Tag: india
World falls short in end hepatitis goal, India among top 10...
Data from 187 countries show that the estimated number of deaths from viral hepatitis increased from 1.1 million in 2019 to 1.3 million in...
It’s official: India now has more COVID2019 cases than China
India has now surged past China in its Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID2019) tally
Exactly 117 days after the first case was reported in India -...
Bidi smoking cost India Rs 805.5 bn in ill health in...
Researcher analyses the cost of bidis, a low cost tobacco alternative
Bidi smoking cost India 805.5 billion rupees in ill health and early deaths in...
Dip in US life expectancy, drug overdose, suicides to blame
Suicides and drug overdose bring down U.S. life expectancyDrug overdose deaths in the United States have gone up by 70,000 in 2017, a climb...
India to miss SDG target on non-communicable diseases: Lancet
The report says despite progress India and China unlikely to meet the 2030 target even by 2040India miss UN targets to reduce premature deaths...
50 mn more Indians could become malnourished by 2050
India could be the worst hit by the dip in crop quality because of rising carbon dioxide levels
An estimated 50 million people in India...
Heart disease, stroke cause a quarter of deaths in India
Study published in Lancet Global Health reveals new trends in cardiovascular diseases in India
Death due to cardiovascular disease is on the rise in India....
India ranks 145 out of 195 countries in healthcare access
An analysis published in The Lancet also finds wide disparities across states
Healthcare access in India has become better between 1990 and 2016 but the...
God’s own country is haven for deadly Nipah virus
A virus carried by fruit bats claims 10 lives in KeralaTen people have died from a rare virus, named Nipah, in Kerala. Nine others...
ICMR issues guidelines for Diabetes after a decade
India is home to the second highest number of diabetes patients in the world.
ICMR today issued standard treatment guidelines against diabetes after almost a...
