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 …
Putting the figure in perspective, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech said the total number of beneficiaries will equal the total population of the US, Canada and Mexico. Moving to lessen the healthcare woes of the poor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that the Pradhan …
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said that seven deaths have been recorded from the outbreak of cholera in four communities in the territory. Humphrey Okoroukwu, the Director of Public Health in the Health and Human Services Secretariat, FCTA, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in …
Kaduna — Tremendous advances have been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS globally as about 1.4 million new HIV infections among children under 15 have been averted since 2010, an HIV/AIDS Specialist with UNICEF in Kaduna, Dr. Idris Baba, has said. Dr. Baba disclosed this at a media meeting on …
Sudan is exerting great efforts to reduce maternal and newborn children mortality rates by enhancing reproductive health services. Earlier in the day, Sudan's Health Ministry published the result of its most recent survey to determine the need of the health institutions relating to emergency health services for mothers and children. …
The Federal Ministry of Health says in spite of the health and economic benefits of exclusive breastfeeding to mother and child, only 24 per cent of infants are exclusively breastfed in Nigeria. Chimay Thompson, the Assistant Director, Nutrition Division, Family Health Department in the ministry said exclusive breastfeeding for the …
IGNORANCE of types of food with the right ingredients among people in the East African region is the main cause of malnutrition in the block. Experts in agriculture, food and poverty alleviation who were in a three-day symposium here voiced their concern that people tend to go for expensive foodstuff …
A rotavirus vaccine introduced in rural Malawi has reduced deaths from infant diarrhoea by more than a third, proving for the first time that a major intervention in a low-income country can be highly effective. The findings, published in the Lancet Global Health, are likely to add further weight to …
In Southern Africa‚ Malawi has the most medicines commonly sold in substandard or falsified condition‚ according to pharmacists from the University of North Carolina. SA’s problem is relatively small‚ they reported on Friday in the journal JAMA Network Open‚ after analysing 96 previous studies of falsified and substandard medicines in …
Mycetoma is a chronic mutilating disease of the skin and the underlying tissues caused by fungi or bacteria. Although recently included in the list of neglected tropical diseases by the World Health Organization, strategic control and preventive measures are yet to be outlined. Thus, it continues to pose huge public …
Taking steps to curb the spread of dengue in the city, the Patiala Health Department has identified 72 high-risk areas. The high-risk areas were identified on the basis of last year’s dengue breakout points, said a health official. With the arrival of monsoon, the possibility of the cases of a …
Guwahati: Japanese encephalitis has claimed 66 lives in Assam so far while the total number of positive JE cases in the state stood at 308. Data provided by the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, Assam, revealed that Sonitpur and Kamrup are the two districts where the number of deaths …
Calcutta: Around 75 people have been infected with the dengue virus in the Calcutta Municipal Corporation area over the past month, the mayoral council member in charge of health said on Thursday. Atin Ghosh, the mayoral council member, also said 173 people had contracted the mosquito-borne disease in the city …
A new policy forum created in Britain is set to boost healthcare partnerships between India and the UK and also identify avenues of new research and investments. The BAPIO India-UK Healthcare Policy Forum, launched at the Indian High Commission here yesterday will harness the contribution made by an estimated 60,000 …
The study also said that many schools were not aware that canteens were serving high-calorie drinks and deep fried snacks. New Delhi: According to a study conducted by Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH), close to 30 per cent urban children in eight private schools of Central and West Delhi were …
Drugs that are already clinically approved or experimentally tested for conditions other than cancer, but are found to possess previously unrecognized cytotoxicity towards malignant cells, may serve as ftting anti-cancer candidates. Methyl N-(6-phenylsulfanyl-1H benzimidazol-2-yl) carbamate [Fenbendazole, FZ], a benzimidazole compound, is a safe and inexpensive anthelmintic drug possessing an efcient …
Ranchi: Twenty-one new cases of chikungunya, three of dengue and three of dengue-chikungunya combined were detected at RIMS on Wednesday, the growing numbers of the vector-borne diseases in the capital prompting state entomologist (consulting) Sagya Singh to introduce a more lethal larvicide. So far, 128 chikungunya, 22 dengue and nine …
Nashik: If the data furnished by the Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) centre — the only government clinic in the district to treat all HIV/AIDS patients — is anything to go by, then there is a declining trend of HIV/AIDS patients in the district. As per the data, even death cases of …
Kohima/Guwahati: The Tata Trusts on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Nagaland government to roll out a cancer care programme in collaboration with the public healthcare system of the state, a release from the Tata Trusts said. The programme will integrate with the existing plans of the …
The court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Jainendra Baxi, a film director, through his lawyer Aditya Pratap. The petition stated that there was no law that prohibits people from carrying their own food inside the theatres. The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said by not allowing …
Yavatmal: The number of patients suffering from cholera and diarrhoea has gone up to 650 at Yavatmal Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH). According to dean Dr Manish Shrigiriwar, the number of patients has shot up during the period from April to August 8. On Wednesday alone, as many as …
