Bordering Karnataka ramps up vigil after Kerala sees Nipah deaths
Mysuru and Dakshina Kannada districts, bordering Kerala, have ramped up their ELISA and RTPCR test machinery and issued advisories to health …
Children in Democratic Republic of the Congo facing worst cholera outbreak since 2017: UNICEF
There have been at least 31,342 suspected or confirmed cholera cases and 230 deaths, many of them children, in the first seven months of 2023 …
India's cancer burden
Leukaemia accounted for nearly half of all the childhood cancers in both genders. The other common childhood cancer in boys was lymphoma, while …
Tobacco use during pregnancy: A threat to motherhood
Safe motherhood includes all measures to ensure women receive adequate care & stay healthy throug childbirth; the outcome being a healthy …
COVID-19: The poor must wait years for the jab
Intellectual property rights can act as a barrier against wide access to vaccines, treatments for the novel coronavirus disease
Role of veterinarians in reducing antibiotic misuse in animals: A conversation with Ntombi Mudenda
Ntombi Mudenda talks to Rajeshwari Sinha about how veterinarians can help in the fight against antimicrobial resistance
Reducing antibiotic misuse in animals: A discussion with Karl Pedersen and Amit Khurana
Pedersen and Khurana discuss methods and strategy to reduce the misuse of antibiotics in animals
AMR surveillance capacity and efforts in the human-health sector and importance of an integrated one
Sonal Saxena from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi talks about surveillance of antimicrobial resistance
Timothy Jinks on coordinating AMR containment research and policy-making efforts
Timothy Jinks from UK-based charity, the Wellcome Trust talks about the importance of research in containing antimicrobial resistance
Interview with Roderico H Ofrin, WHO Representative for India on AMR and One-health Action
Roderico H Ofrin, WHO India’s representative, discusses the role played by his organisation in tackling antimicrobial resistance in India
World Toilet Day Special: Kate Medlicott on the role of water, sanitation and hygiene to combat AMR
Kate Medlicott from the WHO talks about the linkages of water, sanitation and hygiene in combating AMR
Anthony D So explains the global policy-making efforts and governance on antimicrobial resistance
Anthony D So, Professor of the Practice Director of ReAct-Strategic Policy Program and IDEA Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of …
Dearth of data: We don’t know much about infections originating in hospitals
It is not possible to develop prevention and control protocols for hospital-associated infections without a comprehensive database
COVID-19: This is why we have a pandemic
Globalisation is punishing everybody for somebody else’s unpreparedness. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed how fragile we are in the face …
Cancer cases in India can double every 20 years: Study
Cases of cancers caused by infections are decreasing, while lifestyle and ageing cancers are increasing, found the study
Five countries had zero malaria cases in 2018: WHO
While China and El Salvador reported no cases for second consecutive year; Iran, Malaysia & Timor-Leste had zero cases of the …
Laws alone won’t end female genital mutilation in India: Mariya Taher
Down To Earth speaks to Mariya Taher, the co-founder and United States executive director of non-profit Sahiyo on Female Genital …
Lateral Thoughts: Will WHO norms on artificial sweeteners help consumers?
Guidelines are just beginning of process of purging these toxins from food chain
WHO releases first-of-its-kind patient safety rights charter ahead of Patient Safety Day
Outlines core rights of all patients in the context of safety of health care
Aspartame ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans’, labels WHO expert panel
Limited evidence on whether the artificial sweetener causes cancer in humans, more studies on carcinogenicity needed
Cough syrup can harm children: Experts warn of contamination risks
Toxicologists Winston Morgan and Shazma Bashir unpack the dangers of glycol poisoning
WHO announces council to speed up TB vaccine development
Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus announces plan to save millions of lives at World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
Union Budget 2020-21: Unremarkable for health sector
Allocation increased but just enough to offset inflation; new schemes criticised by experts
Scientists provide new insight into bipolar disorder
Researchers find that patients carry some residual impairment in terms of processing of information even in their normal phases
India’s mysterious diseases: ‘We need a public health system’
Human health management is dismally low in India, says T Jacob John, virologist and former professor at Christian Medical College, Vellore