This document is the second in a series of global reports describing progress towards the 2030 targets set in Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: a road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030. It describes a wide range of activities, accomplishments and challenges across the portfolio of …
The residents of Pind Dadan Khan and the adjoining areas have no other option but to consume highly contaminated rain water which gets accumulated in the dirty ponds. The only water sources for the people of the area have been polluted by the human wastes that drain into the ponds …
There is a threat of flood in 16 districts of Punjab along Jehlum, Chenab and Sindh rivers, this was revealed in a meeting chaired by Secretary Health Punjab Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan here on Friday, to finalise safety arrangements for the monsoon season. The meeting reviewed the measures for dealing with …
The health ministry has proposed that the finance ministry should introduce health tax in the forthcoming budget to control tobacco use. A ministry official said that the
An increase in new cholera patients in rural Haiti has raised concern that the outbreak may be starting to surge again with the spring rainy season, a medical aid group based in the United States said Wednesday. Health experts in Haiti warned in January when the cholera outbreak began to …
A new study found that low-salt diets increase the risk of death from heart attacks and strokes and do not prevent high blood pressure, but the research
The current world population of close to 7 billion is projected to reach 10.1 billion in the next ninety years, reaching 9.3 billion by the middle of this century, according to the medium variant of the 2010 Revision of World Population Prospects, says this UN press release. The current world …
During the years prior to the turn of the century, scientific and medical attention for genetic disorders was mainly focused on understanding rare single-gene disorders, such as Huntington's disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and cystic fibrosis (CF), as well as chromosomal abnormalities. The medical specialty of clinical genetics was established in …
This study explores the link between tobacco use and poverty, as well as the broader relationship between income, tobacco use, and tobacco-related health consequences, using a meta-analysis of existing research literature. The study presents a solid base to support its conclusions of an inverse relationship between income level and tobacco …
Madeleine C. Thomson and colleagues call on climate and health researchers, policy-makers and practitioners to work together to tackle infectious diseases.
In 1946, scientists started tracking thousands of British children born during one cold March week. On their 65th birthday, the study members find themselves more scientifically valuable then ever before.
The debate on responsibility for health takes place within political philosophy and in policy setting. It is increasingly relevant in the context of rationing scarce resources as a substantial, and growing, proportion of diseases in high-income countries is attributable to lifestyle. Until now, empirical studies of medical professionals' attitudes towards …
WORLD leaders trying to mitigate the effects of depleting biodiversity of various ecosystems have a reason to worry. Loss of biodiversity may make organisms, including humans, more vulnerable to infectious diseases and influence emergence of new illnesses. That is the conclusion of a paper which stated animals, plants and microbes …
A new World Bank report warns that South Asian countries are facing a health crisis with rising rates of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which disproportionately affect poor families, with possible side effects of disability and premature death, and worsening poverty as people pay for medical …
This paper introduces a methodology that measures the effort made by countries in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The methodology compares the rate of progress on MDG indicators in the period before and after the adoption of the MDGs. Correct for two biases ignored in previous methodologies: non-linearity in …
Over 57,000 people die in Bangladesh every year from tobacco-related diseases and some 16 per cent of all deaths among people aged 30 years and above are attributable to tobacco use. This was revealed at a workshop titled 'Training Course on Media for Tobacco Control in Bangladesh' held at the …
The National Institute of Virology (NIV) has alerted medical establishments in Maharashtra to keep an eye on any patients of dengue showing Congo virus-like symptoms. This move is aimed at ruling out the presence of the newly-identified virus, initial infection signs of which bear resemblance to dengue haemorrhagic fever.
The state government has formed a task force led by a specialist in infectious diseases, Dr Kamlesh Upadhyaya of Civil Hospital to tackle the challenge posed by viral fever identified as CCHF. The virus is reported to cause severe damages to the human system by affecting blood cell count and …
State health authorities have called a team from National Institute of Virology (NIV) to investigate into the mystery fever that has claimed one life and left two people critical in different city hospitals. Doctors have not been able to pin-point the origin or the spread of the fever which is …
