Over 300 million Indians still defecate in the open: WHO-UNICEF report
Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan do much better in improving access to sanitation
Non communicable diseases causing more premature deaths in India now
World Bank report says heart diseases have replaced TB and sepsis as two of the five leading causes of deaths between 1990 and 2010
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 …
Green tribunal seeks details on radiation from thermal power plants
People opposing expansion of Koradi thermal plant near Nagpur furnish evidence on high radiation from coal-fired plants