The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the 2022 edition of its annual World Malaria Report, emphasising the cumulative impacts the prolonged pandemic continued to weigh on the economies and health systems of malaria-endemic countries across the globe. The report highlighted the
According to the Deloitte Mental Health Survey, poor employee mental health costs Indian companies an estimated $14 billion a year in absenteeism, low productivity, and job losses. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that India bears about 15% of the global mental
In recent weeks, Monsoon rains broke the century record and dumped more than five times the average of the past 30 years in some provinces. These floods have killed “more than 1,200 people, including about 400 children”, said UNICEF Representative Abdullah Fadil.
Malaria is preventable and treatable, but it continues to have devastating effects on the health and livelihoods of people around the world. In 2020, there were approximately 241 million new malaria cases and 627,000 malaria-related deaths in 85 countries. According to the
Delhi has been ranked the most polluted city in the world as per a global analysis of air quality. The report, Air Quality and Health in Cities, released by US-based Health Effects Institute on Wednesday, analyses pollution and global health effects for
The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) signed an MoU with International Labour Organisation (ILO) to adopt the International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs) for information dissemination to the chemical industry. The MoU was signed in the presence of the Union Minister of
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are sounding the alarm as new data shows that global vaccination coverage continued to fall in 2021, 25 million infants who have not received the vaccines that could have saved
In a new development, the first Indian monkeypox has been reported in Kerala. The patient travelled from UAE and reached the state on 12 July. Kerala Health Minister Veena George said that “all measures are being taken as per the guidelines issued
Four and a half months after the Russian invasion, Ukrainian settlements continue to be subjected to artillery and rocket attacks. Senior UN officials have long called for the creation of humanitarian corridors to ensure the safe and uninterrupted delivery of aid to Ukraine’s
The number of people affected by hunger in the world has increased to reach 828 million in 2021, an increase of approximately 46 million compared to 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a UN report
