Is open defecation back in India?
The latest WHO-UNICEF data shows at least one-sixth of India’s rural population still defecate in the open and a quarter doesn’t have …
WHO releases policy recommendations to protect children from harmful effects of food marketing
Food marketing involves the use of numerous persuasive techniques to influence children's food attitudes, preferences & consumption
Measles accounted for most excess deaths as a result of COVID-19 related vaccine disruptions
Excess deaths due to vaccine breaks amounted to 967,000 deaths, catch-up shots could avert 79% of them, finds Lancet study
A third of non-melanoma skin cancer deaths caused by working under sun
Estimates from WHO, ILO call for protecting workers from hazardous outdoor work in the sun
WHO releases first-of-its-kind patient safety rights charter ahead of Patient Safety Day
Outlines core rights of all patients in the context of safety of health care
Aspartame ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans’, labels WHO expert panel
Limited evidence on whether the artificial sweetener causes cancer in humans, more studies on carcinogenicity needed
One Health approach: European Union strengthens action to combat antimicrobial resistance
European Council recommends incentives for innovation and access to antimicrobials along with alternatives
World Health Assembly approves draft resolution on health action plan for indigenous people
Global plan should focus on reproductive, maternal and adolescent health, resolution highlights
India reports 21 cases of COVID sub-variant JN.1, now a WHO ‘variant of interest’
We need to be on the alert, but there is no need to panic, says Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
Time running out, healthcare in Gaza at breaking point: WHO
Calls for end to hostilities, defence of civilians and medical facilities against attacks
World Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UNICEF pledge close to $600 million to combat cervical cancer
Commitments at first ever global forum to eliminate the fourth most prevalent cancer among women
‘We could eradicate malaria by 2040’ says expert after revolutionary vaccine is approved by WHO
R21/Matrix vaccine was developed by Oxford University together with the Serum Institute of India and can reduce malaria by 75%
Nestle adds almost 3 grams of sugar in every serving of baby food Cerelac sold in India
WHO guidelines against adding honey or sugar in food for infants violated only in Asian, African and Latin American countries, finds …
Over half of prescribed antibiotics in India can lead to AMR, finds National Centre for Disease Control
High use of antibiotics found; recommends defined policies and monitoring consumption
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
The Gambia may allow female genital mutilation again – another sign of a global trend eroding women’s rights
Proposed changes before parliament could permit medicalised female genital cutting and allow it for consenting adults
Fair sex, unfair pay: Women in healthcare paid 24% less than men, highlights WHO report
Gender pay gap despite women comprising 67% of global health & social care workforce, specialties still dominated by men
India won’t meet UN targets to reduce premature mortality from major non-communicable diseases: ICMR-NCDIR
NCDs account for 66 per cent of all deaths in India, of which 22 per cent were premature deaths in 2019
Unprecedented 93% of population in Gaza facing crisis levels of hunger, warns WHO
Region already reporting soaring rates of infectious diseases, hunger is expected to worsen illnesses
Two new omicron variants JN.1 and HV.1 under scrutiny in US
EG.5 and HV.1 responsible for over 45% infections according to latest CDC update
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
SDG 7: World still off-track from achieving universal energy access to all, says UN report
High inflation, debt distress, policy inactions and lagging financial flows slowing access to electricity, clean cooking in developing economies
One Health: FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH launch research agenda for antimicrobial resistance
Interface addresses global health issues necessitating multisectoral, multidisciplinary response to AMR
Childhood immunisation begins to pick up post-pandemic, finds UN data
Recovery slow and unequal; coverage was 84% in 2022, down from 86% pre-pandemic
China shifts focus to variant-specific vaccines as it faces an imminent Omicron wave
XBB subvariant has potential to wreak more havoc in China as large number of people immunologically susceptible