The polluting rich

Demand for fair pricing of medicines at WHO forum

Delegates say that a frank discussion among all stakeholders would help identify strategies to reduce medicine prices and expand access for all

Combating AMR: How Delhi’s campaign design for school kids helped

Schools, as institutions for people in their formative years, are strategic settings for advancing health promotion skills, practices and …

Antibiotic misuse in India’s livestock sector can be reduced

Awareness of farmers, legislation for clean sanitary practices in animal farms and its strict implementation can do the trick

How antimicrobial resistance and zoonoses are linked

AMR and its relationship to human and animal morbidity is one of the biggest challenges facing modern medicine

One-Health action is a must to slow down AMR chronic pandemic

The world can't contain antimicrobial resistance unless stakeholders from all sectors such as human and animal healths, environment, crops, food …

Report promotes win-win situations in food habits

Dietary habits across the world having low environmental impacts can also ensure good health, experts say

Why Nairobi must spread the right food message in an unhealthy environment

Residents in Nairobi's urban slums are opting for fast food rather than healthy alternatives, which is increasing their risk of …

Maharashtra consumed the most chemical pesticides in 5 years: Report

Pesticide consumption in India grew by 13.07 per cent in India between 2014-15 and 2017-18

Liquid pressure

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Breathing in WTO's world

Looking ahead

A brief outline of the challenges of sustainable development in India

THAILAND

Grim reality of India's poverty dip

Against the grain

Consumption and emissions: rich Indians v/s rich (and poor) Americans

Here’s an attempt at starting a serious debate around sustainable consumption and production by drawing a comparison

Using sugar substitutes to lose weight could cause harm long-term, warns WHO

Continued consumption doesn’t reduce weight; could increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults

How livestock farming affects the environment

The conversion of forests into agricultural land and livestock ranches is one of the major causes of deforestation globally

Indian diets are unhealthy: EAT-Lancet report

The report compared food consumption patterns in India with a reference diet from the EAT-Lancet Commission

Lateral Thoughts: Will WHO norms on artificial sweeteners help consumers?

Guidelines are just beginning of process of purging these toxins from food chain

Tobacco consumption declines across states, dry Bihar consumes more alcohol than Maharashtra: NFHS-5

Alcohol consumption among women aged 15 years and above highest in north-eastern states

In defence of capitalism

Diluting MGNREGA does not make market sense

Low and middle income countries have seen greatest rise in obese children between 1990 and 2014: Report

At least 41 million children around the world obese or overweight, it says

Wind power in India

Family meals mean sound health