UN begins task of drafting declaration on sustainable development agenda
Delegates express concern over achieving equitable development
Under-five child mortality drops 53 per cent from 1990 to 2015: report
Despite progress, a large number of children are still dying due to preventable causes. Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia are the regions …
Maternal mortality: India likely to miss MDG target
Infant mortality in India is higher than that of neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal
Africa fights hunger with football, Vietnam aims at ‘zero hunger’ by 2025
Millions of people in Asia and Africa are undernourished and malnourished
An open problem
Ghana's failure to fight open defecation is an ominous sign for Africa
New UN report gives recommendations to improve human development in Asia-Pacific
Proposes green growth approach, among others
World Health Statistics 2015: some achievements, many concerns
Down To Earth highlights the world’s performance on health-related development goals, where our successes lie and where efforts are still a …
Battle against TB
Latest WHO report highlights the advances made by countries in controlling the spread of tuberculosis and recommends ways to achieve eradication
The future we do not want
World leaders attending Rio+20 did nothing to tackle the interlinked crises of economy and ecology, says Sunita Narain after attending the …
Why the world should plan for historic African population boom
The Western world witnessed a baby boom post World War II. Now Africa, the world's second most populous continent, is set for a demographic boom …
Few nations can achieve child mortality reduction goal set for 2035: report
'Only nine of 74 nations where most under five deaths occur can achieve goal of 20 deaths per 1,000 live births if current trends continue'
Measles catch-up campaign falls short of expectation
Health ministry officials say impact of the campaign will show results later
Postnatal care critical to reducing maternal and infant mortality
Many women in low- and middle-income countries do not use postnatal care, says study
Response to Ebola, obesity high on the agenda
WHO will evaluate performance related to MDGs and set priorities for the coming year, including plans to fight antimicrobial resistance
Environmental degradation draining Pakistan’s economy: survey
Increasing urbanisation is causing air, water pollution
Why environmental degradation is a big health risk
Down To Earth and Centre for Science and Environment jointly release Body Burden 2015, an annual health report
Less than 500 days left, can India meet its MDG targets?
Going by current trends, the target for reducing infant mortality and improving other human development indices seem near impossible to achieve
Budget 2013-14: provisioning for universal healthcare or moving away from agenda?
The world trend is to move towards public health systems, but developments in India seem to be in the opposite direction
India struggles to keep its children healthy, say experts
Lack of credible data and co-ordinated action slow country’s efforts to contain malnutrition
New financing facility to help poor countries reach 2015 development goal
Additional funds will speed up progress on women and child health in developing countries
Water is critical to sustainable development, says UN report
Increasing ubanisation and industrialisation are widening the rift between demand for and supply of water
Include disabled in UN’s post-MDG development agenda, say activists
ÔÇÿMillennium Development Goals with its deadline of 2015 has done little to improve the condition of the disabledÔÇÖ
Innovation key to meet Aichi biodiversity targets by 2020
Meeting the goals of Strategic Plan for Biodiversity can help sustainable development post-2015
COVID-19: The pandemic of inequality
Nobody is sure when this defining point of the pandemic would be declared over
‘Disasters like Ebola threaten Africa’s progress towards MDGs’
Report launched at the ninth African Economic Conference says the continent made headway in human development but its continuation is threatened …