World no tobacco day: Push for plain packaging to save lives
Plain packaging of tobacco products restricts advertising and promotion and increases the effectiveness of health warnings
Union Budget 2019-20: Hardly any mention of health sector in Budget speech
Among others, fund allocation for upgrading district hospitals to medical colleges goes south
Digital Amnesia: Excessive use of mobile phone could lead to memory loss
Smartphone addiction could impair our brain’s ability to retain new information and form new memories
Iraq eliminates trachoma as a public health problem
Becomes 50th country globally to eliminate at least one neglected tropical disease
Narendra Modi government can easily pay for COVID-19 vaccines: Here's how
Climate change blamed for anthrax outbreak in north Russia
A total of 72 nomadic herders have been hospitalised in the town of Salekhard in the Arctic Circle
Centre sends team to assess malnutrition deaths in Odisha
Ninteen infants have died due to malnutrition and related diseases in Jajpur district in the last six months
Healthcare algorithm in US shows racial bias
The computer algorithm reduced the number of black patients by more than half, while gave more access to the whites for high-risk health care …
Three in four people with epilepsy in low-income countries may die early: WHO
Appropriate use of cheap and effective antiseizure medicines can make up to 70 per cent of people with epilepsy seizure free
2019 में खसरा से 2 लाख से अधिक मौतें, 23 साल में सबसे अधिक मामले
रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक एक दशक में वैक्सीन की पर्याप्त पहुंच न होने के कारण खसरा के मामलों में वृद्धि हुई
Paraguay now malaria-free
The country has worked on eliminating the disease for more than five decades and finally found success
Highlights of 2016 UNICEF report on the state of the world's children
The UNICEF report, titled The State of the World's Children 2016, makes startling revelations on prevalence of inequity in child health, …
Rewind 2018: Health roundup of India
Major developments, policies, reports and disputes in the health sector
मानचित्र से समझें, देश में मातृ मृत्यु अनुपात के हालात
मातृ मृत्यु अनुपात में सुधार एक अच्छा संकेत जरूर है लेकिन यह एसडीजी लक्ष्य से काफी दूर है
World Health Day: ‘Enable all rural Indian girls to avail education, regardless of categories’
In states like Rajasthan, pre-matric scholarships are restricted to socially disadvantaged populations and sums vary across categories, which …
World Malaria Day: sub-Saharan Africa in the spotlight
WHO recommends a package of prevention approaches, including insecticide-treated nets, spraying indoor walls with insecticides and preventive …
कोरोनावायरस: दुनिया भर में घोषित हुई हेल्थ इमरजेंसी
20 से अधिक देशों में कोरोनावायरस के फैलने के बाद विश्व स्वास्थ्य स्वास्थ्य संगठन ने ग्लोबल हेल्थ इमरजेंसी घोषित कर दी
Refrain from religious profiling of COVID-19 cases: WHO in context of Tabligh
Govt of Indian gives statewise distribution of Islamic sect cases; That isn't helpful, says World Health Org
Tedros Ghebreyesus keeps his job at WHO helm
Globally, one in four children is stunted
India is home to the largest number of stunted children in the world
Vaccination for pregnant women in India
Progress on controlling malaria cases stalls due to lack of funds: WHO
To achieve 40 per cent reduction in malaria cases and mortality rates by 2020, the focus should be on the most heavily affected countries in Africa
World will have more obese children and adolescents than underweight by 2022: WHO
In contrast to the rise in obesity in children and adolescents, India had the highest prevalence of moderate and severe underweight …
Measles outbreak in Europe exposes gaps in vaccination coverage
Outbreaks will continue in Europe, as elsewhere, until every country reaches the level of immunisation needed to fully protect their populations
विशाखापट्टनम में जहरीली गैस का रिसाव, 11 मरे, हजारों बीमार
विशाखापट्टनम गैस लीक: मृतकों का आंकड़ा बढ़ सकता है क्योंकि कई लोगों की हालात गंभीर है। कई लोगों में आंखों में जलन और सांस ...