New WHO report highlights collaborative action to reduce antimicrobial resistance
Strategic framework designed by the four organisations to advance a One Health response to AMR
COVID-19: Has Big Pharma enabled the rise of omicron
Major drug companies do not want to share the know-how for their vaccines; uneven global vaccine access is now resulting in …
The warning lights are on for malaria medicines in Africa
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, an alternative drug, was also showing signs of failure
Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: A pandemic within a pandemic
The use of antibiotics increased phenomenally during the pandemic; more than 70% patients were treated with antibiotics
Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: How vaccines can help reduce India’s AMR burden
The vaccine provides an indirect but significant benefit at scale to preventing the emergence of AMR
WHO finally gives emergency use nod for Covaxin
Those administered indigenous Indian vaccine against COVID-19 can now travel abroad unhindred
Policies to support dementia patients mostly in high-income countries: WHO
There will be a steady rise in global dementia prevalence in the coming decades, the health agency warns
Ivory Coast declares first Ebola outbreak in 26 years; 3rd African country to do so in 2021
Great concern that outbreak declared in capital city Abidjan, a metropolis of more than 4 million people: WHO
Zika threat in Kerala can undo COVID-19 containment efforts, fear health experts
Zika infections in Thiruvanathapuram have created shock waves in cities that have a perennial mosquito problem
Antibiotic use in food animals can be reduced by improving their welfare
Antibiotics should be reserved to treat animals, not used to promote fast growth or as band aids across the herd to prevent stressed …
Access to viral hepatitis diagnosis and treatment is still limited: WHO
In Africa, less than eight countries provide subsidised testing and treatment for viral hepatitis
WHO sets global benchmarks for salt
The WHO considered national targets from 41 countries to set salt benchmarks; No country from WHO-South East Asia region, including, India, …
WHO launches renewed efforts to reduce breast cancer mortality
The initiative aims to focus on low-income countries; reduce 2.5 million global breast cancer deaths by 2040
Why Ebola is back in Guinea and why the response must be different this time
The virus is always present in nature and, when circumstances allow, may jump from one species to another
We know loneliness is a big problem. What we do not know is just how big: Christopher Mikton
Technical Officer at WHO and part of the Secretariat on Social Connection speaks to Down To Earth about loneliness on International …
Road traffic deaths declined overall, but those of cyclists and pedestrians rose in last decade: WHO report
Cyclists deaths have increased by 70 per cent in a decade; just 25 per cent of countries have laws in place to support public transportation,…
Mysterious pneumonia-like illness grips China, sparks fear of a pandemic
Experts speculate mycoplasma bacterium to be behind outbreak; more information needed for confirmation
World faces a triple health jeopardy as drug pipeline for new antibiotics dries up
It is time to look at antibiotics as global public good
World Environmental Health Day: One Health approach is key in preventing pandemics
A healthier environment can reduce global burden of disease by a quarter
Africa’s 1st malaria vaccine: Global alliance Gavi announces $160 million support for rollout
International support will facilitate increased vaccine access to children
‘Paxlovid rebound’ cases have experts scrambling for answers
Is it happening because of the antiviral or is this just how the virus behaves?
Monkeypox outbreak brings focus back on smallpox vaccines. But which countries have stock?
Smallpox vaccination was discontinued after smallpox was eradicated in the 1980s
COVID-19: A generation interrupted
Children born today might be the next development challenge for the world
WHO lists only one strain of COVID-19 that emerged in India as a variant of concern
WHO had declared a total of three strains found in India variants of concern
Global Diabetes Compact to increase access to testing, treatment: WHO
About half of all adults with type 2 diabetes remain undiagnosed
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