indoor and outdoor air pollution, second-hand smoke, unsafe water,
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Don’t pollute my future! The impact of the environment on children’s health
<p>Every year, environmental risks – such as indoor and outdoor air pollution, second-hand smoke, unsafe water, lack of sanitation, and inadequate hygiene – take the lives of 1.7 million children under 5 years, say new WHO report</p>