A heavy burden
In 2016, over 95 per cent of TB deaths happened in low- and middle-income countries
WHO member states agree on $6.83 billion funding for 2 years; most ambitious yet
Historic 20% increase in assessed contributions after deliberations at 75th World Health Assembly
El Salvador becomes first central American country to be declared malaria-free
The country has not recorded any indigenous case of malaria since 2017
World not on track to reduce suicide mortality rate by 2030 : WHO
While COVID-19 has increased mental stress globally, a new WHO report shows a crisis was already in place in 2019
India has the highest suicide rate in South-East Asia: WHO
India stands third in female suicide rate after Lesotho and Republic of Korea, according to a report released by the UN health agency a day …
Seeing through Big Tobacco’s smokescreen
Government leaders must be prepared to demonstrate their commitment to protecting people from heart and lung disease by supporting stronger …
What’s in your food? Bournvita row sparks front-of-package labelling discourse
The product allegedly has an absurdly high sugar content, which remains hidden or missing in its advertising, packaging and labelling
Coronavirus update: Asymptomatic cases not drivers of infection, says WHO
Spurt in several Indian states
COVID-19: Future of pandemic will depend on India’s response, says WHO
Shutdowns only buy time, massive scale up of testing required
Problems detected in WHO’s post-vaccination philosophy
It does not address children's safety, say critics
Delhi, your deadly skies are speeding up a silent pandemic — AMR
Every 10% rise in the concentration of PM2.5 was linked with a 1.1 per cent global increase in antibiotic resistance and 43,654 deaths from …
World Health Assembly: WHO to develop surveillance systems, robust database to track chemicals that impact health
Report on impact of the linkages between chemicals, pollution, waste and human health to be submitted before 6th UNEA next year
The squalid history of medical patents
Bringing medicines into the global intellectual property regime was a triumph of corporate skulduggery led by Pfizer
Lao PDR becomes second country in 2023 after Bangladesh to eliminate lymphatic filariasis
Nineteen countries have been able to eliminate the disease, according to WHO
Simply Put: Healthy diet
Novel Coronavirus: What’s in a name?
World bodies have to be extremely careful when naming a new disease
Stockholm+50: Securitisation of pandemics
India’s invocation of National Disaster Management Act to deal with a pandemic was a first and an extreme case of securitisation of COVID-…
When a drug giant ties up with a non-profit
J&J’s pact with Stop TB Partnership to supply generic versions of bedaquiline promises hope, but falls short in many ways
India’s first monkeypox case reported from Kerala
The patient had returned to Kerala from the United Arab Emirates July 12 and was symptomatic at the time
India has the highest population with household exposure to pulmonary TB
At least 38 million people live in households across 20 high-burden countries, where at least one person has incident pulmonary TB
Three in four people with epilepsy in low-income countries may die early: WHO
Appropriate use of cheap and effective antiseizure medicines can make up to 70 per cent of people with epilepsy seizure free
How global warming and air pollution converge
The link between the two is becoming clearer with each passing year. It is time we in India also recognise and give it the attention it deserves
Paraguay now malaria-free
The country has worked on eliminating the disease for more than five decades and finally found success
Delivering business
What the increase in caesarean operations worldwide tells us about the science and politics of birthing
That lonely feeling
WHO has recognised loneliness as a public health crisis and is trying to devise a way to measure the condition that affects a quarter of the …