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 …
Play has a role in cancer treatment. Just as yoga, pranayama and physical training do, as a growing number of hospitals and doctors across the country are now realising. Walk into the chemotherapy area of HCG Pvt Ltd, a cancer hospital in Bengaluru, and you are likely to see young …
A research study claims that Indians lack access to essential medicines despite the government approving thousands of drugs to ensure their wider availability. The study has been jointly conducted by researchers at the Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, Lakshya, a society for public health education and research based in …
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have alerted that the economic impact of cancer is significant and is increasing as the total yearly economic cost of disease was estimated at approximately $1.16 trillion (N417.6 trillion). A new study published Thursday in the …
HEPATITIS E has claimed its third victim, some two months since the disease outbreak was declared in Windhoek late last year. This was confirmed to The Namibian last week by Lilliane Kahuika, an epidemiologist with the health ministry. The victim was a woman who died a day after giving birth …
Amsterdam – A shift has occurred in the MENA region over the past 30 years, seeing chronic diseases take more lives than their infectious counterparts. This same shift is taking place in developing areas across the world where the rate of death by infectious diseases has begun to decrease, thanks …
Rapid urbanisation and associated changes in people’s lifestyle means Africa faces a growing obesity problem. Across the continent the share of the urban population is projected to increase to 50% by 2030 and 60% by 2050. Increased urbanisation is associated with lifestyle changes such as decreased physical activity. This is …
Nigeria has concluded plans to roll out nationwide screening for most common types of cancers, Minister of Health Isaac Adewole said Sunday. The screening will be on the most common types of cancers, such as breast and cervical cancer in women and prostate cancer among men, the minister said a …
Chegutu — Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) ambassador and sungura king Alick Macheso last Friday heeded the call by Civil Protection Unity (CPU) in Chegutu to cancel his gig. The show that was scheduled for Gatsi Night Club was cancelled, with authorities saying it was not proper to have a …
The Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, said a total of 102 suspected cases of Lassa have been reported in 8 local government areas of the state. Akeredolu said ,out of the figure, 36 of the 79 cases with laboratory results have been confirmed including 9 deaths. The governor disclosed this …
1. Healthcare The Centre today announced the world's largest government-funded health care programme aimed at benefiting 10 crore poor families by providing coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation. Allocating Rs 52,000 crore to the health sector, Finance minster Arun …
According to the World Health Organisation Global TB report 2016, India accounts for 2.8 million of the 10.3 million new TB cases globally More than half of all cases of TB every year — two-thirds of new cases in people 15-19 years old — can be prevented by ensuring people …
Meerut: In an attempt to achieve its goal of eliminating tuberculosis, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley in his budget speech on Thursday allocated Rs 600 crore for nutritional support to TB patients in India, a measure that was given a thumbs up by health experts in UP. Under this scheme, …
Thiruvananthapuram: The state assembly on Thursday passed the Kerala Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Bill, 2017, envisaged to ensure quality healthcare. Successive governments had tried—albeit in vain—to pass the Bill several times in the past. The Act is aimed at ensuring quality treatment and services, minimum facilities at hospitals, clinics …
PUNE: The government has decided to rope in private chemists to strengthen its reporting system for tuberculosis (TB) cases. "This is another way of tracing missing cases of TB. Private doctors are already doing this. By involving chemists, the Union government aims to strengthen this reporting system further. We have …
Case in Jan sends Health Dept in a tizzy, girl recovers The city has witnessed the first dengue case of the year. Considered to be a fever of tropical weather conditions, the confirmation of the dengue case in January has sent the Health Department in a tizzy. The patient has …
Cervical cancer kills nearly 200 women in India every day. Looking at the figures, it clearly shows that it has become one of the common fatal diseases in India. The figures are alarming, however what is of a bigger concern is the reason behind such a rampant spread of the …
This brief examines estimates produced by several recent model simulations and frameworks that focus on the cost of ending hunger as well as progress toward other development goals—estimates that range from US$7 billion to US$265 billion per year. The differences among these estimates are largely attributable to the different targeted …
Following poor harvests in the 2015/16 cropping season in Malawi, vulnerability assessments found that nearly 6.7 million people, primarily in the Southern and Central regions, were likely to suffer from food insecurity before the next harvest. The government of Malawi and its development partners designed the 2016/17 Food Insecurity Response …
JAIPUR: A large number of people in the state still do not have access to proper medical facilities. About 16.5% deaths in 2016 occurred due to lack of qualified medical professionals, reveals a report. The situation is worse in rural areas where 19.1% deaths were due to "untrained functionaries," who …
The Hindu and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism unravel how the use of a last-hope antibiotic like colistin is leading to worldwide drug resistance On a farm in Ranga Reddy district near Hyderabad, a clutch of chicks has just been delivered. Some 5,000 birds peck at one another, loitering around …
