Food poverty growing among older adults in India: LASI study

Nearly 6% of individuals in India aged 45 and above studied consumed smaller portions or skipped meals; 5.3% did not eat even when they were …

Recognise, empower indigenous land tenure and title to achieve SDGs holistically: UN Report

Collection of more data according to ethnic identity and involvement of indigenous people in development of sustainable frameworks are other …

COVID-19: The pandemic of inequality

Nobody is sure when this defining point of the pandemic would be declared over

Africa's non-communicable disease burden likely to worsen without political will

Africa has the resources and support to tackle non-communicable diseases; all it requires is political will to seize the opportunity

An open problem

Ghana's failure to fight open defecation is an ominous sign for Africa

Global malaria mortality rates dropped 47 per cent between 2000 and 2013

Sixty-four countries are on track to meet Millennium Development Goal of reversing the incidence of malaria, according to a WHO report

New financing facility to help poor countries reach 2015 development goal

Additional funds will speed up progress on women and child health in developing countries

Global economy to grow slightly in 2016: World Bank

Global economic activity will see 2.9 per cent growth this year as per a report, slightly higher than 2.4 per cent in 2015

Mid-day meal has failed to attract children to government schools, says CAG audit

The latest report says that in most of the states children are not getting the prescribed level of nutrition through the food supplied under the …

Why environmental degradation is a big health risk

Down To Earth and Centre for Science and Environment jointly release Body Burden 2015, an annual health report

Maternal mortality on a decline, but challenges remain

An earlier report had said that India accounts for the maximum number of maternal deaths in the world — 17 per cent or nearly 50,000 …

SDGs better than MDGs, but still flawed, say indigenous communities

According to them, SDGs do not recognise the collective rights of indigenous communities as one of the indicators

Battle against TB

Latest WHO report highlights the advances made by countries in controlling the spread of tuberculosis and recommends ways to achieve eradication 

'Like MDGs, India may fail to achieve SDG targets on malnutrition'

'Politics, science and civil society will determine success of SDGs'

Paul V Gandingen, director at Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) and a UNESCO chair, talks about how countries can achieve …

SDGs: Focus on short-lived climate pollutants ahead of UN Summit

Targeting methane and black carbon rich sources could prevent approximately 2.4 million deaths annually, says report

Sustainable Development Goals are not confined to poor countries

Unlike the Millennium Development Goals, SDGs will not be confined to poor countries  

SDGs in the midst of global hope and fears

On September 25, the world will hope against hope as heads of more than 160 countries officially launch the goals

World Health Statistics 2015: some achievements, many concerns

Down To Earth highlights the world’s performance on health-related development goals, where our successes lie and where efforts are still a …

Less than 500 days left, can India meet its MDG targets?

Going by current trends, the target for reducing infant mortality and improving other human development indices seem near impossible to achieve

Water is critical to sustainable development, says UN report

Increasing ubanisation and industrialisation are widening the rift between demand for and supply of water

One in every nine persons in the world goes hungry: UN State of Food Insecurity Report

Asia houses 526 million of the 805 million chronically undernourished people in the world

Over 300 million Indians still defecate in the open: WHO-UNICEF report

Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan do much better in improving access to sanitation

Under-five child mortality drops 53 per cent from 1990 to 2015: report

Despite progress, a large number of children are still dying due to preventable causes. Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia are the regions …

Religious leaders pledge to alleviate poverty

They also declared they would do all they could to support the new SDGs, aimed at lifting millions of people out of poverty and creating a …