World Water Day 2023: Dharwad revived traditional ponds to recharge its groundwater

Under Jal Jeevan Mission, groundwater sources are recharged and augmented by revived ponds that act as village-level groundwater-recharge …

Fourth Industrial Revolution: What is it all about?

A collection of DTE articles on the ongoing use of technologies to blur the boundaries between the digital, physical and biological worlds

Global malaria response suffered due to COVID-19: World Malaria Report 2021

COVID-19 service-related disruptions responsible for 69,000 additional malaria deaths in 2020, says new WHO report

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: OIE initiatives for responsible, prudent use of antimicrobials in animals in Asia-Pacific

The organisation conducted workshops to spread awareness & understand how antimicrobial use data can be shared among stakeholders

COVID-19 blow to diabetes care: Africa cases to more than double

Ahead of World Diabetes Day, WHO urged governments to invest in diagnosis, health worker training to prevent surge 

Unesco World Heritage forests: India’s Sundarbans among 5 sites with highest ‘blue carbon’ globally

Heritage forests release rather than sequester more carbon due to human activities, says Unesco

COVID-19: WHO recommends Regeneron antibody therapy for high-risk & seronegative patients

Price and production problems should be addressed at the earliest, the health agency says  

‘Earth Overshoot Day’ has shifted back to July 29

This means humanity has used all biological resources that the Earth regenerates during the entire year by July 29, the same date as in 2019

Re-design health innovation ecosystem for the common good: WHO         

WHO’s Council on the Economics of Health for All issues brief on equitable health innovation

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

Learning lessons from across Europe – the hidden costs of COVID-19 on lung cancer

The World Economic Forum, in partnership with the Lung Ambition Alliance, established a taskforce to learn from the impact of COVID-19 on lung …

No country in position to provide safe future to children: Report

High carbon emissions diminish good development indices of children, says Unicef-WHO-Lancet Commission report

Coming up in 2020: Measles, AMR big health challenges

Many countries are no more 'Measles-free'; antimicrobial resistance is a worry for India too

Climate Emergency CoP 25: 22 million people will be displaced in 2019 by extreme weather events, says WMO

The State of Global Climate 2019 says that once-in-a-century climate events are becoming regular

The weather paywall: Will a free public service be corrupted

There will be heavy rainfall in... (subscribe to read on) — that's how all weather information will be delivered if private players are …

Gabon to get $150 million to preserve its forests

Norway signs a 10-year deal to help the African nation become the first in the continent to get paid to cut greenhouse emissions from deforestation

WHO focuses on ways to improve health in southeast Asia

The 72nd regional meeting of WHO for the south-east Asian region was inaugurated on September 2, 2019 in Delhi

18 African countries yet to link health to climate action plans: WHO

Only 29 countries have developed and implemented the health-related National Adaptation Plan to mitigate climate change risks

Africa reinforces its position few hours before WTO Ministerial Conference

Africa would not adopt rules and decisions that would restrict governments from formulating policies to industrialise, create jobs and move up in …

World Food Day: investing in food security for a better future

As the number of hungry people is on the rise again globally, we must invest in rural development to drive about a change

New funding sources must to meet access to drinking water, sanitation

According to the GLAAS 2017 report, many people still lack access to safe and sustainable water supply and sanitation

Don't quit at Quito: Follow the health pulse of the New Urban Agenda

The new report, 'Health as the pulse of new urban agenda', released by the WHO in Quito, has outlined the guiding health principles that should …

Taxing sugary drinks can tackle obesity, diabetes: WHO

A new report by the international health agency proposes fiscal policies that lead to at least a 20 per cent increase in the retail price of …

Investment in health sector needed to create jobs, achieve SDGs

Ageing populations and increasing rates of non-communicable diseases are projected to generate the demand for 40 million new health workers …

About 65 million people were living in forced displacement at the end of 2015

A new report by World Bank assesses the global refugee crisis and examines solutions. Quick facts from the report