A state with a per capita income well below the national average has, over the years, surprised demographers and public health researchers with faster-than-expected gains on child mortality, institutional births, and school enrolment.
India’s healthcare system has yet to match the country’s claimed growth in economy and living standards.
The World Health Organization’s decision to classify the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo as an international public health emergency is not merely a medical alert.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that it is monitoring and supporting a public health incident aboard a cruise vessel sailing in the Atlantic Ocean, where a hantavirus outbreak has been confirmed, resulting in three deaths and multiple suspected infections.
The risk of transmission of Nipah virus remains low, and there is no need for any travel or trade restrictions, said the World Health Organisation, noting that it is closely monitoring the deadly virus cases in India.
Monkeypox, also called mpox, is a rare viral disease which is mainly transmitted to humans from animals. It's symptoms resemble, but are generally less severe than, smallpox.
India has witnessed 908 new Covid-19 cases, and two deaths between June and July this year, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report on Wednesday.
This marks the second time in three years that Mpox has reached emergency status.
India reported 27 laboratory-confirmed cases of Mpox (formerly Monkeypox) and one death between January 2022 and June 2024, said the World Health Organization’s (WHO) in its latest update on Tuesday.
This agreement outlines the financial terms for implementing the activities of the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre (GTMC) in Gujarat's Jamnagar, as per the communique' issued by the Ayush Ministry.
