Coronavirus outbreak: A new mapping tool that lets you scroll through timeline

To provide a clearer picture of an evolving story, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has developed a new outbreak-…

Primary health care, community health workers bag spotlight at WHA

The member states decided to implement Declaration of Astana and allocate adequate resources to support community health workers

25% healthcare centres lack water facilities, 20% sanitation facilities: WHO

The report highlights that each year 17 million women in least developed countries give birth in centres with inadequate facilities for water, …

Are antibiotic resistant bacteria the new global epidemic?

Study says 131 antibiotic-resistant genes (ARGs) material, including blaNDM-1 gene first found in India in 2008, has been found in the&…

Zika has unborn victims in Madhya Pradesh

As India fights its first Zika outbreak, Down To Earth finds a grievously unprepared response system in virus-hit districts of Vidisha and Bhopal …

Africa constitutes 40% of those affected by Neglected Tropical Diseases in world

Sub-Saharan Africa can save almost US $52 billion in the next decade by eliminating Neglected Tropical diseases by 2020  

Why Africa's healthcare is struggling with basics

Without political will and robust investments in healthcare, Africa cannot break out of the underdevelopment trap

India’s sanitation economy to double by 2021

It would be worth $62 billion in three years and the credit would go to Swachh Bharat Mission, say speakers at 18th World Toilet Summit

WHO urges countries to adopt First Embrace to save millions of newborns

Within 4 years, the Early Essential Newborn Care has benefitted 4 million newborns annually

Nepal earthquake: rescue brings some hope, but thousands still await relief

Thirty-nine of 75 districts are reported to be affected by the earthquake

World Health Day: Diabetes, the modern killer

The prevalence of diabetes in adult population has nearly doubled since 1980 rising from 4.7 per cent to 8.5 per cent

Climate impacts on health: most nations yet to evolve policy plans

Greater focus on preventative public health measures could ease pressure on health services and provide a more supportive environment for …

Drug resistance: treatable diseases have once again turned fatal, says WHO

Data from 114 countries show spread of the major public health threat; global collaboration needed for targeted solutions, says global health agency

Polio virus spreads to seven more countries, WHO sounds alarm

Successes in global polio eradication under serious threat, says international health agency

WHO presents manual for countries to eliminate malaria

It subdivides countries for better assessment of their achievements

Polio workers shot dead in Pakistan, country faces health crisis

Country’s northwest town Peshawar is world’s ‘largest reservoir’ of polio virus, says WHO

Further discussion needed on the role of non-state actors in health

With non-state actors becoming major donors of WHO, public health activists want the issue of conflict of interest to be addressed

WHO says Monsanto weed-killer is ‘probably carcinogenic’; company rejects claim

Monsanto says herbicide glyphosate is ‘safe’ for human health

Ban junk food in schools, amicus curiae tells Delhi High Court

Stakeholders are expected to reply to the suggestions within the next hearing

15 African nations set up fund to fight Ebola

The recent outbreak of disease has claimed about 500 lives; medics continue efforts to combat misconceptions and mistrust around the disease

The silent killer

Symptoms of hypertension rarely show, and an increasing number of children, adolescents across India are falling victim to it

WHO launches global facility for pathogen storage, sharing and analysis

The sharing of pathogens is currently done bilaterally between countries; WHO BioHub will expedite the process 

Institutional deliveries on the rise across most states, shows NFHS-5 report

Kerala tops the charts, north-eastern states need to buck up, says survey 

Progress against malaria continues to plateau: Report

Africa continues to carry the highest burden: It accounted for 94% of the world’s malaria cases and deaths in the last 20 years 

Multiple crises: the cost of wasted time

Much like COVID-19, when WHO procrastinated, FAO too is “considering”when to declare the locust upsurge as a plague