Experts raise concerns as no more social impact assessment for Odisha projects

Bill retracted 6 months ago passed in House recently; state continues crackdown on land acquisition opponents

World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco farming adding to global food crisis, says WHO

Growing sustainable crops can help address acute global food insecurity, governments urged to stop tobacco farming subsidies

Droughts bring disease: Here are 4 ways they do it

Prolonged dry spells, particularly in semi-arid and arid regions, may have serious impacts, particularly if people aren’t prepared

Governments discuss over 300 proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations

This is the 2nd meeting where countries worldwide came together to strengthen the mechanism in place to mitigate public health threats

Climate change may worsen cholera crisis in Africa: WHO

Extreme weather events like major floods and even droughts may be driving the health crisis; Malawi facing the worst ever crisis

Oxfam’s latest report is a wake-up call on the ever-increasing gulf between India’s haves and have-nots

India should adopt a pro-people and nature-friendly economic model to reduce its inequalities

Autonomous Africa CDC a game-changer on disease outbreak response: Experts

Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention will now be in a position to assess disease outbreaks on the continent and declare it an …

Black hole of public finance: Unequal fiscal burden on citizens

73% of the wealth generated in India in 2017 went to the richest 1%, while the poorest half of the population saw only a 1% increase in their wealth

Miracle of birth as a nightmare: India needs urgent policies to protect women’s obstetric rights

Obstetric violence is rampant, specially in rural India

COVID national emergency in the US might end early — What does this mean?

Public health emergency still in place for now; ending the emergency declaration would formally restructure the federal coronavirus response

Experts urge One Health approach for disease control at pan-Africa meet

Effects of global warming, climate change are critical contributing factors to many of the health emergencies in Africa, say experts at Africa …

Has the free market economy added to India’s increasing PCOD burden?

About 9.13% of menstruating women in south India and Maharashtra suffer from PCOS, while 22.5 per cent have PCOD, according to UNICEF

Hidden Hunger: Every second child globally deficient in micronutrients, finds report

56% preschool aged children, 69% non-pregnant women of reproductive age lack in iron, zinc & vit A

Ramdev shouldn’t criticise other systems of medicine: SC

Reply sought from Patanjali, Centre over Indian Medical Association plea; Experts say time to update Ayurveda textbooks

Worms thriving in brains, Assam’s tea garden workers lose lives, livelihoods

Neurocysticercosis triggered by tapeworms that easily travel between humans and pigs present a real, imminent danger of zoonosis; an …

Will India officially be poverty free in 2023?

National Statistical Office rolling out consumption expenditure sample survey; may note impact of central schemes adding to people’s income

As told to Parliament (March 21, 2023): Maternal mortality went down to 97 per 100,000 live births in 2018-20

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Alzheimer’s: Blood biomarker may help identify the disease ten years before symptoms start

Starting treatment before symptoms may prevent damage

New Covid strain in circulation, may not be a concern for India

EG.5.1 variant, code-named Eris, has behind almost 15% cases in the UK  

Corporate net zero promises found to be insufficient and relying on cheap offsets

25 of the world’s largest companies only commit to reduce emissions by 40% on average, not 100% as suggested by the terms ‘net zero&…

COVID-19 in Africa: The pain of getting the jab

The COVAX Facility and the African Union are struggling to bring some relief to Africa which has been suffering from vaccine apartheid

Gender inequities worsen impact of cancer in women, finds Lancet Commission

Discrimination affects their rights and opportunities to avoid risk factors, ability to get timely diagnosis & quality care

India tops global charts for childhood diabetes and deaths: Study

Almost 40% increase in cases to 2019 from 1990 globally; largest increase in cases recorded in children aged 10 to 14 years

Rahima Moosa: South Africa’s only mother and child hospital is falling apart — a veteran doctor reflects on why

The country’s health ombudsman recently published a shocking investigation into Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital 

Fear of food grain crisis due to open procurement; increasing MSP coverage the solution, say experts

Buffer stock of wheat and rice in Food Corporation of India godowns double the normal