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 …
The South Sudanese government and the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDs) on Tuesday agreed to work together to combat HIV among young people. The ministry of health and UNAIDs have also signed a memorandum of understanding that seeks to enhance sexual and reproductive education among the youths and also …
Surprising as this may sound, malnutrition and obesity are co-existing in the same households, says a global study on Africa’s feeding habits. The study titled, Nourished: How Africa can build a future free from hunger and malnutrition, says that it is not uncommon to find undernutrition and obesity existing within …
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday almost all the people it considers at immediate risk from an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo city of Mbandaka have now been vaccinated against the disease. More than 400 potential Ebola contacts have been vaccinated, which represents 90 percent of …
The World Health Organization assumes 100-300 cases of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo between May and July, under a revised response plan to the outbreak that it published on Tuesday. An earlier version of the plan, based on information to May 15, had assumed 80-100 cases. The WHO says …
The Copperbelt Province has continued TO record high cases of maternal deaths with 27 new cases being recorded in the first five months of 2018. Addressing journalists In Ndola today, Copperbelt Provincial Medical Director, Alex Makupe said that despite witnessing a reduction in the number of cases recorded in the …
The Ghana Heath Service (GHS) to introduce a new vaccine into the routine immunization throughout the country at every health facility on June 1, 2018. Dr Kwasi Yeboah-Awudzi, the Ashanti Regional Deputy Director of Public Health who gave the hint said the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) would be given to …
A free maternal health policy was implemented under Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme to promote the use of maternal health services. Under the policy, women are entitled to free services throughout pregnancy and at childbirth. A mixed methods study involving women, providers and insurance managers was carried out in the …
No new deaths or confirmed cases of Nipah virus infection were reported in the State on Monday. R.L. Saritha, Director, Health Services, told the media that eight new suspected cases were admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, on the day, taking the total number under observation there to …
France had a million fewer daily smokers’ in 2017 over 2016, the Health Ministry said on Monday, thanking the dissuasive power of higher tobacco taxes. The Ministry did not mention whether electronic cigarettes have had any impact on the apparent trend. It cited figures from a random representative survey of …
The agreement to be signed between the Ministry of Finance and the World Bank (WB) aims to ensure the implementation of the Government's program of diversification of funding sources for implementation of public investment programs. According to the order, published in the State Gazette, dated May 24, the coverage of …
New Delhi: Three fresh cases of dengue have been reported in May, taking the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease in the national capital this season to 15, according to the latest municipal report released on Monday. Fourteen cases of malaria have also been recorded till May …
ONGWEDIVA – Confirmed Hepatitis E cases in Omusati stand at 11 and not 10 cases as was recently reported. According to a report released by the Ministry of Health and Social Services, the number of suspected cases also stands at 47 and not 41 as was reported by several newspapers …
A major vaccination campaign is under way in the Democratic Republic of Congo where more cases of infection from the Ebola virus have been discovered. Up to 10 people have died and 35 cases have been confirmed. At least 11,000 people died in a series of outbreaks across West Africa …
Fighting global warming is starting to sound like a lucrative investment. A new study from Stanford University finds that keeping global warming a half-degree beneath the Paris climate agreement's 2-degree Celsius target could potentially save more than $20 trillion globally. The findings, described in the journal Nature, go beyond the …
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C could avoid around 3.3 million cases of dengue fever per year in Latin America and the Caribbean alone—according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). A new report published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reveals that …
Research across 640 districts links better healthcare, education to reduced stunting. A first of-its-kind study across all 640 districts of the country, highlights the impact of women’s health on stunting of children. According to the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) study, analysing data from the National Family Health Survey …
The nipah virus outbreak in Kerala has prompted India's health research agency to propose reduction of the delays posed by the standard regulatory requirements for clinical trials and rapid deployment of candidate therapeutic molecules against rare and fatal infections on "compassionate grounds". The Indian Council of Medical Research had, on …
JAIPUR: Acute encephalitis cases will be on the radar in the state as Nipah infection can cause complications from acute respiratory syndrome to fatal encephalitis. Besides, the rapid response teams of health department under Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) have been directed to remain vigilant so that they can undertake …
Social media stars might be encouraging children to eat more unhealthy foods, new research suggests. The study, conducted by the University of Liverpool, was devised amid growing calls for tougher restrictions on junk food advertising to tackle the obesity crisis. Now, the researchers are calling for more protection for young …
Children under the age of five maybe facing a bleak future as the 2017 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, MICS, show that over 75 percent of Nigeria's children age 0 to 59 months were not fully immunized despite the fact that vaccine preventable diseases account for 40 percent of all childhood …
