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 …
Pregnant women who get swine flu are at such high risk of complications like pneumonia, dehydration and premature labor that they should be treated at once with the antiviral drug Tamiflu
May 12: The water supply to an estimated 50 per cent of people in Hyderabad, is contaminated. Across the state, 51 per cent of the rural population do not have access to individual latrines in their homes. These shameful statistics were disclosed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), in it
Rema Hanna Posted: Tuesday , May 12, 2009 at 0001 hrs IST Indoor air pollution (IAP) is a serious health threat. Across India, 72.3 per cent of households use the traditional fuels of firewood, crop residue, or cow-dung cake (2001 Census). In rural areas, the reliance on traditional fuels is …
The first case of swine flu in China was confirmed Monday as the epidemic continued moving around the world, with the World Health Organization reporting about 4,700 laboratory-confirmed cases in 30 countries. Communication with a Chinese man, being treated for the new H1N1 strain of flu, was broadcast at a …
Ahmedabad: To ensure that the large number of dog bite victims get effective and affordable treatment, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will soon introduce World Health Organization (WHO)-approved vaccines. This intra-dermal rabies vaccination (IDRV) regime will be available at AMC-run hospitals. Traditionally, dog bites are treated with intramuscular (IM) administration of …
London: Greed, not laziness, is to be blamed for the soaring obesity rates throughout the developed world, says a WHO study. Researchers at World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for obesity prevention in Australia have found over the past 30 years average calorific intake in people has increased by 500 calories …
NEW DELHI: A crucial finding by clinicians in Mexico, the country where the deadly H1N1 flu virus originated, could have India worried. Initial observations made by the WHO, Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the Mexican clinicians who studied the first 40 deaths in Mexico show that people with …
Nine dangerous chemicals used in farming and industry will be added to a list of banned substances whose presence in the environment causes serious health risks, more than 160 government agreed on Saturday. The nine pesticides and industrial chemicals join 12 substances targeted for elimination under the 2001 Stockholm Convention …
May 10: Even as the city awaited the confirmatory tests on the presence of cholera in the city, it transpired that state health officials have flouted every rule in the book in treating cholera patients, and victims. Officials have not invoked cholera prevention and control guidelines, for the simple reason …
Japanese health officials reported four confirmed cases and Tawian two cases of the A/H1N1 virus stemming from overseas flights, while Australia reported its first case but said the victim has recovered and is no longer contagious. China, meanwhile, reported its first suspected case on the mainland, involving a Chinese man …
Of all the potential global disasters that we periodically list and examine, only one has threatened repeatedly to become a reality: the flu, a variety of which is now spreading quickly across the world. A global flu epidemic seems a feeble threat compared to an asteroid impact or a nuclear …
Japan confirmed its fourth case of the A(H1N1) flu virus on Sunday in a teenager who returned from a school trip to Canada with the three other Japanese who contracted the ailment, commonly known as swine flu. The patient, who was not identified, is being quarantined at a hospital near …
Mexico city sprang back to life this week after two weeks of fear and inactivity. Officials shut down most of the economy to halt the spread of a previously unknown strain of the mongrel H1N1 virus, which is comprised of avian, swine and human influenza viruses. The hope is that …
The Institute of Road Safety Traffic Environment Pakistan (IRSTEP) registered member of the world wide body International Association for Driver Education has launched country wide two-year (2009-2010) campaign 'Road Safety- Climate Change' geared to reduce road traffic clashes and slow down pace of climate change. The two-year long campaign will …
Third Partnership for Polio Eradication Project for Pakistan will be launched from next financial year July with a total cost of US $154.21 million with the co-operation of World Bank, Japan International Co-operation Agency (Jica) and World Health Organisation (Who), which will be completed within two years. According to World …
Geneva The World Health Organisation says the number of confirmed swine flu cases around the world has surpassed 2,000. The agency raised its tally on Thursday to 2,099 cases, from 1,893 late on Wednesday. It said there have been 42 deaths in Mexico and two in the United States. Mexico …
The World Health Organization said Thursday that 2,371 people in 24 countries now had confirmed cases of swine flu. A bus stop in Mexico City on Wednesday as some people began returning to work. Only 46 people are known to have died of the virus, all but 2 of them …
The World Health Organisation is considering an overhaul of its pandemic rating system amid criticism that it provoked alarm by rapidly escalating its warnings over swine flu. Officials at the agency's headquarters in Geneva said they were discussing changes to the six-point scale to make clear in the future the …
The World Health Organization (WHO) this week remained on the verge of declaring a pandemic of the H1N1 swine-associated flu virus. Public-health bodies and scientists have made progress in starting to understand the outbreak, but major questions remain about how severe the disease will get.
