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 …
Zimbabwe was yesterday honoured alongside five other African countries for leading the way to a Malaria Free-Africa by 2030. The country received the honour from the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) at the 30th African Union (AU) Summit. ALMA members are drawn from 49 AU countries with the objective of …
Rwandan government has begun recalling products by French food giant Lactalis days after it issued an order similar to that given by manufacturers. Pharmacie Arc en Ciel, the distributor for Lactalis dairy products in Rwanda and Burundi, confirmed the move. Niyonzima Leocadie, a manager at Pharmacie Arc en Ciel, the …
Botswana has warned its citizens against travelling to Zambia while Namibia has banned food import from that country after an outbreak of cholera, in a move that observers say is likely to affect the movement of goods and the economies in the region. There are even fears that some countries …
ABUJA - When a rumour surfaced in 2003 that Nigeria’s polio vaccine was possibly being contaminated with anti-fertility agents a boycott of the vaccine ensued and the country’s polio immunisation campaign was dealt a heavy blow. The boycott lasted for nearly 15 months – from February 2003 to July 2004 …
The African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) - at the 30th African Union heads of state and government summit now under way in Addis Abba, Ethiopia - has added neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) to the annual scorecard on fighting diseases in the continent. The scorecard is reviewed by African heads of …
Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Jabbin Mulwanda cuts the ribbon to officially launch the 2016-2020 Strategic Plan, This was during the official launch of the General Nursing Council Strategic Plan yesterday at Golden Peacock Hotel in Lusaka. Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Jabbin Mulwanda cuts the ribbon to …
WHO’s first release of surveillance data on antibiotic resistance reveals high levels of resistance to a number of serious bacterial infections in both high- and low-income countries. WHO’s new Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System (GLASS) reveals widespread occurrence of antibiotic resistance among 500 000 people with suspected bacterial infections across 22 …
HYDERABAD: With human influenza (swine flu) activity refusing to subside, the World Health Organisation(WHO) has warned that vaccination may not provide 100% protection against the new variants, though it may serve as the first line of defence. The reason is increase in cases of swine flu B viruses. Though A …
Process under way to increase rates charged by civic-run hospitals. WITH MUMBAI a global hotspot for tuberculosis, the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) budget is slated to make substantial allocations for prevention and early cure of the disease through procuring prevention kits and ration for all TB patients. The monthly …
Decision on manufacture hinges on Supreme Court decision in 2012 case The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), an advisory body that recommends vaccines for India’s Universal Immunization Programme (UIP), has given the green signal to the introduction of the Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the UIP. However, the …
Timely access to emergency care can substantially reduce mortality. International benchmarks for access to emergency hospital care have been established to guide ambitions for universal health care by 2030. However, no Pan-African database of where hospitals are located exists; therefore, we aimed to complete a geocoded inventory of hospital services …
PANAJI: Fruit ripening chambers can help consumers acquire healthy produce and save traders who resort to harmful practices from the authorities punitive action. "Ripening fruits by using chemicals is illegal and harmful to those who consume them," Jyothi Sardessai, director, food and drugs administration (FDA) said at the third biennial …
About 22 per cent Indian adults in urban areas suffer from constipation, a gut health survey by a multinational healthcare firm has suggested. Kolkata tops the chart at 28 per cent among eight cities where the survey—done by Abbott in association with a global market research firm—was undertaken. Chennai is …
A walk through the corridors of Tata Memorial Hospital in Parel would help understand India's diversity. Patients from across the country can be found waiting outside the outpatient departments and wards. But there is a flip side to this overcrowding: Long queues for consultation, radiation and surgery. For patients, it …
The data was brought out by a Right to Information query filed by activist Chetan Kothari. Across India, of the 10,612 deaths associated with AEFI, Andhra Pradesh accounted for half (5,800) among children from 2008 to 2017. Odisha comes next with 1,087 deaths followed by Bihar with 752. In the …
VISAKHAPATNAM: Despite the various awareness programmes, Andhra Pradesh has the highest number of smokers in South India with new smokers being constantly added to the numbers. The percentage of smokers in the state at 14.2 per cent is around 4 per cent above the national average of 10.7 per cent, …
Nagpur: In the wake of the high-grade fever and cough affecting a very large number of children in the city, senior paediatrician Dr Satish Deopujari has given a call to every counterpart not to prescribe any cough syrup to any child at all. He claims that cough syrups have no …
A weekly health report of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) suggests an unusual rise in the vector-borne diseases. The health department of the civic body, on Monday, reported 51 vector-borne cases within 20 days of the month. Generally, the vector-borne diseases appear during monsoon and post-monsoon period. The vector-borne diseases have …
KOLKATA: The persistent early morning fog — innocuous though it may seem — has left a trail of illnesses in Kolkata, including a drug-resistant cough that has been affecting children. Ever since pockets of the city started getting shrouded in a haze from last week, cases of severe respiratory distress, …
State Government today claimed that total 32 people have died due to swine flu in J&K; State during 2017. In a written reply to the question of NC member, Qaisar Jamsheed Lone in the Upper House today, Minister Incharge Health and Medical Education, Bali Bhagat claimed that the total number …
