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 …
This is close to the WHO threshold of 22.8 India has 20.6 health workers per 10,000 people, a study based on National Sample Survey Organisation reveals. While it is less than the World health Organisation’s minimum threshold of 22.8, the numbers have increased from 19 health workers per 10000 people …
A status check by the TB control unit of the PMC showed that out of 710 private hospitals/ nursing homes, 24 were reporting TB cases while six laboratories out of 406 were sending the information. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) health department has floated a proposal to set up an …
Jaipur: State’s health department is among five in South-East Asia region of WHO to receive award for its accomplishment in the area of tobacco control. It is the only government body in the country which will be awarded for its tobacco free initiatives (TFIs) on the World Tobacco Day (May …
If current trends are not checked, there will be more than 70 million babies born to teenage girls globally between now and 2030, a new report by Save the Children has found. Nigeria is expected to overtake India as the country with the largest burden of adolescent births. The 2019 …
Two cases of polio have been reported in the Central African Republic, the World Health Organization said in a report on Tuesday, the latest setback for global efforts to eradicate the crippling disease. The cases, reported to WHO on May 24, were caused by “vaccine-derived” polio rather than the wild …
Visakhapatnam: Ahead of World Digestive Health Day (May 29), doctors point out that gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are at times mis-diagnosed as digestive disorders or other stomach ailments thereby delaying treatment. In India, cancers of the stomach and oesophagus (food pipe) followed by pancreas and bile duct are the most common …
Nashik: The Nashik Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will undertake an awareness campaign, involving 5,000 schools and junior colleges across the district, about “Eating Right” habits of students. The campaign will start in June (the new academic year) and continue till the end of December. Under this campaign, both private …
Progress has been made towards achieving global and regional immunization targets in the African Region. The introduction of new vaccines in Africa has been a major success, gathering pace with Gavi support. Introduction of multiple new vaccines, such as pneumococcal conjugate and rotavirus vaccines, have taken place in several countries …
An Expert Explains: In biggest bout, knockout This time, BIMSTEC leaders are invited to Modi’s swearing-in Community pharmacists can help in detecting undiagnosed cases of tuberculosis (TB), as they are the first point of contact for many sick patients, a new study in Patna has found. The study found that …
Regular health checks are key: Apollo Hospitals chairman Non-communicable diseases (NCD) are conquerable, and the aim is to stop NCDs by bringing in awareness and health checks, Prathap C. Reddy, executive chairman of Apollo Hospitals Group said. Speaking at the inauguration of a digital PET-CT at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre …
To make children aged 0-5 years free from polio disease, a pulse polio drive would be held in the district from June 16 to 20. The drive would be held in Ludhiana city, Sahnewal and urban areas of Koom Kalan block, besides children from migratory families living in rural areas …
Conducts door-to-door survey to check dengue, chikungunya The Health Department has started a door-to-door campaign to check the breeding of aedes aegypti, a mosquito which is responsible for the spread of dengue and chikungunya diseases. The city has been divided into various zones for the purpose of survey during which …
Think twice before having a glass of milk. You may be drinking a 'cocktail of milk, white paint and detergent. Come summer, and there is acute shortage of milk in the country, and it is during these months that milk and related products tend to turn more unsafe than other …
Civic body's public health department trains its medical staff for dealing with monsoon-related diseases in city In order to treat patients with monsoon-related diseases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s public health department has already started planning to tackle the illnesses and take precautions before the monsoon begins. The civic-run public …
Account for 22 per cent of total deaths in two years Tuberculosis, HIV and Hepatitis-C are the biggest killer in jails in the state. The fact came to the fore in a recent study. As per a study on custodial deaths conducted by Amritsar Medical College’s Department of Forensic Medicine …
More than 94,000 people die of non communicable diseases (NCDs) in Ghana every year, a study by the Ghana Non-Communicable Disease Alliance (GhNCDA) has revealed. The deaths, according to the non-profit organisation, amounts to 43 per cent of all deaths in the country annually. Speaking at the launch of the …
Hundreds of children remain separated from their parents two months after a powerful cyclone battered Mozambique leaving them in limbo and at risk of abuse or being trafficked into slavery, charities warned on Wednesday. Cyclone Idai struck central Mozambique on March 14, ripping apart homes, schools and health clinics, and …
Algeria - the nation where malaria was discovered - is officially free of malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, making it the third African country to eliminate one of the world's leading killer diseases. With no recorded cases of malaria in three consecutive years, Argentina was also …
The trial is going to use the Janssen Ebola Vaccine that was developed by Janssen Pharmaceutical Company. Phase I and II human trials of the vaccine have already been carried out by the Oxford Vaccine Group in the United Kingdom. The study will be carried out at Mbarara University of …
Health officials have warned that the second-deadliest outbreak of Ebola may spiral out of control unless attacks by armed groups on medical facilities and workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) stop. Speaking to reporters in Geneva on Wednesday, Oly Ilunga Kalenga, the DRC's health minister, said the …
