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 …Engaging the private sector for health SDGs: lessons from India’s National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme
With the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals taking centre stage as 2030 nears, it is imperative to look at models to engage the private sector in healthcare delivery. India’s National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) has taken a lead in mobilising the private sector, using a patient-centric approach to manage …National policy on research & development and innovation in the pharma-med tech sector in India
The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has notified the National Policy on Research & Development and Innovation in the Pharma-Med Tech Sector in India with reforms in terms of regulatory framework and streamlining processes reducing the approval timelines, incentivising investment in innovation and creation of an enabling ecosystem for innovation and …Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on performance audit of Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India contains results of the Performance Audit on Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) covering the period September 2018 to March 2021. Ayushman Bharat is a health scheme of the Government of India launched on 23 September 2018 …WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023: protect people from tobacco smoke
The ninth WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic tracks the progress made by countries in tobacco control since 2008 and, marks 15 years since the introduction of the MPOWER technical package which is designed to help countries implement the demand-reduction measures of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. …Sanitation and hygiene for all: 'make a splash!' partnership progress report 2022-2023
An estimated 3.6 billion people – almost half the global population – live without access to safely managed sanitation. These figures come with a devastating human cost: each day, around 1000 children under 5 years of age die from diarrheal diseases attributed directly or indirectly to unsafe water, sanitation and …A vision for clean cooking access for all
Nearly one in three people, the vast majority of them in the poorest regions of the world, still lack access to clean cooking facilities, with major ramifications for public health, local environments and socio-economic development. Inhaling hazardous smoke from traditional stoves and open fires causes millions of premature deaths annually, …The big catch-up: an essential immunization recovery plan for 2023 and beyond
The backsliding of immunization coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with delayed catch-up efforts has resulted in a large and growing immunity gap. There is an urgent need to close this gap, and enable millions of missed children to be vaccinated. The Essential Immunization Recovery Plan sets out a path …Order of the Supreme Court regarding menstrual hygiene management for girls studying in schools, 24/07/2023
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Dr Jaya Thakur Vs Government of India & Others dated 24/07/2023. The matter related to framing policy on menstrual hygiene for girls studying in schools. Aishwarya Bhati, Additional Solicitor General, stated that pursuant to the order dated April 10, …Children with disabilities in Eastern and Southern Africa: a statistical overview of their well-being
Nearly 29 million children with disabilities live in Eastern and Southern Africa. Each of them – like every child in the world – has the right to be nurtured and supported through responsive care and education, to receive adequate nutrition and social protection, and to enjoy play and leisure time. …A global digital health system for non-communicable diseases: advancing holistic outcomes and universal health coverage
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the largest cause of mortality and premature deaths worldwide, killing 50 million people every year. NCDs can be controlled through awareness and preventative and curative interventions. Yet, there is no global solution that can identify individuals at risk and enable the effective and equitable scaling of …Guidelines on alternatives to highly hazardous pesticides
The Guidelines on Alternatives to Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) is designed to: (a) Identify the roles of the different stakeholders in the process of replacing HHPs and suggest how they can support one another in order to maintain agricultural productivity while protecting health and the environment; (b) Provide information and …National multidimensional poverty index: a progress review 2023
Nearly 13.5 crore people were pulled out of multi-dimensional poverty in five years on the back of improvement in parameters of nutrition, sanitation, years of schooling and access to cooking fuel among others, according to this report by NITI Aayog. A record 13.5 crore people moved out of multidimensional poverty …Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children
This guideline provides updated, evidence-informed guidance on the intake of saturated fatty acids and trans-fatty acids to reduce the risk of diet-related noncommunicable diseases in adults and children, particularly cardiovascular diseases. This guideline is intended for a wide audience involved in the development, design and implementation of policies and programmes …Investing in health and the economy: curbing the crisis of non-communicable diseases
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) cause 41 million preventable deaths each year, approximately six times the number of people who have died from COVID-19 so far. The estimated economic loss resulting from the five most common NCDs is US$2 trillion annually, more than the nominal GDP of most countries in the G20. …The path that ends AIDS: global AIDS update 2023
This report makes clear that there is a path to end AIDS. Taking that path will help ensure preparedness to address other pandemic challenges, and advance progress across the Sustainable Development Goals. The data and real-world examples in the report make it very clear what that path is. It is …Global multidimensional poverty index 2023: unstacking global poverty - data for high-impact action
Around 415 million people exited poverty within a span of just 15 years between 2005 to 2021 in India, according to this latest Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2023 report by the UNDP and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). This report presents a compact update on the state …Chronic poverty report 2023: pandemic poverty
CPAN’s Chronic Poverty Report 2023: Pandemic Poverty provides evidence and analysis on how policies and programmes shaped and were shaped by the Covid-19 pandemic. It aims to help decision-makers and multi-lateral agencies prepare for future crises as well as suggesting recommendations to recover equitably from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Chronic …Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene 2000–2022: special focus on gender
Women and girls responsible for fetching water in 7 out of 10 households without supplies on premises, according to this first in-depth analysis of gender inequalities in drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in households. The 2023 WHO/UNICEF JMP report on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene has a special …Advancing the global agenda on prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2000 to 2020
This document highlights landmarks and key milestones in the development and implementation of the global agenda for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) over the last two decades. It summarizes where the world was in 2000, where it is in 2022, and where the world wants to be in terms of NCD prevention …Centring local values in assessing and addressing climate-related losses and damages
There is a limited understanding of the intangible and subjective losses and damages from climate change people experience and how to address them. Fortunately, the number of studies explicitly focusing on ‘non-economic’ losses and damages is growing. However, these assessments are commonly shaped by top-down, standardised conceptualisations, resulting in incomplete …