Looking back at 2020: The year we must not forget

Once upon a time there was no COVID-19; then came the last day of 2019. Exactly a year ago, on December 31, 2019, China flagged the threat with …

'Female health workers played a critical role in making Africa wild polio-free'

Tunji Funsho, who led the effort to make Nigeria wild polio-free, says COVID-19 is a setback to the last mile of polio eradication

लाहौर, दिल्ली और ढाका के लोग ले रहे हैं दुनिया की सबसे ज्यादा दूषित हवा में सांस

लाहौर में पीएम 2.5 का वार्षिक औसत 123.9 था, जबकि दिल्ली में 102 और ढाका में 86.5 माइक्रोग्राम प्रति क्यूबिक मीटर रिकॉर्ड किया गया ...

भारत सहित दुनिया की 20 करोड़ महिलाओं का हो चुका है खतना

6 फरवरी को इंटरनेशनल डे ऑफ जीरो टॉलरेंस फॉर एफजीएम पर विशेष

Tackling antibiotic misuse in dairy sector — with a few herbs and a prayer

Traditional veterinary medicines can go a long way in addressing the growing burden of antimicrobial resistance

Ebola resurgence announced in Democratic Republic of Congo after woman dies

This comes just three months after the last outbreak ended in the country

Area under tobacco cultivation in Africa rose over 3% in 6 yrs: WHO report

The number of tobacco users in the WHO African Region increased to 73 million in 2018 from 64 million adult users in 2000

It’s taken roots: COVID-19 may soon turn endemic in many countries

India may be among endemic places; risk of the number of immune inidividuals dropping below a threshhold will remain

Guinea Ebola outbreak risk ‘very high’, warns WHO

Among the 7 cases reported between January 18 and February 13, five have died  

Why Ebola is back in Guinea and why the response must be different this time

The virus is always present in nature and, when circumstances allow, may jump from one species to another

Two-thirds of poor countries slashed education budget due to COVID-19: World Bank, UNESCO

Cuts can last for a long time as the pandemic continues to cause economic losses and make fiscal positions worse, warns report  

Intellectual property and COVID-19 medicines: Why a WTO waiver may not be enough

A waiver might not allow all developing countries to secure medicines and other anti-COVID technologies in a timely way

El Salvador becomes first central American country to be declared malaria-free

The country has not recorded any indigenous case of malaria since 2017