India: 170 Million Children to Get Polio Drops
The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, launched the Pulse Polio programme for 2018 by administering polio drops to children less than five years old, at the Rahstrapati Bhawan, on…
Environment: Pollution Causes 12.6 Million Deaths a Year
UN Environment (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed for a new collaboration to check environmental health risks that cause an estimated 12.6 million deaths a year. Mr.…
New Global Commitment to End Tuberculosis
According to WHO, 75 ministers have agreed to take urgent action to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The announcement came at the first WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Tuberculosis…
Mission Indradhanush to Achieve Full Immunization in India
“Let no child suffer from any vaccine-preventable disease.” This was stated by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi as he launched the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) at Vadnagar in Gujarat…
How to Tackle Childhood Obesity: New Guidelines Released
An estimated 41 million children under five years old are obese or overweight, United Nations health experts warned Wednesday while launching new guidelines to tackle the global epidemic. Faced with…
25 Million Unsafe Abortions Occur Each Year: WHO
Worldwide, 25 million unsafe abortions (45% of all abortions) occurred every year between 2010 and 2014, according to a new study by WHO and the Guttmacher Institute published Thursday in…