Kenya: Ruto proposes insurance reforms for universal health coverage; evokes mixed responses
The proposal will replace the current contribution system with a flat rate of 2.75 per cent of contributors’ gross salary
Prevention better than cure: Why World Bank bats for One Health to combat pandemics
Report finds cost of prevention a third of fighting off pandemic as pace of emerging infectious outbreaks increase
World Health Summit: Global leaders pledge $2.5 billion for polio eradication
2022-2026 strategy to end polio needs $4.8 billion
No integration in India’s disease data collection systems: Niti Aayog
White paper highlights several lacunae including shortage of human resources, occupational health, surveillance; suggests series of measures …
COVID-19 holds lessons for South Africa’s universal healthcare plans
The country’s health system will need rehab post-COVID-19 to overcome divisions and build a national health system from the bottom up
The DRC is on the road to being Ebola free: how it got here
At the beginning of March the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced that the last Ebola patient had been discharged from a …
Learning from COVID-19: Here’s what is needed to prepare for the next global health emergency
A new pandemic may already be on the horizon as highly pathogenic avian influenza is raising growing alarm
Hope is on the horizon for a malaria-free Africa
After decades of intense research, two new malaria vaccines have come to market
Africa Climate Summit 2023: Experts criticise omitting health from main agenda
Point to inextricable link of public health with climate change
Reproductive crisis? Sperm counts dropping rapidly worldwide
Mean sperm count dropped to 49 million/ml from from 104 million/ml in 46 years
Coronavirus update: CNN pegs US tally at 13,000
India tally crosses 200, says ICMR
COVID-19 has suppressed influenza for now, but it will return with greater severity: Study
COVID-19 appropriate behaviour will delay competition among existing influenza lineages which will eventually expand, compete and once again …
Why focusing on COVID-19 deaths undercounts health harms of pandemic: Study on India & other countries
Broader effects like mental health deterioration due to the anxiety of getting infected or the isolation of lockdowns have received less research …
One Health: What it is & how it can be implemented in India
Nexus of science, social science, indigenous knowledge and policy necessary
SC order on abortion strengthens body autonomy, but still a long way to go, say experts
Unmarried woman allowed to end pregnancy at 24 weeks; Might be a precedent for future cases
Global health spending at record high post COVID-19, but can this be sustained?
India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan received barely 15% of the development assistance for health for COVID-19
Data democracy: WHO bats for passing on genomics tech to developing world
Inaccessible tech not justifiable; Focus required on inadequate finances, lab infra, highly trained personnel
Health must be fast-tracked for 2030
The world needs more and better skilled health workers to attain the SDG targets and continue to foster global health beyond 2030
WHO: Off-track progress in Africa could kill 70,000 cervical cancer patients
26 countries have introduced HPV vaccine, but just 31% girls under 15 received its first dose in 2022 in the African region
Using sugar substitutes to lose weight could cause harm long-term, warns WHO
Continued consumption doesn’t reduce weight; could increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults
Lancet’s new commission aims to tackle potential public health threats for this century
Lancet Commission will look at factors that will impact population health the most through 2050 and beyond
TB battle took a backseat during COVID-19 pandemic; Cases, drug resistance go up, finds WHO
Global spending on essential tuberculosis services decreased from $6 billion in 2019 to $5.4 billion in 2021.
What is immunity debt and why is it causing a spike in swine flu cases
Delhi had 15 patients in August; 1,500 cases & 43 deaths reported from Maharashtra this year
COVID-19 has made the invisible visible
Migrants make economies tick and now with their return there are many questions about the future of work, of …
What does quarantine mean and when did it begin
In the 14th century, ships arriving at Venice were made to sit at anchor for 40 days before landing. This practice, called quarantine, was …