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.
Elder abuse can lead to serious physical injuries and long-term psychological consequences, increased risk of nursing home placement, use of emergency services, hospitalization and premature death.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it will convene a meeting next week to assess whether the current monkeypox outbreak outside of the traditional endemic areas in Africa has already turned into a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).
The WHO has also issued new guidelines on monkeypox vaccination, which includes recommendations on use of (smallpox) vaccines for monkeypox.
Addressing the UN's World Health Assembly in Geneva on Sunday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world is not over the pandemic, which has claimed six million lives, with almost 15 million excess mortality.
The new sub-variants do not cause severe infection than the original Omicron strain, but they appear to be more contagious, Van Kerkhove was quoted as saying during a Q&A on the organisation's social media platforms on Wednesday.
