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Record number of countries will go to elections at a time when young populations’ trust on democracy is waning  

AMR Awareness Week: Innovation in antibiotics research and development is urgently needed

There should be a movement to treat AMR as a national issue, pass policies and fund innovation. Such efforts would then have a cascading effect …

Simply Put: World Lion Day 2023

World Day To Combat Desertification 2023: My job is to communicate complex issues involving land, Ricky Kej to DTE

The three-time Grammy Award recipient has been striving to highlight the need to pay attention to and reverse the growing trends of land …

World Health Assembly: Taiwan becomes a hot potato again

Down To Earth brings you latest updates from the ongoing session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva

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

We know loneliness is a big problem. What we do not know is just how big: Christopher Mikton

Technical Officer at WHO and part of the Secretariat on Social Connection speaks to Down To Earth about loneliness on International …

India still among countries with poor access to banking: Report

More than half of population without access to banking lives in 7 developing countries: World Bank

World Meteorological Congress calls for international cooperation in meteorology, climatology, operational hydrology

The WMO Congress will specifically focus on key priorities including water, a comprehensive new data exchange policy and a reinforced, better-…

World Health Assembly: WHO to develop surveillance systems, robust database to track chemicals that impact health

Report on impact of the linkages between chemicals, pollution, waste and human health to be submitted before 6th UNEA next year

New replenishment mechanism to make WHO funding flexible welcomed at World Health Assembly

Sustainable Development Goals should also discuss adolescent health, says a report presented at the World Health Assembly  

Legacy Waste: Did mustard gas from World Wars dumped in Baltic cause Nord Stream explosions

The recent Nord Stream explosions in the Baltic took place northeast of Bornholm, a major dumping ground for German chemicals and explosives …

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

World Malaria Day: WHO identifies 25 countries with potential to be malaria-free by 2025

Three African countries to gain from WHO’s new initiative to eradicate malaria in 25 countries  

DTE Coverage: Earth Day 2024

Our planet is in turmoil; Down To Earth reported on some major difficulties facing it

Simply Put: Cleanliness goals

AMR Awareness Week: Pharma must rise to the challenge as stewards of public health

Being in the pharmaceutical field, the mantle of responsibility falls upon us to forge ahead in the relentless pursuit of solutions to the …

Lao PDR becomes second country in 2023 after Bangladesh to eliminate lymphatic filariasis

Nineteen countries have been able to eliminate the disease, according to WHO

Simply Put: Healthy diet

Novel Coronavirus: What’s in a name?

World bodies have to be extremely careful when naming a new disease

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-…

Food for all to free for all: Unconcerned WTO make matters worse

This is the second part to the report ‘Food for all to free for all: The collateral of Russia vs Ukraine’  

Charity after profiteering, the Big Pharma way

Pfizer to sell its medicines at no profit in world’s poorest countries, and other big names to make cancer drugs more accessible

What Nigeria must do to eliminate malaria: 3 researchers offer insights

Nigeria accounts for nearly a quarter of deaths from malaria in the world — in 2018 the numbers stood at 95,000. Three of the country&…