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 …
A gluten-free diet is the only treatment option of coeliac disease, but recently an increasing number of trials have begun to explore alternative treatment strategies. We aimed to review the literature on coeliac disease therapeutic trials and issue recommendations for outcome measures. Original Source
Dar es Salaam — Tanzanians can now expect to live longer than estimations reported two years ago, a new study has shown. The revised World Population Prospects 2017 report released by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division puts the average life expectancy of a Tanzanian …
Nierteti — Two people died from watery diarrhoea, suspected to be cholera, in Nierteti in Central Darfur last week. About 45 new cases were recorded in the locality. A volunteer told Radio Dabanga that Nierteti Hospital has received a number of patients on Saturday and Sunday. "The symptoms are similar …
In the wake of the reported outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria, health authorities in Liberia say they are prepared and capable of defeating any outbreak, adding that: "As part of our prepared measures, we have assigned disease surveillance officers at each of our entry points." Sorbor George, the communications …
Abuja — Medical groups are making frantic efforts to contain the spread of a Lassa fever outbreak that has killed at least 40 people in Nigeria this year. Some 450 cases of the acute viral hemorrhagic fever have been reported in the southern parts of the country. The current number …
Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana emerged among the best three performers in terms of overall performance according to the Niti Aayog’s health index while Uttar Pradesh topped the table on incremental performance despite being at the bottom. NITI Aayog released a comprehensive Health Index report titled, "Healthy States, Progressive India" …
Explosion of the bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki corresponds to the only historical moment when atomic bombs were used against civilians. This event triggered countless investigations into the effects and dosimetry of ionizing radiation. However, none of the investigations has used the victims’ bones as dosimeter. Here, we assess samples …
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh appeared to be turning obese. After gaining the name as the ‘Capital for Diabetes’, it was now marching towards getting the obesity tag. Studies carried out by the ministry of health and family welfare suggested that there was 33 per cent increase in obesity cases in the …
Jaipur: The state is getting ready for a new vaccine for preventing mortalities among under-5 children. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) has been included in Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) in the state. About 4.6 lakh children will be benefited in a year in selected nine districts, which have highest under-5 mortality …
Mumbai: Retinoblastoma, a rare form of eye cancer affecting only about 2,000 people in India per year, is the most common among children under the age of five. About 92 per cent of such children live in the developing countries. Many children lose their eyesight or die from this cancer …
Dehradun: According to the recently published National Family Health Survey (NFHS) IV, as many as 72.5% of children surveyed in the age group of 12 to 23 months, considered a crucial period in a child’s development and immunity-building, were not getting immunised on time. The report indicates that the situation …
National Co-ordinator, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu (left); Minister of State for Health, Osagie Ehanire; Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Clement Uwaifo, during the National Council on Health emergency meeting in Abuja… yesterday. • UCH seeks N5b to complete cancer …
A rapid response team has been placed on standby to keep the situation under control Four persons have been confirmed dead following an outbreak of meningitis in the West Gonja District of the Northern Region weeks ago. The latest deaths bring to five, the total number of deaths recorded in …
No fewer than two children have died and 82 others hospitalized following an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the outbreak was recorded in Kafanchan and neighbouring villages of Katsit, Takau and Katsak. Abdullmumin Bala, …
A woman, 50, has died at an isolation ward in Bura after showing symptoms of cholera. Medical authorities have reported cases of diarrhoea and vomiting in Bura township, Hirimani, Matagla and Jaridende since last week, and indicate about 53 people have been treated. ALSO READ: Counties clash over cholera reports …
More than half the number of government aided primary schools in Hoima District risk closure because of absence of sanitary facilities. It has emerged that most of the schools have their pit latrines filled up and other sanitary facilities are also lacking, putting the lives of both the learners and …
PUNE: Dietary risks, high blood pressure, malnutrition and air pollution were the biggest factors that caused most deaths in Maharashtra and added to the state's disability burden in 2016. This was revealed in a recent estimate of the state-level disease burden and risk factors by the Indian Council for Medical …
JAIPUR: The state has seen an alarming increase in swine flu cases in January and is leading the country in both reported flu cases and deaths related to it. According to Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), the state has reported 491 cases in the first 21 days this year and …
Multinational companies continue to produce and sell unregulated antibiotics in India, worsening the problem of antimicrobial resistance in the country and impeding efforts to fight drug resistance globally, a UK study said. The report, to be made public on Monday by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and Newcastle …
PATNA: After the inclusion of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as a mode of specific prevention against cervical cancer in India's universal immunisation programme (UIP) as per a decision by the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), the department of community medicine at Indira Gandhi Institute and Medical Sciences (IGIMS) …
