India said that it will meet the millennium development goals by 2015. Various UN bodies had questioned the country’s ability to do so. In a letter to WHO representative to India Neta Menabde, the Health and Family Welfare …
An unknown disease has been the cause for the death of at least 56 Cambodian children in the past three months, as reported by the ministry of health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.
Preliminary findings identified …
India should work towards universal health coverage, the World Health Organisation (WHO) India representative Nata Menabde declared. Talking to media persons after WHO and the health ministry released a joint Country Cooperation …
Since 1980, the obesity around the world has doubled. In 2008,there were over 1.4 billion adults overweight (BMI 25 -30) and out of these 500 million people were obese (above 30).
What are overweight and obesity?
Overweight …
In a recent report by the WHO, warnings have been given about fumes from diesel engines being carcinogenic (producing cancer) especially bladder cancer. They apparently belong in the same potentially dangerous category as …
Second-hand or passive smoking is almost as dangerous as active smoking. According to WHO, passive smoking causes 600,000 deaths every year. Here are 10 facts you should know about about passive smoking:
Second-hand …
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day. The theme for WHO’s World No Tobacco Day this year is ‘tobacco industry interference’. The campaign looks to focus on the need to expose and counter the tobacco industry's brazen and …
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day.
Passive smoking, often dubbed the 'silent killer', is more dangerous than you believe and the complications it creates have gone up like never before. "Passive smoking is little talked about. But …
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day.
A study published by the journal Tobacco Control found that if nations immediately implemented the proven, cost-effective tobacco control policies called for by the World Health Organization, …
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day.
Abhishek Shetty led the typical life of a young employee in an IT company. A regular smoker, the 32-year-old had a hectic schedule, odd sleeping hours and irregular meals - all of which caught up …
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day.
Does smoking on screen harm youth? Some feel depicting actors smoking in films and TV shows can affect young, impressionable minds, but others do not agree with this. "Youth consider celebrities …
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day.
The theme for World Tobacco Day 2012 is Tobacco industry interference. The World Health Organisation (WHO) urged governments in Southeast Asia to beware of the tobacco industry's interference …
According to WHO, an HIV infected person should be given immediate treatment to reduce the risk of transmission. The recommendation is part of a global initiative to reduce the risk of transmission of the virus to the infected …
As per a recent WHO study, the death rates from measles went down by 74 percent between 2000 and 2010, below the targeted 90%, due to deaths in India and Africa where the virus kills thousands a year. Regular measles outbreaks …
