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 city on Tuesday recorded 26 new cases of Swine Flu, the highest to be recorded for a day in 2018. All the cases were recorded within the Ahmedabad Corporation limits. With this, the total number of swine flu cases within AMC limits has touched 348 for this month alone …
The government has set up a high-level task force to determine how Wild Polio Virus 2 (WPV2) traces surfaced in the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) batches made by Ghaziabad-based Biomed, which is facing criminal prosecution for the lapse. Since September 2015 when the Global Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis …
Pune: As many as 69 people succumbed to swine flu in Maharashtra in September alone, taking the state’s death toll from the contagion to 101 in the first nine months of the year. In fact, August with 22 deaths and September with 69 accounted for 91 of the 101 casualties. …
Educational policies may increase or decrease health differences, depending on whether they reinforce or counteract gene-related differences. We investigate whether one such policy affected health differently for people with different genetic backgrounds. We find that the additional education generated by the policy benefited those with higher genetic risk of obesity …
Evidence based Traditional complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM) in the management of diabetes and hypertension is essential for its general acceptance in the scientific community.The aim of this study was to find clinical relevance and use of TCAM in the management of diabetes and hypertension on the African continent. To …
At least three batches of polio vaccines containing 1.5 lakh vials have been found contaminated with type 2 polio virus, putting at risk India’s “polio free” status as children born after April 2016 — when the type 2 virus was withdrawn worldwide including in India — do not have immunity …
AHMEDABAD: Back in March 2016, the Unicef Rapid Survey on Children covering India had warned Gujarat that around 10.1% children in the state were grossly underweight and 41.6% showed stunted growth. In August 2017, the National Family Health Survey said that among children under the age of 5 in Gujarat, …
“The North corporation is under acute financial crunch. Not many people want to work in corporation hospitals where the salary remains delayed for months, especially at a time when the private sector is so lucrative,” said a North body official. The Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Diseases Hospital, where 24 children died …
Disease is spreading fast in northern part of Bengal At least a dozen people have died due to dengue in West Bengal in the last two months. Last week, the vector borne disease claimed two more lives in Kolkata. In north Bengal, over 50 people are hospitalised in suburban and …
The Conference of Parties to the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) opens its eighth session (COP 8), with a view to defining a roadmap for strengthening and expanding the scope of the landmark global health treaty. The COP8 discussions from 1 to 6 October bring together delegations from …
Safe sanitation is essential for health, from preventing infection to improving and maintaining mental and social well-being. Developed in accordance with the processes set out in the WHO Handbook for Guideline Development, these guidelines provide comprehensive advice on maximizing the health impact of sanitation interventions. The guidelines summarize the evidence …
Pick a day at random, and you can bet that nearly 40% of Americans will eat fast food during those 24 hours, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Between 2013 and 2016, 36.6% of American adults said …
Household air pollution caused by smoke from burning solid fuels for cooking is a major source of mortality and morbidity in India. Recent studies estimate that it is also a major contributor to outdoor pollution in addition to contributing to four of the five leading causes of mortality and morbidity. …
The 2018 edition of the Atlas of African health statistics describes the health situation and trends in the WHO African Region. Analysis is based on standardized data from the World Health Organization and other agencies of the United Nations, such as UNICEF and the World Bank. The focus is on …
India’s per capita gross domestic product (GDP) can rise an additional 13% by 2031 if family planning policies are actively prioritised, according to a new study. This can also prevent 2.9 million infant deaths and 1.2 million maternal deaths and save households Rs 77,600 crore (20%) of out-of-pocket health expenditure …
A study conducted on a survey done on 837 people across four major cities reveals that belly fat owing to lifestyle changes leads to heart risk. At least 69 per cent of Delhiites with belly fat are at a risk of heart disease, confirms the study. "It is well established …
The dreaded swine flu virus has claimed almost 90 lives in Maharashtra since January. However, while regions on city's periphery have seen cases of H1N1 infections, the city has not reported any deaths from swine flu, said state public health department officials. According to statistics sourced from the directorate of …
‘Tiny bodies wrapped in sheets are taken from wards daily, beds occupied immediately’ Delay in the procurement of life-saving vials of antitoxins, for treatment of diphtheria-related complications, by the Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Diseases Hospital at Kingsway Camp here from the Central Research Institute in Kasauli is being cited as the …
Formation of USAID-India End TB Alliance announced The US and India have formed an alliance comprising leading experts in public and private sectors to combat the menace of tuberculosis, an American official said. US Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator Mark Green announced the formation of ‘USAID-India End TB Alliance’ …
As a diabetologist and researcher who has been working on diabetes for over 40 years, I have seen my practice grow from a small clinic to a hospital chain with centres across the country. Nevertheless, I was amazed to see the results of a recent study published in Lancet Global …
