Nigeria’s food insecurity: Declaring a state of emergency isn’t a real solution — here’s what is

Prices of staple food items have risen by over 25% over the last year

Monkeypox not public health emergency of international concern yet. Do we need to update our understanding of this label?

Emergency Committee meeting indication enough of how serious the monkeypox outbreak is

Large Africa study makes important breakthrough in HIV prevention

Most notable prevention for HIV is pre-exposure prophylaxis pill Truvada. The Conversation spoke to an expert about the efficacy of the pill

Lassa fever: Why there’s a call to declare a health emergency in Nigeria

The Nigerian Academy of Science has called for the current outbreak of Lassa fever in Africa’s most populous nation to be declared a …

Most African countries don’t have real-time air pollution monitors: Unicef

This includes Chad, Somalia and the Central African Republic where air pollution has reached emergency levels

World Health Assembly approves resolution that calls for mental health support to be included in emergency responses

Authors of the draft expressed concern at the continued discrimination and stigma suffered by victims of armed conflicts and natural disasters

WHO has ended the COVID-19 global health emergency — what happens now?

The ‘end of the pandemic’ might have several ramifications

Climate emergency: Tipping points are already here, scientists warn

Limited time available to shift priorities to alleviate climate crisis  

National Clean Air Programme: Good idea but weak mandate

The much-awaited plan should not be top-down, it should create room for tighter action

Dissent and democracy

Forty years after the Emergency was declared, India must revisit its legacy of dissent

Act responsibly on climate emergency to protect public health, editors urge leaders

Over 200 editors from across the world call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health

Climate crisis putting a billion children at ‘extremely high risk,’ warns new UN report

Almost half of the world’s children are seriously threatened by the rapidly deteriorating global climate

Apolcaypse now: Toxic air shrouds Delhi

Delhiites breathed the season’s worst PM2.5 on the morning of November 3, 2019

Delhi Pollution Crisis: CM Kejriwal announces school shutdown in Delhi for a week

Emergency measures are not a magic bullet; systemic and sustained change in Delhi’s air quality is needed, Anumita Roychowdhury of CSE says

Why India needs to see climate change as urgent political issue

Privatising energy and agricultural sectors will bring India closer to its economic goals — but at the cost of its climate ones

Ebola emergency: WHO spotlight on experimental drugs

On Friday, it was disclosed that three persons in New Delhi are being kept under watch for possible Ebola symptoms

World Health Assembly defines pandemic emergency, pledges improved access to medical products & financing

Critical amendments to International Health Regulations adopted by WHO member countries

Is WHO nod for China’s Sinovac a domino effect of COVID-19 second wave in India?

The process of approval has become slower since Pfizer and BioNTech received approval

COVID-19 vaccine update: South Africa may return Serum Institute of India doses

The WHO has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus jab for emergency use. This means the vaccine can be rolled out globally 

Climate Emergency CoP 25: What leaders will discuss at the meet

The four issues that world leaders are expected to discuss at the 12-day meet  

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo a global health emergency

The declaration was made after case was registered in Goma city, which shares a border with Rwanda

War-torn South Sudan weeks away from possible famine

International agencies fall short of funds, claim the crisis is one of the worst they have seen in years

Flood warning: lost in translation?

Despite having a history of floods, state did not have a disaster management system in place

Covid-19 no longer public health emergency. But a new mRNA vaccine has been authorised for emergency use

The Phase III clinical trial was conducted with 3,140 participants who were randomisd to receive either GEMCOVAC-OM or Covidshield in 20 centres …

WHO to discuss Zika impact on Rio Olympics next week

Concern over the spread of the disease is growing with athletes pulling out of the event and scientists writing to WHO to move or postpone the Games