Benin, Mali in Africa defeat trachoma as public health problem

Fifth and sixth countries to defeat eye-infection disease in WHO African region

World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco farming adding to global food crisis, says WHO

Growing sustainable crops can help address acute global food insecurity, governments urged to stop tobacco farming subsidies

Droughts bring disease: Here are 4 ways they do it

Prolonged dry spells, particularly in semi-arid and arid regions, may have serious impacts, particularly if people aren’t prepared

Governments discuss over 300 proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations

This is the 2nd meeting where countries worldwide came together to strengthen the mechanism in place to mitigate public health threats

Climate change may worsen cholera crisis in Africa: WHO

Extreme weather events like major floods and even droughts may be driving the health crisis; Malawi facing the worst ever crisis

Autonomous Africa CDC a game-changer on disease outbreak response: Experts

Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention will now be in a position to assess disease outbreaks on the continent and declare it an …

Miracle of birth as a nightmare: India needs urgent policies to protect women’s obstetric rights

Obstetric violence is rampant, specially in rural India

COVID national emergency in the US might end early — What does this mean?

Public health emergency still in place for now; ending the emergency declaration would formally restructure the federal coronavirus response

Experts urge One Health approach for disease control at pan-Africa meet

Effects of global warming, climate change are critical contributing factors to many of the health emergencies in Africa, say experts at Africa …

Has the free market economy added to India’s increasing PCOD burden?

About 9.13% of menstruating women in south India and Maharashtra suffer from PCOS, while 22.5 per cent have PCOD, according to UNICEF

Hidden Hunger: Every second child globally deficient in micronutrients, finds report

56% preschool aged children, 69% non-pregnant women of reproductive age lack in iron, zinc & vit A

Ramdev shouldn’t criticise other systems of medicine: SC

Reply sought from Patanjali, Centre over Indian Medical Association plea; Experts say time to update Ayurveda textbooks

Worms thriving in brains, Assam’s tea garden workers lose lives, livelihoods

Neurocysticercosis triggered by tapeworms that easily travel between humans and pigs present a real, imminent danger of zoonosis; an …

Ominous Signs: How deadly cancer is for India

While cases have increased in all the 28 cancer registries in India, mortality has gone up in 14. People of northeastern states are most …

As told to Parliament (March 21, 2023): Maternal mortality went down to 97 per 100,000 live births in 2018-20

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Alzheimer’s: Blood biomarker may help identify the disease ten years before symptoms start

Starting treatment before symptoms may prevent damage

New Covid strain in circulation, may not be a concern for India

EG.5.1 variant, code-named Eris, has behind almost 15% cases in the UK  

COVID-19 in Africa: The pain of getting the jab

The COVAX Facility and the African Union are struggling to bring some relief to Africa which has been suffering from vaccine apartheid

Gender inequities worsen impact of cancer in women, finds Lancet Commission

Discrimination affects their rights and opportunities to avoid risk factors, ability to get timely diagnosis & quality care

India tops global charts for childhood diabetes and deaths: Study

Almost 40% increase in cases to 2019 from 1990 globally; largest increase in cases recorded in children aged 10 to 14 years

Rahima Moosa: South Africa’s only mother and child hospital is falling apart — a veteran doctor reflects on why

The country’s health ombudsman recently published a shocking investigation into Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital 

COVID-19 update: Over 7,000 new cases, 63 deaths in India from May 22-June 18

More cases of omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 in countries that saw lower prevalence of XBB.1.5 subvariant earlier and vice versa, says WHO 

India’s proposed amendments to IHR demand greater equity in access to healthcare, accountability of WHO

Country sought intermediate public health alert for outbreaks yet to be declared public health emergency

‘Air pollution and climate change actions should be connected to reduce impact on people’s health’

Part 2: Health Effects Institute researcher Pallavi Pant speaks about air pollution and its health impact 

Himachal Pradesh joins list of states banning cotton candy after samples fail food safety test

Samples test positive for harmful dye Rhodamine-B