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    Global Health News

    South Asia has largest health workforce shortage in achieving universal health coverage: Study

    South Asia has largest health workforce shortage in achieving universal health coverage: Study
    Cities
    Published 6 days ago

    The ‘$18 trillion’ health crisis nobody is treating like an emergency: WHO warns

    More than one in eight people globally live with obesity, a chronic disease driving millions of deaths and threatening to drain trillions of dollars from the world economy, as per World Health Organisation. (Freepik)
    Lifestyle
    Published 28 days ago

    WHO’s pandemic pact paralysed over pathogen sharing

    Negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system, the unfinished annex of the WHO Pandemic Agreement adopted in May 2025, again ended inconclusively at the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva.
    World News
    Updated 97 days ago

    World Health Assembly opens on Monday amid global financial constraints

    The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement that the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly will take place from May 18 to 23 in Geneva. (REUTERS)
    India News
    Published 100 days ago

    Study estimates 22.6 million preventable deaths in LMICs by 2030 due to cuts in development aids

    Study estimates 22.6 million preventable deaths in LMICs by 2030 due to cuts in development aids
    India News
    Published 203 days ago

    WHO warns of surging levels of antibiotic resistance

    Globally, resistance to antibiotics directly accounts for more than 1 million deaths annually.
    World News
    Published 316 days ago

    Aid cuts: Igniting a global health time bomb

    FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
    Ht Insight
    Published 337 days ago

    ‘Funding by USAID prevented 91.8mn deaths worldwide’

    The study estimated that over the past two decades, USAID-funded programs have prevented more than 91 million deaths globally
    Health
    Updated 420 days ago

    A future at risk: Prioritising women, children, adolescents

    India offers a powerful example of what’s possible. It has reduced maternal mortality from 130 per 100,000 live births in 2014-16 to 97 per 100,000 live births in 2018-20, and expanded access to care (ANI)
    Opinion
    Published 458 days ago

    Prime Minister Modi projects India model at World Health Assembly in Geneva

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday. (DPR PMO)
    India News
    Updated 462 days ago

    Bill Gates to give away 99% of wealth, Gates Foundation to close by 2045

    Bill Gates has decided to donate the rest of his Microsoft fortune and close the Gates Foundation in 2045.
    World News
    Published 474 days ago

    The climate crisis is also a mental health threat

    The mental health impacts of the climate crisis are, and will continue to be, unequally distributed globally, and those anticipated to bear the brunt of these impacts include people living in ecologically-sensitive areas, resource-dependent populations (farmers, fisherfolk, Indigenous peoples),and people with pre-existing health conditions and stressors
    Opinion
    Published 503 days ago

    USAID official warns of unnecessary deaths from Trump's foreign aid block, then says he's been put on leave

    USAID official warns of unnecessary deaths from Trump's foreign aid block, then says he's been put on leave
    World News
    Published 540 days ago

    Doctors call for protection of healthcare workers in war zones

    IPPNW Board’s chair Ruth Mitchell highlighted the catastrophic risks of the nuclear arms race, emphasising the urgent need for disarmament. (HT File)
    Cities
    Published 630 days ago

    Up funds for new global health plan, WHO nations told

    In a G20 meeting chaired by Brazil on Saturday, health ministers called on all member states and partners to contribute. (REUTERS)
    India News
    Updated 659 days ago

    ‘Malnutrition is vastly ignored... would fix it if I had a magic wand’

    Bill Gates. (AFP)
    India News
    Published 707 days ago

    How FAO is strengthening India's response to zoonotic threats

    World Zoonoses Day, observed annually on July 6, aims to raise awareness about zoonotic diseases, emphasising their profound impact on global health and highlighting the need for continuous research, attention, and collaboration to prevent outbreaks and safeguard public health.
    Opinion
    Published 779 days ago

    Indians failing to meet recommended standard of physical activity, finds study

    People exercising at Marine Drive in Mumbai. (Kunal Patil/HT File Photo)
    India News
    Updated 790 days ago

    Superbugs: Is this global health threat potentially worse than Covid-19?

    Superbugs vs Covid-19: Comparing scale and severity of global health threats, preparing for next health catastrophe
    Lifestyle
    Published 794 days ago

    COP28: Impact of the climate crisis on public health

    A delegate walks past a logo of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
    Ht Insight
    Published 972 days ago

    Study flags rise in four zoonotic infections

    The researchers focused on Filoviruses (Ebola virus, Marburg virus), SARS Coronavirus 1, Nipah virus, and Machupo virus (HT file photo)
    India News
    Updated 1026 days ago

    Emerging infectious diseases: Insights and strategies for prevention and control

    Emerging infectious diseases: Insights and strategies for prevention and control
    Lifestyle
    Published 1076 days ago

    G20 meeting: ‘Regardless of motivation, all acts of terrorism are unjustified’

    G-20 countries expressed concern about illicit trafficking and the diversion of small arms and light weapons. (HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 1225 days ago

    Why UN global hunger report figures are staggering: 150 million added post Covid

    FILE - An Ethiopian woman stands by sacks of wheat to be distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Saturday. 
    World News
    Published 1509 days ago

    Hidden hunger is a threat to achieving 2025 global nutrition targets

    Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals required by our bodies in very small quantities. Although required in minimal quantities, their deficiencies during pregnancy can lead to poor pregnancy (women with severe anemia are twice as likely to die during pregnancy) and birth outcomes (children born to malnourished mothers are more likely to be born too small, too soon, or stillborn).
    Ht Insight
    Published 1623 days ago
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