Unhealthy countryside

It was once associated with the rich and urban. Today, hypertension is fast spreading in rural India. This is a cause for concern because …

WHO member states agree on $6.83 billion funding for 2 years; most ambitious yet

Historic 20% increase in assessed contributions after deliberations at 75th World Health Assembly

World not on track to reduce suicide mortality rate by 2030 : WHO

While COVID-19 has increased mental stress globally, a new WHO report shows a crisis was already in place in 2019

What’s in your food? Bournvita row sparks front-of-package labelling discourse

The product allegedly has an absurdly high sugar content, which remains hidden or missing in its advertising, packaging and labelling

Seeing through Big Tobacco’s smokescreen

Government leaders must be prepared to demonstrate their commitment to protecting people from heart and lung disease by supporting stronger …

World Health Assembly: WHO to develop surveillance systems, robust database to track chemicals that impact health

Report on impact of the linkages between chemicals, pollution, waste and human health to be submitted before 6th UNEA next year

When a drug giant ties up with a non-profit

J&J’s pact with Stop TB Partnership to supply generic versions of bedaquiline promises hope, but falls short in many ways 

India’s first monkeypox case reported from Kerala

The patient had returned to Kerala from the United Arab Emirates July 12 and was symptomatic at the time

Stockholm+50: Securitisation of pandemics

India’s invocation of National Disaster Management Act to deal with a pandemic was a first and an extreme case of securitisation of COVID-…

India has the highest population with household exposure to pulmonary TB

At least 38 million people live in households across 20 high-burden countries, where at least one person has incident pulmonary TB 

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

How global warming and air pollution converge

The link between the two is becoming clearer with each passing year. It is time we in India also recognise and give it the attention it deserves

Paraguay now malaria-free

The country has worked on eliminating the disease for more than five decades and finally found success

Delivering business

What the increase in caesarean operations worldwide tells us about the science and politics of birthing

COVID: A two-year journey through lockdowns, lives lost and life-saving research

During this period, there have been over 433 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including over 6 million deaths, reported to the World Health …

COVID-19, lack of funds left many countries unable to protect health from climate change: WHO

Many countries do have national health and climate change plans in place but their implementation is impeded by several factors

Grotesque profits in the time of COVID-19

Vaccine equity goes for a toss as US recommends booster shots, while Pfizer and Moderna revenues soar by billions of dollars

Protect patients, health workers and facilities: WHO to all parties in Afghanistan

The World Health Organization was committed to staying in Afghanistan and delivering critical health services, it said

Re-embrace democracy, Free World

The pandemic response will become truly global only when the vaccine becomes a global good

Area under tobacco cultivation in Africa rose over 3% in 6 yrs: WHO report

The number of tobacco users in the WHO African Region increased to 73 million in 2018 from 64 million adult users in 2000

WHO launches 'clean air coalition'; new clean air fund to be announced

WHO said Sunday that it was launching a “Clean Air Coalition” led by the Governments of Spain and Peru, while a group of …

Microplastics in drinking water not alarming, but there isn't enough research or data on it: WHO

The global health agency said there doesn’t exist enough research and reliable data to conclude that the situation is alarming

‘Growth of affluent Indian kids on par with developed countries’

Nita Bhandari, an internationally recognised public health researcher, spoke to Down To Earth on how India was selected for the WHO study and its …

WHO releases guidelines on how countries can use digital health technology

Guidelines stress on protecting patients’ privacy and providing supportive environments for dealing with unstable infrastructure

Wide differences in antibiotic use between countries: WHO

The discrepancies in consumption range from approximately 4 defined daily doses (DDD)/1,000 inhabitants per day to more than 64 DDD across 65 …