This document is the second in a series of global reports describing progress towards the 2030 targets set in Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: a road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030. It describes a wide range of activities, accomplishments and challenges across the portfolio of …
The health of hundreds of thousands of mine workers in India is in danger as several states have ignored the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directives on prevention of silicosis, an incurable lung ailment. "Despite all states being reminded and sent guidelines regarding this malady (silicosis), the overall picture is …
The death toll from Thailand's worst floods in decades jumped above 500 on Sunday as the seemingly unstoppable waters crept deeper into Bangkok, swamping main roads and threatening the city centre. The government said the disaster has now killed 506 people nationwide — an increase of 60 from the figure …
JAIPUR: At least 20 Chikungunia cases have been reported so far in Udaipur. The cases seemed to be increasing with each passing day. The Usarda village in Udaipur is in complete surveillance of the state medical and health department as various residents of the area are complaining about joint pain …
Kohima: The HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Nagaland stands at an alarming 78 per cent. This means 7 to 8 people out of every 1000 people are infected with the deadly virus compared to the national average where only 3 to 4 persons out of every 1000 people. Dr Hutoka, Medical …
AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) aims to ready the master plan to combat the outbreak of diseases three months in advance. Talking to reporters, AMC commissioner Guruprasad Mohapatra admitted that the corporation has learnt its lessons and has decided that master plan will be readied three months in advance. …
New Delhi: The state government’s claims of better child healthcare lie exposed. Between 2009 and 2010, the infant mortality rate (children dying within the first year of birth) has increased 18.5% — from 18.96 per thousand to 22.47 per thousand. At the same time, the number of still-births has almost …
Authorities grappling with Thailand's worst flooding in decades are now facing the potential spread of disease as contaminated waters spread deeper into Bangkok. Volunteers have gathered at a Bangkok shopping mall to make 100,000 'decontamination balls' that they say will kill germs in water. Aid workers say at least two …
In the wake of increased numbers of hepatitis A, typhoid and other diarrhoeal diseases getting reported in the district, the Health authorities have raised concerns about the quality of water available to the people. As the water supplied by Kerala Water Authority fails to meet the needs of more than …
Rancid brown water licks at Samroeng Verravanich's thighs as he wades through one of Bangkok's many flooded streets. The garbageman plunges a white-gloved hand into the filth, fishes out a slimy plastic bag and slings it into the red basket he's towing. "If you have cuts, it can create infections …
This report provides an overview of the climate change trends and potential impacts on children in East Asia and the Pacific that appeared in studies covering five countries that were commissioned by the United Nations Children’s Fund. The country studies highlight children’s specific vulnerability to climate change that needs to …
The deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is 2015--only 4 years ahead. Although much progress has been made, much more has yet to be made. The same is true also for Bangladesh. The report summarizes the current global status of the health-related MDGs.
The NOTE India (National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication), body spearheading the anti-tobacco movement, on Sunday accused the Centre of investing Rs. 40,000 crore in tobacco companies in contravention of its anti-tobacco campaign. NOTE general secretary and cancer surgeon Shekhar Salkar said the Government of India and its undertakings had one-third …
Peak tides tested Bangkok's flood defenses on Sunday as hope rose that the center of the Thai capital might escape the worst floods in decades, but that was little comfort for swamped suburbs and provinces where worry about disease is growing. The floods have killed at least 381 people since …
Free medical check-up and treatment scheme to be launched on November 14, informs Sheila Dikshit. The Chacha Nehru Health Scheme, under which free medical check-up and treatment will be provided to all the school children, will be launched by the Delhi Government on Children's Day, November 14. At a meeting …
Medical facilities have collapsed as encephalitis epidemic continues to rage Even as the rest of India recovers from its Diwali celebrations, residents of Poorvanchal have been marking a grim time that descends on the eastern Uttar Pradesh region each year: a time local people call the season of death. Ever …
SHILLONG: About 37.7 percent of the state’s population has been covered under the Measles Catch Up Campaign which is being carried out to provide children between 9 months to 10 years of age with an additional dose of Measles vaccine, irrespective of previous vaccination status or disease history since October …
With 10 more persons succumbing to encephalitis, the death toll in the viral disease in eastern Uttar Pradesh has climbed to 488 this year, health officials said on Tuesday. Ten persons suffering from the disease died in various hospitals in the region in the last four days, they said. Over …
With over 400 children dying of Japanese encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh so far this year, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has suggested the setting up a group of ministers (GoM) to deal with the dreaded disease that claims hundreds of young lives every year. After holding …
Close to one lakh children below the age of five years died of diarrhoea attributable to rotavirus infection in 2008, accounting for 22 per cent of the total deaths reported globally, reports the latest edition of the Lancet Infection Diseases magazine. Diarrhoea related with the rotavirus infection resulted in 453,000 …
Guwahati: Schoolchildren in Shillong and Guwahati are found to be the most susceptible to various diseases caused by air pollution as per finding of a study on ‘Impact of air pollution in specific areas of Guwahati and Shillong on vulnerable groups’ that was carried out by the Centre for Northeast …
