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 …
Delhi has seen a sharp surge in swine flu, with 1,011 cases reported since January 1 this year, making the capital second to only Rajasthan in the number of cases reported, data from National Centre for Disease Control reveals. At least 895 of these cases are figure in Delhi government …
Despite significant declines in under five mortality (U5M) over the last 3 decades, Kenya did not achieve Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4) by 2015. To better understand trends and inequalities in child mortality, analysis of U5M variation at subnational decision making units is required. Here the comprehensive compilation and …
KOLKATA: The KMC health department on Wednesday decided to deploy drones to locate potential breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Deputy mayor Atin Ghosh held a meeting with borough chairpersons and senior civic officials to chalk out a plan for drone surveillance to combat dengue. According to a KMC health department source, …
HYDERABAD: Telangana has recorded the highest number of cases of swine flu between January 1 and 27 in south India. A total of 245 cases were recorded in the state (largely in areas within GHMC’s jurisdiction) during this period, as compared to 152 in Karnataka, 98 in Kerala, 77 in …
Five cases of transfusion-transmitted dengue, including one case of dengue haemorrhagic fever, have been documented. Hyderabad: Those infected with dengue must not donate blood for six months after recovery, according to the recent guidelines released by the National Blood Transfusion Council, as the dengue disease can also be transmitted through …
Swine flu death toll in the state rose to 31 in the current year with four more patients succumbing on Thursday, the state health department said. The deaths were reported from Banaskantha, Porbandar, Chhota Udepur, and Junagadh city, the health department said in a release. The health department said that …
The Nutrition Embedded Evaluation Program Impact Evaluation (NEEP-IE) cluster randomized control trial (CRCT) aimed to assess the effectiveness of implementing an agriculture and nutritional intervention through preschools, known as community-based child care centres (CBCCs) in Malawi. This included; activities to promote nutritious food production and consumption, promotion of optimal feeding …
Agriculture's vast potential to improve nutrition is just beginning to be tapped. New ideas, research, and initiatives developed over the past decade have created an opportunity for reimagining and redesigning agricultural and food systems for the benefit of nutrition. To support this transformation, the book reviews the latest findings, results …
In line with the Government of India’s deep commitment towards elimination of viral hepatitis, the “National Action Plan – Viral Hepatitis” was launched by Union Minister of State, Health & Family Welfare. Viral hepatitis is recognized as an important public health problem across the world. According to WHO estimates, viral …
The National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme, a new initiative under the National Health Mission, marks the beginning of the nation’s journey to control Viral Hepatitis and thereby reducing mortality and morbidity attributed to it. It is envisioned that this programme wilt reach large number of persons possible harboring the infection. …
Access to safe drinking water and sanitation is the foremost resilience measure for climate change adaptation in the long run as well as an emergency response to get life back on track after an extreme weather event or a disaster. Although WASH is an important reactive strategy for disaster response …
While the Islamabad High Court waits to hear a case regarding the enlarged pictorial health warning on cigarette packaging, the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) on Tuesday issued a notification increasing the size of the warning from 50 to 60pc, on either side of the pack. The ministry has …
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, are making rapid strides in finding a drug to treat those affected by Zika virus. So far, more than a million people across the world have fallen prey to the infection. A team, led by Dr Rajanish Giri, Assistant Professor, Biotechnology, II- …
Residents of Raniwala village turn superstitious Two people of Raniwala village in the Lambi Assembly segment have died due to swine flu in the past 10 days and one villager is undergoing treatment for the disease at Faridkot. Several villagers have turned superstitious. A majority of people in the village …
Soils in tropical and temperate locations are known to be a sink for the genetic potential of anthropogenic-driven acquired antibiotic resistance (AR). In contrast, accumulation of acquired AR is less probable in most Polar soils, providing a platform for characterizing background resistance and establishing a benchmark for assessing AR spread. …
The revolution in hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment through the development of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) has generated international interest in the global elimination of the disease as a public health threat. In 2017, this led WHO to establish elimination targets for 2030. We evaluated the impact of public health interventions …
NEW DELHI: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has been identified as one of the 10 threats to global health in 2019 by World Health Organisation (WHO). The other threats on this list include HIV, Ebola, dengue, vaccine hesitancy, air pollution and climate change. The health organisation has warned that if action is …
The latest IDSP (Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme), a report by the Health Ministry has revealed that the number of swine flu cases in the first three weeks of 2019 in some North Indian states has already crossed the total number of cases reported in those states in 2018. The alarming …
The virus H1N1 has not changed its strain in Rajasthan and tamiflu medicine is quite effective for its treatment in the state, officials from National Institute of Virology, (NIV), Pune confirmed. Before this, in last summer, NIV and SMS Medical college officials had confirmed that H1N1 virus in Rajasthan, just …
As per the state government health department, around 8 people have died in Maharashtra due to swine flu in January this year. Due to change in climate, more people are suffering from swine flu in the month of January. Between January 1 and 24, besides the death of eight patients, …
