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.
When a Hyderabad-based paediatrician took on billion-rupee beverage brands over their misuse of the term “ORS,” it sounded like a medical dispute.
Road safety has become a pressing concern globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where rapid motorization has not been matched by proportionate investments in infrastructure and enforcement.
According to a report, the WHO has urged authorities to inform the health agency if they detect these cough syrups in their countries.
These medicines were among those consumed by children in the reported cluster of cases.
At present, the doctor-patient ratio in India stands at 1:1263, closer to its target of one doctor for every 1000 patients nationwide by 2030.
