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 UT Health Department is going to introduce rotavirus vaccine (RVV) in Routine Immunisation Schedule from July onwards. Rotavirus vaccine will be provided free of cost under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP). Rotavirus is a highly contagious virus and makes thousands of babies and young children sick every year. Vaccination …
Shimla: While Punjab has achieved the sustainable development target on under-five mortality rate (U5MR) with 25 deaths per 1,000 live births, Himachal Pradesh is yet to achieve the goal. NITI Aayog’s report “Health Index June 2019” has revealed that U5MR was 33 for every 1,000 child in 2015 but came …
MUZAFFARPUR: Of the 38 districts in the state, Muzaffarpur, the epicentre of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) that has claimed lives of 154 children so far, was ranked 18th as far as implementation of midday meal scheme is concerned. The report, released by Bihar State Midday Meal Committee for financial year …
MUMBAI: Pharma major Gilead Sciences has failed to deliver on promises to make an important drug available to patients suffering from a life-threatening HIV-related infection in certain developing countries including India, the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said. Nearly one year ago, Gilead announced its ‘access initiative’ promising …
In today’s day and age, it would be near impossible to find anyone, who doesn’t own a cell phone. Despite the debate around the associated health risks due to electromagnetic radiation from handsets and mobile towers, in India, none of the states have tried to exercise any control on mushrooming …
The food industry has expressed concerns over the proposed changes The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued draft regulations aiming to mandate packaged food companies to label high fat, sugar and salt contents in front of the package itself in red colour. Alarmed by rising rates …
This paper presents the three-year impacts of an improved biomass cookstove on child and adult health in rural Ethiopia. After near complete stove adoption during an initial one-year randomized controlled trial, 60 percent of treatment households continued to use the improved stoves three-years on and experienced reductions in hazardous airborne …
The vaccine was designed at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Till date, Cholera has been responsible for seven pandemics and accounts for nearly Hyderabad: Global research and development organization Hilleman Laboratories on Wednesday announced that it will further develop and manufacture its next-generation oral Cholera vaccine Hillchol in collaboration …
Dehradun: Falling two slots from last year’s 15th rank, Uttarakhand this year was relegated to the 17th position among 21 states of the country in the healthcare rankings recently released by central government think tank Niti Aayog in its report titled ‘Healthy States Progressive India: Report on Rank of States …
The majority of developing countries will fail to achieve their targets for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the health- and poverty-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) unless they take urgent steps to strengthen their health financing. The UHC financing agenda fits squarely within the core mission of the G20 to promote …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Food quality under Mid-Day-Meal Scheme, 27/06/2019. Under the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, central assistance is released for cost of food grains, transportation cost, cooking cost and honorarium to cook-cum helpers and Management, Monitoring & Evaluation (MME) as recurring grant as well as construction of kitchen-cum-store …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Rising Malnourishment Among Children, 27/06/2019, As per the report of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) – 4 conducted by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2015-16, 35.7% children under 5 years of age are underweight and 38.4% are stunted.
Country needs to double its efforts to control malnutrition Almost one in three Indian children under five years will still be stunted by 2022 going by current trends, according to an analysis of the country’s food and nutrition security released on Tuesday. Over the last decade, child stunting — which …
The FDA officials have received the correspondence and will carry out a survey and send notices to the concerned department. Mumbai: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed curbing advertisements of unhealthy food such as High Fat, Salt and Sugar (HFSS) in and around school premises. …
The writ petition raises issues of grave concern and importance relating to public medical care facilities, nutrition and sanitation or hygiene, says the bench The Supreme Court said the deaths of more than 100 children in Muzaffarpur due to an outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) is a matter of …
Researchers point to sharp divergence in economic prosperity and social development A comprehensive analysis of the social impact of rising inequality released on Monday by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has blamed State policies for catastrophes like the outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) that has resulted in 120-plus deaths …
According to health authorities, the number of cases has come down from 2017, when 6,390 suspected cases of dengue were registered. Of those, 1,691 blood samples sent to NIV had tested positive for dengue virus. There were eight deaths due to dengue in 2017. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Deaths Due to Heatwaves, 25/06/2019. The data on deaths due to heatwave is not being maintained centrally by this Ministry. However, as per the information received from Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the deaths reported due to …
Almost one in three Indian children under five years will still be stunted by 2022 going by current trends, according to an analysis of the country’s food and nutrition security released. Over the last decade, child stunting — which is a measure of chronic malnutrition — has reduced at a …
Kerala has emerged as the top ranking state in the second health index launched by NITI Aayog, while Uttar Pradesh is the worst, reported PTI. The health index is a composite measure of States and Union Territories based on 23 health indicators with major weightage to the outcomes. The second …
