Democracy is good for heart, increases life expectancy

A study of 170 countries between 1980 and 2016 brings out for the first time the impact of democratic systems on population health

South Africa faces highest risk of deaths from non-communicable diseases

South Africans are more likely to die from NCDs even though the country is threatened by a prolific HIV epidemic 

World will not achieve universal sanitation coverage by 2030: WHO

On the launch of its first global guidelines on sanitation and health, the WHO called for increased investment to reach the goal of toilet for all

Awareness alone not enough to address lifestyle diseases

Adolescent children know that unhealthy food is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, yet they indulge in eating junk food, a study has found

Countries need to speed up action on non-communicable diseases to meet targets

The risk factors for NCDs include tobacco use, alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity

Polluting fuels choke Chinese households

Extensive domestic use of coal in China has led to an increase in the incidence of respiratory illnesses, which are now among the leading causes …

Sequel to a murder story

It is dangerous to breathe in most Indian cities, and even though the government accepts this, precious little is being done about it

Benin, Mali in Africa defeat trachoma as public health problem

Fifth and sixth countries to defeat eye-infection disease in WHO African region

One death from non-communicable diseases every 2 seconds: WHO recommends policies

India had one of the highest death rates from chronic respiratory diseases in 2019

El Salvador

Innocent victims

The cost of pollution

Caught in a haze

Indian scientists contest the UNEP report on the aerosol-caused Asian brown cloud

Smokescreen

US EPA endangers health

Wildfire smoke is an increasing threat to Canadians’ health

Older adults, people living in low-income areas, and those with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease and other chronic …

African health ministers adopt PEN-PLUS strategy against non-communicable diseases

Stretegy will help bridge access gap in treatment, care of patients with chronic & severe NCD

‘Elderly women more overweight, obese than men’

More elderly aged 60 and above were overweight and obese in urban areas than in rural areas, found Longitudinal Ageing Study in India 

Ebola re-emerges in the Democratic Republic of Congo

36 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo less than two weeks after the WHO declared an end to the outbreak

In just three years, chikungunya cases in India increased by 390 per cent

Yet, the government spent just 68 per cent of total funds allocated in 2016 to fight vector-borne diseases

WHO’s new programme to eliminate neglected tropical diseases in Africa

These diseases affect economically poorer sections having severe impact on their lives and progress

The muck stops here

Indian lakes are no longer serene waterbodies. Instead, they have become stinking cesspools, a result of continuous inflow of sewage and massive …

Troubled by breath

Those who have had fewer respiratory diseases when young are the ones who are more susceptible to asthma

Eat sauce, fight cancer

Go grab a slice of pizza and be liberal with the ketchup. The tomato paste may help prevent many types of cancers

Shelling out remedies

Marine organisms like bivalves hold cures for viral diseases

World Malaria Day: Can vaccination prevent malaria from spreading?

Malawi starts the first-ever pilot project to immunise children against malaria