WHO reports progress in tackling tropical diseases
According to the international health agency, an estimated 1 billion people received treatment in 2015 alone
Most of us support mandatory vaccines for schoolkids, but is it good policy?
Overwhelming scientific evidence proves the safety and efficacy of vaccination to control, yet Canada is not meeting its childhood-vaccination targets
Salt to taste? Reduce your sodium intake. It may save your life, says new WHO report
Only 5% of 194 WHO member states are protected by mandatory and comprehensive sodium reduction policies; 73% lack full range of implementing such …
Report urges investment in childhood for future development
Findings underscore the importance of increased global commitment to early childhood development. Consequences of inaction impact not only present,…
Africans likely to live longer now; but will they live healthier?
The WHO said in a statement released August 4 that healthy life expectancy in its African region had increased on average by 10 years per person …
Policies to support dementia patients mostly in high-income countries: WHO
There will be a steady rise in global dementia prevalence in the coming decades, the health agency warns
Laws to protect breastfeeding inadequate in most countries: new report
The report has been prepared by WHO, UNICEF and International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN)
Spread of polio remains a public health emergency: WHO
Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries exporting poliovirus but worldwide threat remains
WHO declares end of Ebola outbreak in Liberia
The UN health agency said the job was far from over and more flare-ups were expected in the months to come
WHO urges action against antibiotic resistance
Experts warn that without effective medicines, infections such as hospital-acquired ventilator-associated pneumonias, urinary tract infections …
Malaria-helping protein identified
By targeting the protein, pharma companies can develop a new drug to treat the disease and block its transmission
Antibiotics under development insufficient to tackle antimicrobial resistance
World Health Organization releases its latest report on antibacterial agents in preclinical and clinical development
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 …
WHO lists only one strain of COVID-19 that emerged in India as a variant of concern
WHO had declared a total of three strains found in India variants of concern
Global Diabetes Compact to increase access to testing, treatment: WHO
About half of all adults with type 2 diabetes remain undiagnosed
COVID-19: A generation interrupted
Children born today might be the next development challenge for the world
World Antibiotic Awareness Week: Looking at the microbe’s rebellion
As antibiotics become ineffective, disease causing microbes are on a rampage
Coronavirus Update: After 4 mln cases in US Trump calls for putting on masks
Pandemic will worsen, US president thinks after 15 mln cases worldwide
WHO stresses on universal health coverage at its 71st assembly
The six-day World Health Assembly kicked off in Geneva on Monday
WHO report on polluted cities in India a dire warning: CSE
Of the 5,000 odd cities and towns in India, monitoring is being done in only 307 cities
COVID-19: Medical experts, civil society slam Trump’s move to cut WHO funding
Whatever the UN body’s faults, now not the time for such an action, they say
COVID-19 cases in Africa double in just four days
A host of factors could imperil millions of lives on the continent, warns WHO
Coronavirus: Older cousin MERS killed as recent as December
Years of research on SARS, MERS diseases have not helped much in dealing with COVID-19
World faces a triple health jeopardy as drug pipeline for new antibiotics dries up
It is time to look at antibiotics as global public good
Coronavirus update: Tamil Nadu to lock down Chennai, 3 other districts
ICMR distances itself from study suggesting November peak