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 …
More than 78 lakh houses across the state were screened in a door-to-door screening campaign for seasonal diseases like dengue, chikungunya and malaria including swine flu by the health department. The three-day long campaign, ‘Swasthya Dal Aapke Dwar’ (health team at your doorstep), was carried out from March 21 to …
The draft Digital Information in Healthcare Security Act (DISHA) lays down that any health data including physical, physiological and mental health condition and biometric information are the property of the person who it pertains to. Even as it continues to face heat on issues of data protection, the Centre has …
Antibiotic use more than doubled in India between 2000 and 2015, fuelling antibiotic resistance that is making common infections such as E.coli, strep throat, pneumonia and tuberculosis more difficult to treat, according to this new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Antibiotic resistance, driven by …
The 69th World Health Assembly approved the Global Health Sector Strategy to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. Although no virological cure exists for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, existing therapies to control viral replication and prophylaxis to minimise mother-to-child transmission make elimination of HBV feasible. We aimed to estimate the …
Antenatal exposure to Zika virus (ZIKV) is related to severe neurological manifestations. A previous study in Brazil reported an increased incidence of non-severe congenital heart defects in infants with diagnosis of congenital Zika syndrome but without laboratory confirmation of ZIKV infection in the mother or infant. The objective of this …
The goal of the global lymphatic filariasis (LF) program is to eliminate the disease as a public health problem by the year 2020. The WHO mapping protocol that is used to identify endemic areas in need of mass drug administration (MDA) uses convenience-based sampling. This rapid mapping has allowed the …
Ajoynagar: The mosquito that causes dengue is so undemanding when it comes to a breeding environment that a teaspoon of fresh water is enough for it to lay eggs, residents of a housing complex off the Bypass were informed on Sunday by a vector control expert deputed by the Calcutta …
An outbreak of Zika fever, which causes microcephaly — a rare birth defect marked by unusually small head size, eye abnormalities and nerve damage — is likely in coming years because of a build-up of favorable environment for the virus, researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) …
Jaipur: A large numbers of residents were found harbouring mosquito larvae in their water coolers etc. Unfortunately, the state has no provision of penalising such people like in other cities such as Mumbai. Around two per cent of the total water tanks checked by health officials placed in houses or …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat, which recorded the second-highest mortality due to swine flu in 2017 after Maharashtra, has already registered 36 cases and six deaths due to the H1N1 virus from January to March 4 this year. With 431 deaths in 2017, Gujarat was at the second worst spot in India, a …
VALPOI: A tuberculosis detection mobile van was launched by Vishwajit Rane at the medical camp held at Khadi village, in Valpoi on Saturday. “Two thousand TB patients are found in Goa, per year and around 40 to 50 people are dying due to TB in Goa per year. For the …
Before 20-year-old Lebogang Motsumi even had sex with her first “blesser” - or sugar daddy - a successful, married, company boss more than twice her age, he handed her a wad of cash. He was soon making regular deposits into her bank account, paying her rent and taking her out …
Apart from a few packs of medicine and plastic jars, the shelves at the Okanautoni health center in southern Angola are bare and lack basic drugs for saving lives. Hours from the nearest town in Cunene province, the clinic has no first-line tuberculosis drugs, no antiretrovirals for HIV, no general …
The government is on high alert following reports that a deadly outbreak linked to tainted food in South Africa is now threatening other African nations. Tanzania has been mentioned in the report issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO), early this week, as being among 16 African nations whose populations …
In the present study, 20 species of local underutilized leafy vegetables commonly consumed by tribals of Jharkhand, India have been identified through market survey of seven districts of the state. Among the leafy vegetables sold in fresh form, Amaranthus gangeticus was found highest in quantity followed by Amaranthus viridis, Ipomoea …
Road traffic accidents (RTAs) have become a serious problem worldwide as they incur losses of around 2% of a country’s gross domestic product (GDP). RTAs are one of the major causes of death and injury in developing countries like India. To enable governments to take policy decisions on road safety, …
Venomous snakebite is a global serious health issue and in India high rate of mortality is caused by Naja naja (Indian cobra). To evaluate anti-cobra venom activity and identify lead molecules in Aegle marmelos, in vitro and in silico screening was carried out. Leaves, stem and root bark of A. …
Chandigarh: Mosquitoes that passed dengue fever to a lot of people last year have stung many families again in Sector 22, as the residents remain dissatisfied with the maintenance of their parks and back lanes. During a visit to the sector, the TOI team found that its main parks had …
Salt Lake: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation has decided to divide the area under its control into three zones as part of its strategy to combat dengue this year. To further add teeth to its fight against the mosquito-borne disease, the civic authorities are planning to formulate a policy of imposing …
Nagpur: While the state is gearing up to take on lung tuberculosis (TB) using all its infrastructure and free of cost for patients, there is no clarity whether the private doctors, who too are a part of the national TB elimination programme, are expected to charge anything for consultation or …
