Odisha carries a huge burden of snakebite deaths — but it is avoidable

Right education, access to antivenoms and effective governance need of the hour

Countries need to speed up action on non-communicable diseases to meet targets

The risk factors for NCDs include tobacco use, alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity

Non-communicable diseases rising in Pakistan, finds Lancet

Ischaemic heart disease, stroke, congenital defects, cirrhosis and chronic kidney disease among the 10 leading causes of deaths in 2019

BRICS nations discuss ways to achieve health goals through collaboration

Affordable health care and containing burden of diseases high on agenda

Democratising the global food chain

From corporatisation to cooperatives

Diabetes on the rise in India

White paper at national summit emphasises capacity building, training of healthcare workers

Walking or cycling to work reduces health risks in India

Study makes case for investment in public transport, pedestrian and cycling routes

Call to make healthy choices available and affordable

Health experts lash out at food industry for putting public health at risk

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'Lifestyle' diseases spur UN to act

Time to wake up to threat of NCDs

As the UN begins its meeting to devise strategies to tackle NCDs, Indian public health activists say it was a wake-up call for the health …

Non-communicable diseases: The unrecognised public health threat

Health is rarely the topic of discussion at the UN general assembly. But starting September 19, the UN began a high-level meeting to debate a …