A heavy burden
In 2016, over 95 per cent of TB deaths happened in low- and middle-income countries
India has the highest suicide rate in South-East Asia: WHO
India stands third in female suicide rate after Lesotho and Republic of Korea, according to a report released by the UN health agency a day …
Seeing through Big Tobacco’s smokescreen
Government leaders must be prepared to demonstrate their commitment to protecting people from heart and lung disease by supporting stronger …
COVID-19: Future of pandemic will depend on India’s response, says WHO
Shutdowns only buy time, massive scale up of testing required
Problems detected in WHO’s post-vaccination philosophy
It does not address children's safety, say critics
Novel Coronavirus: What’s in a name?
World bodies have to be extremely careful when naming a new disease
Three in four people with epilepsy in low-income countries may die early: WHO
Appropriate use of cheap and effective antiseizure medicines can make up to 70 per cent of people with epilepsy seizure free
How global warming and air pollution converge
The link between the two is becoming clearer with each passing year. It is time we in India also recognise and give it the attention it deserves
अफ्रीका को जख्म देती दवाएं
नकली दवाओं के प्रसार की जांच के लिए अफ्रीका अपनी पहली एजेंसी की स्थापना करेगा
Paraguay now malaria-free
The country has worked on eliminating the disease for more than five decades and finally found success
Delivering business
What the increase in caesarean operations worldwide tells us about the science and politics of birthing
India, 163 nations off track to meet tobacco reduction targets
Smokeless tobacco affecting adolescents more in the South-East Asia region
WHO launches 'clean air coalition'; new clean air fund to be announced
WHO said Sunday that it was launching a “Clean Air Coalition” led by the Governments of Spain and Peru, while a group of …
Microplastics in drinking water not alarming, but there isn't enough research or data on it: WHO
The global health agency said there doesn’t exist enough research and reliable data to conclude that the situation is alarming
‘Growth of affluent Indian kids on par with developed countries’
Nita Bhandari, an internationally recognised public health researcher, spoke to Down To Earth on how India was selected for the WHO study and its …
WHO releases guidelines on how countries can use digital health technology
Guidelines stress on protecting patients’ privacy and providing supportive environments for dealing with unstable infrastructure
Wide differences in antibiotic use between countries: WHO
The discrepancies in consumption range from approximately 4 defined daily doses (DDD)/1,000 inhabitants per day to more than 64 DDD across 65 …
दवा के रूप में गांजा
विश्व के 18 से ज्यादा देश चिकित्सीय प्रयोग के लिए गांजे को कानूनी वैद्यता प्रदान कर चुके हैं। भारत भी इस सूची में शामिल ...
World will have more obese children and adolescents than underweight by 2022: WHO
In contrast to the rise in obesity in children and adolescents, India had the highest prevalence of moderate and severe underweight …
WHO releases a list of pathogens for which new antibiotics are required
The list categorises the bacteria according to the urgency of need for new antibiotics
First malaria vaccine raises hope for millions living in high burden countries
The European Medicines Agency recognised the first ever malaria vaccine last week
COVID-19: How Africa is coping despite fragile healthcare systems
Even as African countries are gearing to deal with the outbreak, experts say more needs to be done
COVID-19: WHO criticises India's blanket travel ban
Such measures in their own right will do nothing to protect individual states, says top WHO official to DTE query
WHO declares coronavirus outbreak as global health emergency
After Vietnam, Germany and Japan; US too confirms human-to-human transmission in their countries
Too early to declare Coronavirus outbreak an int'l emergency: WHO
'Neither severity, source nor extent of virus' transmission completely known yet'
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