The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
Nagpur: The students at National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT) got an opportunity to interact with a pioneer of health care system in India. Nachiket Mor, India country director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, visited the premises on Monday to deliver a lecture on 'The promise and challenges of financial …
Increasing heart attacks in young IndiansIncreasing heart attacks in young Indians India is seen as the diabetes and coronary heart disease capital of the world. According to current estimates, India will soon have the highest number of heart disease cases in the world. According to the Indian Heart Association, "50% …
Energy drinks are meant to give you an extra boost of energy when you need it. Cans of the sugary liquid are consumed readily by people every day. However, drinks like Red Bull and other energy drinks are thought to be harmful to people, whether they have it alone or …
On the second day of the workshop on health systems strengthening at PGI on Sunday, Dr K Suresh, former programme manager, UNICEF, India, highlighted the severity of disease burden in India. He said that every 10th individual in India has hypertension, every sixth person has diabetes and mental illness burden …
Ahead of World Obesity Day, Columbia Asia Hospitals, Patiala, organised a special bariatric surgery camp for people struggling with excessive weight and related complications here today. The camp was presided over by Manish Khaitan, bariatric surgeon from Columbia Asia Hospitals, Ahmedabad, who especially visited Patiala to help the patients here. …
It is indeed disheartening, but India is the diabetes capital of the world. It is home around 50 million people suffering from type-2 diabetes. India has a challenge to face. Nonetheless, medical experts sense that well-timed detection and accurate supervision can go a long way in aiding patients lead an …
200 mn Indians had high BP in 2015: Lancet (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images)200 mn Indians had high BP in 2015: Lancet (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) India has recorded a whopping 200 million people suffering from high blood pressure, a key risk factor for heart attack. According to the same study, China reported …
In the last one decade, the number of diabetes patients in India increased by over 30 million due to sedentary lifestyle and erratic schedule mostly common in the age group of 20-40 years, said the country's leading diabetic experts on Monday. Their statistics stated that in the early 2000, there …
Increased exposure to air pollution may cause damage and inflammation to blood vessels among young and healthy adults and thus raise the risk of cardiovascular disease and other related deaths, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin. The study revealed how air pollution actually affects the blood vessels to increase the …
Heart attacks, lung obstruction and strokes are the three top causes of death in India, accounting for over one-third of deaths. Along with diabetes and chronic kidney diseases, they make five non-communicable diseases that are part of the top ten causes of death. Communicable diseases in the top 10 include …
An alarming report by Indus Health Plus has pointed out that 35 – 40 percent of working population in Delhi is suffering from hypertension and diabetes which leads to risk of heart diseases by 4 – 6 percent. The trend can be due to high sugar consumption as high sugar …
Contrary to reports that heart disease is striking Indians earlier, a new study that examined the records of 15,000 patients from across North India has found that the mean age of developing acute coronary syndrome (an umbrella term for situations where blood flow to the heart muscle is suddenly stopped) …
Irregular heartbeat -- also known as atrial fibrillation -- may lead to serious health issues like heart attacks, heart failure, chronic kidney disease and sudden cardiac death, finds a study. The researchers studied the associations between atrial fibrillation and cardiovascular disease, renal (kidney) disease and death. They analysed the results …
According to a recent survey, 80 per cent of Delhi NCR residents are obese. In the year 2014, there were around 20 million obese women and 9.8 million obese men recorded in India alone. The figures published in the Lancet also stated that worldwide, the number rose from 105 million …
Awaz Foundation members at the launch of ‘Gods Against Noise’, the first campaign under ‘Your Voice against Noise’ Initiative is to make citizens act as pressure group on govt to ensure implementation of rules Enthused by the rising number of people and citizen groups raising their voice against increasing noise …
On the eve of the demand for grants for the health and family welfare department, senior doctors have urged the state government to rein in healthcare cost by improving access to preventive care, rather than exhausting all its funds in diagnosis and treatment. The recommendation comes in the wake of …
KOLKATA: Even as dengue and malaria cases continue to spiral in Kolkata, an 'unclassified fever' is on the prowl as well. With symptoms similar to the twin mosquito-borne diseases, the viral has made it difficult for doctors and hospitals to identify and distinguish it quickly from the two more dreaded …
Doctors and healthcare experts are pinning down hard evidence from a massive screening programme done by the Tamil Nadu government under the `Amma Arogya Thittam' to show how more than half the number of people in the state are obese, diabetic or hypertensive. "Earlier studies showed that a quarter of …
Chandigarh: Taking note of the fact that consumption of food that is high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) is rampant amongst school children, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has directed Chandigarh education department to take undertaking from all private schools that junk food will not …
Foods like papads, meal-based sauces, Asian sauces, pickles, bread and bakery products were found to have high levels of salt. Hyderabad: Several varieties of packaged foods have more than five grams of salt, according to recent research by George Institute of Health and Public Health Foundation of India. This poses …
