Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
This report compiles data for the first time on the far-reaching consequences of uncontrolled hypertension, including heart attacks, strokes and premature death, along with substantial economic losses for communities and countries. It also contains information on the global, regional and country-level burden of hypertension and progress of control efforts.
This guideline provides updated, evidence-informed guidance on the intake of saturated fatty acids and trans-fatty acids to reduce the risk of diet-related noncommunicable diseases in adults and children, particularly cardiovascular diseases. This guideline is intended for a wide audience involved in the development, design and implementation of policies and programmes …
Impacts of air pollution on public health have been a matter of increasing research interest, however, gender-specific risk factors and outcomes remain comparatively under studied. Women suffer from inequalities in almost every facet of society and sector, and ESCAP undertook a study project to specifically look at the challenges ambient …
This fourth annual report monitors global progress towards the 2023 target for global elimination of industrially produced trans-fatty acids (TFA), highlighting achievements during the past year (October 2021 – September 2022). Countries are responding to the World Health Organization (WHO) call to action by putting into place best-practice TFA policies. …
Forty countries now have best-practice trans fat elimination policies in effect, protecting 1.4 billion people around the world from this deadly food compound, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO). The report showed that 940 million people living in high-income countries are protected by best-practice policies, …
This report presents a study led by Dr. Jane Clougherty at Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University. Clougherty and colleagues examined whether associations between community- and individual-level cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and ambient air pollutants vary by social stressors. Unique datasets included data on CVD events in all New …
The study aimed to estimate the potential impacts of this planned LPG expansion (the Master Plan) on population health and climate change mitigation, assuming primary, sustained use of LPG for daily cooking. Original Source
Researchers demonstrated a bioelectronic heart-on-a-chip model for studying the effects of acute hypoxia on cardiac function. A microfluidic channel enabled rapid modulation of medium oxygenation, which mimicked the regimes induced by a temporary coronary occlusion and reversibly activated hypoxia-related transduction pathways in HL-1 cardiac model cells. Original Source
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 99 pharmacies across three Zambian provinces. Methods were based on a standardized methodology by the World Health Organization and Health Action International. Availability was analysed as mean availability per pharmacy and individual medicine. Median prices were compared to international reference prices and differences in …
Poor diet is a leading risk factor for cardiometabolic disease (CMD) in the United States, but its economic costs are unknown. We sought to estimate the cost associated with suboptimal diet in the US. Original Source
Asians are predisposed to a lean heart failure (HF) phenotype. Data on the ‘obesity paradox’, reported in Western populations, are scarce in Asia and have only utilised the traditional classification of body mass index (BMI). We aimed to investigate the association between obesity (defined by BMI and abdominal measures) and …
Evidence indicates that air pollution contributes to cardiopulmonary mortality. There is ongoing debate regarding the size and shape of the pollution–mortality exposure–response relationship. There are also growing appeals for estimates of pollution–mortality relationships that use public data and are based on large, representative study cohorts. Original Source
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 …
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 …
Evidence on where in the hypertension care process individuals are lost to care, and how this varies among states and population groups in a country as large as India, is essential for the design of targeted interventions and to monitor progress. Yet, to our knowledge, there has not yet been …
Motorcycle-borne trained paramedic and nurse would be the first responders The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) launched a pilot project — Mission DELHI (Delhi Emergency Life Heart-Attack Initiative) — in a range of 3 km around All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where people may soon be able …
A single blood pressure reading may result in faulty diagnosis of high blood pressure and unnecessary prescription of medication. Instead, three readings during a single visit may help in correct diagnosis of hypertension as well as low blood pressure, a new study has suggested. This is because blood pressure varies …
PGI Director launches multi-city campaign for Punjab, Haryana The PGI Director, Prof Jagat Ram, today inaugurated the multi-city summer air quality campaign, being jointly conducted by the Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, PGI, and Panjab University in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), …
Air pollution could be causing double the number of excess deaths a year in Europe than has been estimated previously, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal [1] today (Tuesday). Using a new method of modelling the effects of various sources of outdoor air pollution on death …
JAIPUR: To boost free medicine scheme in the state, the health department has approved contractual recruitment of around more than 3,700 employees for the financial year 2019-20. Ever since Ashok Gehlot-led government came into power in the state, health department has been taking measures to provide momentum to the free …
