Meanwhile, the potential long-term health effects on infected children and adolescents remain unknown.
Tag: World Health Organisation
World Health Day 2019: WHO focuses on Universal Health Coverage
World Health Day is celebrated on April 7 each year. World Health Organisation (WHO) is focusing on universal health coverage (UHC) for this year’s World Health Day. The strategic aim of universal health coverage is to ensure that everyone can use the health services they need without the risk of financial ruin or impoverishment,[Read More…]
With over 1 lakh contaminated vaccines, India’s ‘polio-free’ status at risk
The Union Health Ministry on Monday claimed it had identified hundreds of children who received contaminated polio vaccine in states like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana. As per the local media reports, police arrested the managing director of Bio-Med after routine testing which revealed it had made and shipped some 150,000[Read More…]
Indians drinking more: Alcohol intake doubles in a decade
Indians have started drinking more as compared to 2005. The alcohol consumption in India has more than doubled. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) the per capita alcohol consumption has increased from 2.4 litres in 2005 to 5.7 litres in 2016. The report suggests 4.2 litres is being consumed[Read More…]
TB continue to be world’s deadliest infectious disease: WHO
Tuberculosis (TB) remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease although global efforts have averted an estimated 54 million tuberculosis (TB) deaths since 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday. WHO, in its latest 2018 Global TB Report, says countries are still not doing enough to end TB by 2030[Read More…]
Under-five mortality rate declined faster in India: UN
Death of children below the age of five continues to steadily reduce in India, declining from nearly 22 per cent in 2012 to 18 per cent in 2017, which is now for the first time below the one million mark, the UN said in a new report. “The under-five mortality[Read More…]
All you need to know about hepatitis
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), hepatitis is one of the widely-recognised public health diseases in India, and liver diseases are the 10th most common cause of death in the country. Gone are the days when liver diseases were only associated with alcohol consumption, says Dr. D. Palaniyamma, Medical[Read More…]
Alarming: One in 10 medicines fake; diseases becoming untreatable, says WHO
According to WHO, these medicines not only fail to treat or prevent diseases but can also cause serious illness or even death. “Substandard and falsified medicines particularly affect the most vulnerable communities,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General. The report highlighted that since 2013, the WHO has received 1,500[Read More…]
Zika Virus in India: WHO confirms 3 cases in Ahmedabad
Threatening the health of many, the Zika virus disease has reached India. Notably, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed its first three cases in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad. Laboratory tests conducted in India, authorised by the WHO, said that all the 3 cases, including that of a pregnant woman, were reported from[Read More…]
Pregnant lady infected by Zika virus in Ahmedabad
Three cases of the deadly Zika virus have been reported in Ahmedabad on Saturday. The World Health Organisation confirmed that the infected persons include a pregnant lady as well, who belongs to Bapunagar area of the city. Dr. Deepak Saxena, Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH) Gandhinagar, said that[Read More…]
Mental Illness – A Call to Action!
With words like “depressed”, we casually make references to mental health in daily conversation. However, we don’t realise how prevalent mental illness is in our lives. Per a 2016 survey (NIMHANS) 10.6% of India’s population, or a staggering 13 crore people have a diagnosable mental health condition. Take a close[Read More…]
Massive vehicle pile-up in China leaves 17 people dead, 37 injured
A total of 17 people died and 37 others were injured after 56 vehicles piled up on a Beijing-Kunming expressway in North China’s Shanxi province on Monday. It cited local authorities as saying the injured were in a stable condition. A rescue operation was launched involving local police, firefighters, doctors[Read More…]