A heavy burden

In 2016, over 95 per cent of TB deaths happened in low- and middle-income countries

WHO member states agree on $6.83 billion funding for 2 years; most ambitious yet

Historic 20% increase in assessed contributions after deliberations at 75th World Health Assembly

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

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

World not on track to reduce suicide mortality rate by 2030 : WHO

While COVID-19 has increased mental stress globally, a new WHO report shows a crisis was already in place in 2019

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 …

What’s in your food? Bournvita row sparks front-of-package labelling discourse

The product allegedly has an absurdly high sugar content, which remains hidden or missing in its advertising, packaging and labelling

Combatting an invisible killer: New WHO air pollution guidelines recommend sharply lower limits

The WHO cut in half its recommended limit for exposure to PM2.5

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 …

Coronavirus update: Asymptomatic cases not drivers of infection, says WHO

Spurt in several Indian states

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

Stockholm+50: Securitisation of pandemics

India’s invocation of National Disaster Management Act to deal with a pandemic was a first and an extreme case of securitisation of COVID-…

India’s first monkeypox case reported from Kerala

The patient had returned to Kerala from the United Arab Emirates July 12 and was symptomatic at the time

India has the highest population with household exposure to pulmonary TB

At least 38 million people live in households across 20 high-burden countries, where at least one person has incident pulmonary TB 

Simply Put: Healthy diet

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

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

Antimicrobial resistance: Here’s what can be done to address environmental AMR in India

India is the world’s largest consumer of antibiotics in terms of total volume

Argentina’s mystery pneumonia outbreak finally identified as Legionellosis disease

At least 11 people have been infected and four have succumbed to the illness

Kerala reports India’s first suspected death due to monkeypox

This takes the global death toll of the current monkeypox outbreak to nine

Tedros Ghebreyesus keeps his job at WHO helm

COVID: A two-year journey through lockdowns, lives lost and life-saving research

During this period, there have been over 433 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including over 6 million deaths, reported to the World Health …