Health
World health statistics 2025: Monitoring health for the SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals
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 …Enabling environments for nutrition advocacy: a comparison of infant and young child feeding and food fortification in Nigeria
The importance of an enabling environment for effective nutrition advocacy is well-recognized, and several key elements of such an environment have been well-established in existing research. However, nutrition policies are multi-faceted, and advocates may target different elements of the policy process, from agenda setting to design to implementation. As a …Born into the climate crisis: why we must act now to secure children’s rights
The threat posed to children and their rights by the climate crisis is not theoretical: it is real, and it is urgent. Save the Children has partnered with an international team of leading climate researchers led by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel to quantify the extent to which children will experience …Draft Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Amendment Regulations, 2021
The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) on September 27, 2021 has issued Draft Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Amendment Regulations, 2021 to further amend the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020. The amendment in the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) …Draft Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Rules,2021
The Ministry of Ayush on September 23, 2021 has issued Draft Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945. In Rule 30AA which specifies “Import of New Homoeopathic medicines”, has been inserted in the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, namely: (1) No New …A double dose of inequality: Pharma companies and the Covid-19 vaccines crisis
The rapid development of effective Covid-19 vaccines in 2020 gave hope to the world in the darkest days of the deadly pandemic. However, the vaccine roll-out has been massively skewed towards wealthy nations. While rich states have hoarded vaccines, companies have also played a decisive role in restricting fair access …Draft Food Safety and Standards (Foods for Infant Nutrition) Amendment Regulations, 2021
The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) on September 22, 2021 has issued Draft Food Safety and Standards (Foods for Infant Nutrition) Amendment Regulations, 2021 to further amend the Food Safety and Standards (Foods for Infant Nutrition) Regulations, 2020. The amendment in the Food Safety and Standards (Foods …Fed to fail? the crisis of children’s diets in early life.- 2021 Child Nutrition Report
Nutritious food in the earliest years of life is the cornerstone of a child’s development. Yet 2 in 3 children between the ages of 6 months to two years are not getting the nutritious diets they need to grow well. For the first time, UNICEF’s flagship report examines the latest …From double shock to double recovery: implications and options for health financing in the time of COVID-19
This publication updates the analyses presented in the original discussion paper “From Double Shock to Double Recovery – Implications and Options for Health Financing in the Time of COVID-19,” published in March 2021 (C. Kurowski, D. B. Evans, et al. 2021). The original paper used macroeconomic projections released by the …Protecting children during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond
Joining Forces for Africa (JOFA), the consortium formed by six major child-focused NGOs (Child Fund International, Plan International, Save the Children, SOS Children Villages, Terre des Hommes International Federation, and World Vision) has released its new report “Protecting children during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond”. The study highlights the most …WHO/ILO joint estimates of the work-related burden of disease and injury, 2000-2016: global monitoring report
Work-related diseases and injuries were responsible for the deaths of 1.9 million people in 2016, according to the first joint estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour Organization (ILO). According to the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury, 2000-2016: Global Monitoring Report …Draft Haryana Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2021
The Labour Department, Haryana on September 16, 2021 has issued Draft Haryana Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2021. The Rule will extend to whole of the State of Haryana. The Provisions under the Haryana Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2021 are as follows: - Application for …Drugs (Draft Amendment) Rules, 2021
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare vide its notification dated 13th September 2021 has published the Drugs (Draft Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Drugs Rules, 1945. Through this amendment, a new class of drug has been notified under schedule K which shall be exempted from the provisions …Air pollution and development in Africa: impacts on health, the economy and human capital
The Air Pollution and Development in Africa: Impacts on Health, the Economy and Human Capital Report assess the impacts of both household and ambient air pollution on health and the economy in African countries. Looking to the future economic impacts of ambient air pollution, the authors also examine the projected …Monitoring progress on universal health coverage and the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in the South- East Asia Region
The sixth annual report on Monitoring progress towards UHC and the health-related SDGs in the South-East Asia Region provides a comprehensive overview on where we are and what is needed to achieve the UHC and health-related SDGs. The report highlights progress in the areas of reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child …Endline assessment of fortification of mid-day meal programme in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Assessment of WFP India’s support to the Government of Uttar Pradesh to provide an operationally feasible and economically viable model on integrating fortified rice in the Mid Day Meals to create a positive impact on the micronutrient status and functional performance of school children for potential scale-up across the state. …Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment
WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource to unite this expertise from across the UN system. Environmental pollution and other environmental risks cause 24 per cent of …Atlas of mortality and economic losses from weather, climate and water extremes (1970–2019)
A disaster related to a weather, climate or water hazard occurred every day on average over the past 50 years – killing 115 people and causing US$ 202 million in losses daily, according to this new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). A disaster related to a weather, climate …Global status report on the public health response to dementia
Halfway into the implementation of the Global dementia action plan, the Global status report on the public health response to dementia takes stock of actions driven by Member States, WHO and civil society since the adoption of the global action plan, identifies barriers to its implementation especially in light of …Climate change and social vulnerability in the United States: a focus on six impacts
This report contributes to a better understanding of the degree to which four socially vulnerable populations—defined based on income, educational attainment, race and ethnicity, and age, may be more exposed to the highest impacts of climate change in six categories: Air Quality and Health; Extreme Temperature and Health; Extreme Temperature …Improving diets in rural Ghana: food system analysis to identify opportunities for nutrition-sensitive small and medium enterprises
This publication presents an in-depth analysis of the food system in Ghana with the dual purpose of providing an overview of the current situation, and identifying opportunities for leveraging the role of small and medium-sized enterprises for nutrition-sensitive food systems. The data collected and the results of the analysis enhance …