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 health care risk waste treatment facility expected to open next year in the capital city is environmentally safe. The facility, which consists of a fuel pump, autoclave and incinerator, came about as a result of the municipality identifying gaps in how health care risk waste is generally managed in …
Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are among the 15 countries accounting for about 80 per cent of malaria deaths globally in 2016, says the World Malaria Report 2017. The other countries in Africa with a high incidence of malaria cases and deaths are Ethiopia, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan …
The Senate is reviewing the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Act to ensure that it is made mandatory for all Nigerians.The law making body is also working to ensure the subsidisation of premium for poor Nigerians who cannot afford to pay for the health insurance. The Senate Committee Chairman on …
At least half of the world’s population cannot obtain essential health services, according to a new report from the World Bank and WHO. And each year, large numbers of households are being pushed into poverty because they must pay for health care out of their own pockets. Currently, 800 million …
The built environment might be associated with development of obesity and related disorders. We examined whether neighbourhood exposure to fast-food outlets and physical activity facilities were associated with adiposity in UK adults. Original Source
Thus, of India’s 135 crore people, 100 crore have no cover against catastrophic health expenses. The NDA government is “committed to UHC”, Health Minister J P Nadda asserted at an event on Monday, the eve of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day. However, only 27 per cent Indians or approximately 35 …
As the winter season is progressing, the swine flu strain in Marwar is proving to be more dangerous. It has been revealed in the research conducted by the country’s microbiology labs in view of the growing patients in the state. The medical college of Jodhpur has also confirmed it. The …
Bareilly: The state government has directed the chief medical officers of 25 “high risk” districts to conduct a door-to-door survey to for early detection, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Officials said that these surveys will be started from December 26. In a recent letter to CMOs, Padmakar Singh, director general, …
KOLKATA: The dengue outbreak is set to persist for the whole of December, something that has never happened in the recent past, believe experts. Going by the prevailing weather conditions, the number of cases and frequency of deaths, the virus is likely to remain active for at least three more …
The Competition Commission’s health-market inquiry has cast the spotlight on the role that private hospitals play in driving up healthcare costs, saying they are responsible for a significant portion of the above-inflation increases in expenditure reported by medical schemes. The inquiry was established to investigate the dynamics at play in …
The Eastern Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service has stated that the facility has intensified surveillance on the spread of meningitis after the disease claimed the life of a second year student of Koforidua SECTECH. As part of measures to check the spread of the disease, the Health Director …
Asmara — The Ministry of Health has ratified and made public the national policy of traditional medicines at a meeting conducted on 6 December at Orotta Referral Hospital Hall. The national policy was drafted in 2015. At the occasion in which Ministers, professionals and invited guests took part, Ms. Amina …
The study involved researchers from Tenwek hospital, US National Cancer Institute, University of Missouri and Mayo Clinic. This is one of several global efforts to understand the cause for high rates of throat cancer in Bomet and surrounding areas Scientists have linked the exceptionally high rates of throat cancer in …
The Haiti water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) Poverty Diagnostic seeks to inform how to maximize the socioeconomic impact of the scarce fiscal resources channeled to the sector. The study assesses the linkages between improved access to WASH services, poverty, and health outcomes. The diagnostic also provides convincing evidence of …
Jodhpur : With 5 deaths in 4 days, the Swine Flu has again rearing its head in Jodhpur. The deadly virus has claimed 16 deaths this year out of 119 tested positive putting all the affiliated hospitals of the S N Medical College. Incharge of Swine Flu ward, Suman Bhansali …
HYDERABAD: The dengue season, which is usually over by September-end, still continues to torment the state this year with 20-25 cases being reported each day. On Friday, 23 new cases were reported across the state. Experts said this trend was happening on account of the weather. They have also advised …
According to a senior health ministry official, daily treatment regimen is likely to be more effective with lesser relapses and it is expected to reduce drug-resistance with greater compliance. On the lines of its anti-polio drive, the health ministry has launched a 15-day door-to-door campaign across the country for early …
Women mostly in the age group of 20-40 yrs have this condition. Hyderabad: Malnutrition, immune-suppression, diabetes, chemotherapy, improper drug compliance and monotherapy are some of the reasons for the occurance of abdominal tuberculosis (TB), which accounts for 11 per cent of the cases of extra-pulmonary TB. Abdominal TB is an …
KOCHI: Kerala has the largest number of diabetes patients followed by Tamil Nadu and Punjab, according to endocrinologists and diabetologists in the state. While 19.4% people have diabetes in Kerala, the corresponding figures in Chandigarh and Tamil Nadu are 13.6% and 10% respectively, according to analysis of separate studies done …
The district Health Department has written to higher authorities for the delivery of swine flu testing kits before the onset of the season. The officials said they have sent a demand for the testing kits. The swine flu lab at Government Medical College here had become operational around two years …
