In Focus

Global cholera outbreak: WHO warns of ‘very high’ risk

April 26, 2023

The UN agency has called for adequate surveillance, vaccination, and infection prevention as important parts of the response efforts As cholera spreads to...

OP-ED

Malaria free asia pacific region is within our reach

April 25, 2023

Add Comment

Malaria continues to be a major life-threatening disease caused by five species of Plasmodium malaria parasites transmitted through the bite of an infected...

In Focus

Almost no place on earth is safe from air pollution: study

April 11, 2023

Add Comment

By 2019, more than 70 percent of days in a year had particulate matter concentrations higher than 15 μg/m³ which is the safety threshold set by the WHO A world...

In Focus

Infertility affects one in six people globally: WHO

April 5, 2023

Add Comment

About 7.5 percent of adults worldwide experience infertility at some point in their lives, and the rates are comparable across high, middle, and low-income...

In Focus

What is Bedaquiline, the tuberculosis drug that goes off-patent in July

March 27, 2023

Add Comment

The Indian Patent Office has denied Johnson and Johnson’s request to extend the patent on a crucial tuberculosis drug called Bedaquiline, allowing local...

In Conversation

‘Tuberculosis has been known to mankind since 20,000 years ago’

March 24, 2023

Add Comment

Dr Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva is the Regional Director for South East Asia of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (The Union), a global...

In Focus

Developing medication that treats Tuberculosis in 3 months: Bill Gates

March 22, 2023

Add Comment

Around 10.6 million people across the world were diagnosed with the TB in 2021, an increase of 4.5 percent from 2020, while 1.6 million patients died of the...

In Focus

Excessive intake of salt kills 1.89 million every year

March 10, 2023

Add Comment

WHO says the world is off track to reduce sodium consumption by 30 percent by 2025 The largest number of diet-related deaths, an estimated 1.89 million each...

In Focus

Sexual misconduct victims, survivors are at the centre of WHO’s new policy

March 6, 2023

Add Comment

The policy sets six minimum standards to protect anyone subject to sexual misconduct by WHO staff or collaborators The World Health Organization (WHO) has...

In Focus

WHO breast cancer initiative to save 2.5 million lives by 2040

February 23, 2023

Add Comment

Nearly 2.3 million women die from breast cancer each year, making it the first or second leading cause of cancer deaths in 95 percent of countries. The Global...