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 …
According to the National Family Health Survey, the infant mortality rate (IMR) in India stands at 34 per 1000 live births. About 10 percent of these infant deaths can be attributed to congenital heart diseases (CHD) alone. About 1.5 lakh infants are born with CHD in the country every year, …
Calcutta: The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) has started sending notices to houses where accumulation of water has been reported by field workers, the early alertness coming from lessons learnt during previous outbreaks of dengue. A resident of Kasba was taken aback by a notice pasted outside his apartment with a …
JAIPUR: One who smokes might not be aware that tobacco is the single most preventable cause of cancer. Health experts say that if tobacco is eliminated, 30-40% cases of cancer can be prevented. “Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the country. Eight per cent of lung cancer is …
NEW DELHI: Most of the 2,700-odd people who will die in the next 24 hours in India due to cancer caused by smoking and other tobacco products tried to quit but failed and were living their last days with a feeling of being powerless over their habit. As we celebrate …
Tobacco kills almost 7 million people across the world every year and nearly a million of them are not even smokers. It also costs the world about $1.4 trillion annually in healthcare costs related to tobacco-attributable diseases and in lost productivity due to death and illness. The sobering statistics on …
Since the last Disease Outbreak News on 23 May 2018, six additional cases have been laboratory confirmed for Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Recently available information has enabled the classification of some cases to be updated. From 4 April through 27 May 2018, a cumulative …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya has dewormed over 6 million children in the past five years, a government official said on Tuesday. Belio Kipsang, Principal Secretary for Early Learning and Basic Education, said that the school going children that were dewormed represented 85 percent of all school age children living in …
JOHANNESBURG – The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it is awaiting formal approval from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to send in unlicensed Ebola medication to help rein in an outbreak of the deadly virus. WHO’s request comes as the DRC authorities rush to contain the outbreak that has …
Rabat – The Zenata Development Corporation (SZ), the company behind Morocco’s largest eco-city near Casablanca, will partner with the Saudi German Hospital Group (SGH) to launch Morocco’s first integrated health project. In a press release on Tuesday, the SGH legal team, DLA Piper, shared that SGH will develop and manage …
Although most countries have seen a fall in smoking rates, only a minority of countries look set to meet global and national commitments to cut tobacco use in over 15s by 30 per cent by 2025 reveals this new WHO report. Tobacco use has declined markedly since 2000, according to …
This health impact assessment framework serves as a guide to manage health risks and impacts in economic zones of the Greater Mekong Region and address transboundary issues associated with human migration. Across the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), there are over 500 special economic zones (SEZs) and industrial zones located near …
Despite greater fiscal autonomy and higher tax revenues shared by the Centre with states, 14 of 20 states surveyed cut spending on a key nutrition programme–Supplementary Nutrition Programme or SNP–that bridges the gap between a child’s actual and ideal dietary needs, according to an analysis of national health-spending data. The …
‘No ready vaccine available in the market till date’ The Nipah outbreak in Kozhikode district is localised and is now under control, Director of the Pune-based National Institute of Virology(NIV) D.T. Mourya has said. “As per recent updates of screening of contact cases, it seems that the situation is under …
39 leptospirosis cases; Pathanamthitta to observe ‘dry day’ on June 2 and 3 With the confirmation of three more clinically confirmed cases in Chittar and Pathanamthitta, the total number of dengue fever cases reported from various government hospitals in the district has gone up to 80 on Tuesday. Deputy District …
JAIPUR: Facing the shame of reporting highest number of swine flu and dengue cases early this year in the country, the state government has come out with strict provisions for doctors and people to prevent these diseases. The health department issued a notification on Monday declaring dengue, malaria and swine …
We all take multivitamins to provide our body with additional nutrients other than the meager quantity we get from our adulterated foods. But it turns out, contrary to popular belief, common vitamin and mineral supplements provide no health benefit at all. A study conducted by the St. Michael Hospital, the …
Daily smoker on an average spends Rs 1,217.3 per month on cigarettes and Rs 158.2 on beedis. VIJAYAWADA: About 10.1 per cent of people who use various forms of tobacco products in Andhra Pradesh are women, observed the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)-2016-17.Of the 10.1 per cent, 4.6 per cent …
The global epidemiological trends of many viral diseases clearly indicate resurgence of some hitherto quiescent yet virulent pathogens and emergence of new strains that pose a challenge to medical science. The Nipah outbreak with many sero-positive cases and 13 fatalities so far in two districts of Kerala — Kozhikode and …
Nairobi — Young people are increasingly those most affected by HIV with 51pc of all adult new infections occurring among those aged 15-24, and 29pc among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). Although Kenya has made tremendous progress in the fight against HIV, the dynamics of new infection rates demonstrates …
The Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) has come up with a safe and superior drug for managing malaria during pregnancy. The drug, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine that is a second line intervention was found highly effective for treating clinical malaria. The scientists involved found the drug to be safe for use during the …
