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 …
Girls' and women's health is in transition and, although some aspects of it have improved substantially in the past few decades, there are still important unmet needs. Population ageing and transformations in the social determinants of health have increased the coexistence of disease burdens related to reproductive health, nutrition, and …
The Health and Indigenous Medicine Ministry will soon introduce a special red label on bottled drinks which have an excessive sugar content. Manufacturers and importers should display the red label if the sugar content of the drink is over 10 grams per 100 millilitres, Health Services Director General Dr. Palitha …
Healthy communities rely on well-functioning ecosystems. They provide clean air, fresh water, medicines and food security. They also limit disease and stabilize the climate. But biodiversity loss is happening at unprecedented rates, impacting human health worldwide, according to a new state of knowledge review of the Convention on Biological Diversity …
There is something cyclical about the air pollution debate in Delhi - almost like the seasonal cycle of air pollution itself. When air pollution control slows down and the courts step in to demand action against the killer pollution, especially toxic vehicular fumes, the city gets swamped with 'scientific facts' …
Air pollution is the world's "largest single environmental risk", according to this “landmark resolution” passed at the World Health Assembly, which closed last week in Geneva. It highlights the key role of the national health authorities in raising awareness about the potential to save lives and reduce health costs, if …
Like a growing number of rapidly developing countries, India has begun to develop a system for large-scale community-based screening for diabetes. The researchers sought to identify the implications of using alternative screening instruments to detect people with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes among diverse populations across India.
There is a paucity of information on secular trends in the age-related process by which people develop overweight or obesity. Utilizing longitudinal data in the United Kingdom birth cohort studies, we investigated shifts over the past nearly 70 years in the distribution of body mass index (BMI) and development of …
India has met only four of ten health targets under the Millenium Development Goals (MDG), and has made next to no progress on another four, according to new data from the World Health Organisation. The deadline for achieving MDGs runs out this year.The WHO’s annual World Health Statistics for 2015 …
PARIS – Nearly all Irish adults are likely to be overweight in 15 years’ time, said a study Wednesday that warned of a European “obesity crisis of enormous proportions.” On current trends, some 89 percent of Irish men will be overweight by 2030, and nearly half obese, said a World …
Continuing high consumption of livestock products in nearly all developed countries, and increasing demand for livestock-based foods in large transition economies, are creating serious problems of prolonged and persistent environmental and social degradation. These problems are further exacerbated and affected by climate change and risks, biodiversity loss, water stress, and …
The State government has entered into a long-term collaboration with the World Health Organisation for strengthening and revamping the primary health system and to equip the system to tackle the new challenges of rising incidence of non- communicable diseases (NCDs) through training of manpower and other technical inputs. Against NCDs …
There is growing concern over the increased rate of diabetes among teenagers, the Kenya Diabetes Management and Information center chief executive director Eva Muchemi has said. She attributed the rise in diabetes cases among young people to poor eating habits and lack of enough physical activities. "Today most children are …
KATHMANDU: Shaan Bhatta, 6, of Nakhkhu in Lalitpur was diagnosed with diabetes when he was only three-and-a-half years old. He did not eat properly but urinated a lot. Once he suddenly started becoming weak, his parents consulted various doctors and he was admitted twice at different hospitals. The doctors then …
The workplace is increasingly being used as a setting for health promotion and preventive health activities; not only to prevent occupational injury, but to assess and improve people's overall health. This study aims at developing and implementing a healthy workplace model in a software industry of Puducherry.
JAMAICA has joined six other Caribbean countries in implementing its own dietary guidelines with the aim of improving the nutritional well-being of citizens. The Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for Jamaica form part of efforts by the Government to provide nutrition and health-related recommendations to promote healthy eating habits and lifestyle in …
Obesity affects one in three Americans, and strongly increases the risk for developing several diseases and conditions, including heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, as well as certain types of cancers. So finding a way to curb this epidemic other than simple diet and exercise is crucial, especially since …
A global anti-tobacco conference that ended yesterday urged countries to take steps to reduce the consumption of tobacco, which it said was a leading cause of disease and death worldwide. In its final declaration, the 16th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health in Abu Dhabi also called for wider implementation …
Health experts have expressed shock and dismay over the Delhi high court's refusal to ban sale of junk food in schools. They claim that putting `restrictions', the suggested option, cannot help curb the menace which is associated with three of the four major non communicable diseases--cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and …
New WHO report shows a declining rate of tobacco use and an increase in numbers of non-smokers. But governments must intensify action to combat the tobacco industry and dramatically reduce consumption of tobacco products to, in turn, protect public health says the report released at the World Conference on Tobacco …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on people afflicted with NCDs, 10/03/2015. State/UT wise estimates of prevalence, incidence and death due to cancer, as furnished by ICMR, for last two years are given in this document.
