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 …
JAIPUR: Efforts to reduce new HIV infections in the state have started showing results. A report issued by National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) shows that there is a decline of 37% in new HIV infections from the baseline values of 2010. In the country, from 2010 to 2017 new infections …
JAIPUR: Swine flu continues to claim lives in the state, despite the rise in temperatures. Two more persons died of swine flu in the first week April. According to health department report, one death was reported from Bhilwara and one from Banswara. The death toll has increased to 192 this …
Gurgaon: The total number of swine flu cases recorded in the city has gone up to 61 in the past five months. This is the highest number of confirmed cases in the city since 2011. Gurgaon has also reported six deaths due to H1N1 virus this winter. Out of 90 …
NEW DELHI: Besides early implementation of measures to prevent breeding of mosquitoes, South Delhi Municipal Corporation has come up with a year-long detailed action plan for 2019-20 that clearly defines each month’s activities and responsibilities of departments and officials. “Though the breeding of mosquitoes is directly related to the amount …
A transition away from the use of fuelwood and charcoal for cooking can prevent hundreds of thousands of premature deaths caused by household air pollution. This study explores various policy options and pathways for such a transition in Sub-Saharan Africa, and their implications for costs, child health, biodiversity and greenhouse …
Many nations including India realise that often their citizens have to choose between spending on healthcare and meeting their daily living expenses. As we observe World Health Day, the emphasis on achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in countries in all regions of the world and particularly in the Southeast Asian …
Swine flu cases have risen in most of the North Indian since the month of January of 2019 as compared to the total number of cases in these states in the year 2018, as per the latest Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), a report released by the National Centre for …
There is a need to focus on 100% adherence particularly in antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV treatment said an expert at a panel discussion on adherence to treatment protocols on Wednesday. Dr Rajesh Gopal, additional project director, Gujarat State Aids Control Society (GSACS) said that adherence is the single most …
Swine flu scare has gripped the financial capital. The city is seeing an alarming rise in the number of swine flu cases, with at least 121 people tested positive for the infectious seasonal influenza so far this year. Last year, the city had recorded only cases of 25 swine flu. …
Average life-expectancy globally has increased by five-and-a-half years since the turn of the century, and women outlive men “everywhere”, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Whether it’s homicide, road accidents, suicide, cardiovascular disease - time and time again, men are doing worse than women, said WHO’s World Health Statistics Overview …
World health statistics 2019 summarizes recent trends and levels in life expectancy and causes of death, and reports on the health and health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and associated targets. Where possible, the 2019 report disaggregates data by WHO region, World Bank income group, and sex; it also discusses differences …
The Ministry of health and Child Care (MOHCC) launched a Mental Health strategy to cover the period 2019- 2023. This comes at a time when the Ministry of Health and Child Care is moving with the global thrust to promote early identification, treatment, rehabilitative and palliative services in non-communicable diseases …
The Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control, NCDC, has confirmed 23 new cases of Lassa fever including 4 deaths. According to the report released on its website for the week 11th ending 17th March, 2019, the new cases were reported from nine states, namely Edo with eight cases; Ondo with four …
Mchinji — Mchinji District Health Office officials have diagnosed two cholera cases at Mikundi Health facility in the district, an incident that has put a dent on Mchinji's record of zero cholera cases for the past four years. Confirming the development on Friday, Mchinji District Health Promotions Officer, Owen Chataika …
The number of confirmed cases of cholera in the cyclone-hit Mozambican port city of Beira jumped from five to 138 on Friday, as government and aid agencies battled to contain the spread of disease among the tens of thousands of victims of the storm. Cyclone Idai smashed into Beira on …
The World Health Organization says insecurity and community mistrust in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s conflict-ridden North Kivu Province are major impediments to international health efforts to bring the deadly Ebola outbreak under control. Latest official figures put the number of Ebola cases in the Eastern DRC at 1,089, including …
As the flood waters recede in cyclone-hit southern Africa, officials are starting to assess medium- and longer-term requirements, including food security, health needs and improving disaster preparedness. "For 2019, food security is going to be a serious, serious issue," World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley told a U.N. meeting …
Scientists working on developing vaccines against Ebola have found they can "harvest" antibodies from volunteers vaccinated in research trials and use them to make treatments for the deadly viral infection. In a study published Tuesday in the journal Cell Reports, the scientists said the approach could be used for Ebola …
Overall life expectancy in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, has dropped to 52.2 years, according to the latest data by the National Population Commission (NPC). In a statement reaching Xinhua in Abuja on Tuesday, the NPC confirmed that the overall life expectancy in the country has dropped by three years. …
Children under five years will this month start receiving malaria vaccine in Mangochi under the pilot Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) by the district health office and College of Medicine. Keeping Malawi children safe from Malaria with vaccines Mangochi Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) coordinator Francis Mwanoka said this on …
