Draft Public Health Bill restrictive, unclear: experts

They raise concern over the sudden introduction of the bill and its covert focus on bioterrorism

World’s life expectancy up but gains uneven finds World Health Statistics 2016

A child born in a high income country is expected to live till 80 but life expectancy in sub- Saharan Africa is less than 60 years

DISTRESS SIGNALS

New diseases are emerging with changes in the environment, some old diseases are also staging a comeback

DYING FOR PROGRESS

The growth of cities and industries has severely affected the environment. The spread of disease has increased with the spread of civilisation

More bites for India!

Though eco-friendly alternatives are available, the government's malaria control programme banks heavily on use of hazardous chemicals

Free fruit, free pesticides

The story of uk's five-a-day school meal programme

Sustainable solutions

BOOK >> A Community Guide to Environmental Health Jeff Conant and Pam Fadem Hesperian Foundation June 2008

Revamping US healthcare

US politicians and insurance companies claim to offer the best healthcare services in the world. Recently, however, top US experts have admitted …

Operation cover-up

Rat poison theory offered by the Chhattisgarh government to explain the sterilisation deaths is a facade, finds an investigation by Jyotsna Singh.…

Study finds genetic variants that increase ADHD risk

Researchers identify 12 regions in the genome, changes to which increase the risk of developing Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

How West African countries are coping in absence of strong healthcare system

In countries like Liberia and Nigeria, declining budgetary share in health services continues to undermine public well-being

WHO categorises essential medicines to tackle antibiotic resistance

In the biggest revision of Essential Medicines List, WHO categorised antibiotics into three section—Access, Watch and Reserve

India improves maternal mortality ratio, but poorer states yet to make progress

This is a considerable improvement from the 130 deaths per lakh in 2014-2016

India’s persistently high out-of-pocket health expenditure continues to push people into poverty

High expenditure on health is impoverishing 55 million Indians annually, says WHO  

Designing infectious disease warnings that work

Most infectious disease warning systems have been set up to fail as they focus on science, not people.

World Health Assembly: Taiwan becomes a hot potato again

Down To Earth brings you latest updates from the ongoing session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva

Most of us support mandatory vaccines for schoolkids, but is it good policy?

Overwhelming scientific evidence proves the safety and efficacy of vaccination to control, yet Canada is not meeting its childhood-vaccination targets

Money will not be a problem for Modicare: CEO, Ayushman Bharat

Indu Bhushan, CEO of Ayushman Bharat says government is trying to put systems in place which can help in spending money effectively

World Health Assembly: India abstains from voting on providing health services to Palestine

India was among 20 countries who abstained during a vote on a draft decision on 23 May, proposing support to Palestine to provide health services …

This district in Bihar ignores antenatal care; budget allocation very low: survey

Almost 95 per cent of funds allocated for nutrition intervention for pregnant women in Bihar’s Purnea district were utilised for …

World’s first Health Impact Bond can save 10,000 women and newborns in India

Utkrisht Impact Bond will ensure financial assistance to 440 small healthcare organisations to improve the quality of maternal and child care in …

A healthy mind makes business sense

Global economy loses $1 trillion a year due to lower productivity from people suffering from depression and anxiety disorders, says WHO study

Nine in every 10 children do not get adequate diet in Jharkhand, Bihar: NFHS data

Almost 69.9 per cent of children under five years in Jharkhand are acutely suffering from anaemia

Study indicates increasing multi-drug resistance in children against enteric bacteria

Children in India also carry high levels of antibiotic resistance against key pathogens causing difficulty in treating infections

10 per cent drugs in government supply chain below standard

National drug survey published by the health ministry also found that 0.059 per cent of government-sourced samples were spurious