Toxic waste sites in India with elevated levels of lead and chromium are causing disease, disability and even death, leading to loss of healthy years of life among people, according to a new research. To source
Haryana Health Department, in collaboration with PGIMS,Rohtak, has prepared an action plan having a multi-pronged strategy to completely eradicate the disease of Hepatitis C from the state. To source
You’ve probably all seen the headlines that have dominated the press this week. 'Organic Food is 'Not Healthier' Working at the Soil Association, it’s things like this that can make your heart sink. To source
Domestic funding on HIV has exceeded international investments in the last one year, a report entitled Together we will end AIDS by the UN AIDS said. To source
Low social status is bad for your health. Biologists are starting to understand why To source
According to the WHO, TB is the third leading cause of death for women aged 15-44 worldwide. To source
Deteriorating air quality in the national capital can translate into 3,000 additional "premature deaths" annually due to air pollution related diseases, the Centre for Science and Environment has said in a report. To source
Donor countries, including the UK, and pharmaceutical companies have announced a new plan to tackle killer tropical diseases, which they say have long been neglected by the international community. These include visceral leishmaniasis (kala azar), sleeping sickness and Chagas disease, which have high mortality rates. To source
Reducing the soot pumped out by cars and cooking fires and the methane from coal mines and oil wells would rapidly curb global warming, prevent air pollution deaths and boost crop yields To source
When it comes to completing a master’s thesis, few public health students turn to the medium of film. But Jonathan P. Smith ’11 M.P.H. did, and the creative approach has earned him a prize from an international organization dedicated to global health. To source
This Sunday — June 5, 2011 — marks what public health considers the 30th anniversary of the international epidemic of HIV-AIDS. To source
Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl disaster, Barys Piatrovich recalls the tension of unknowing that gripped him and those around him during the days that followed. Today, barely any of the Chernobyl evacuees are still alive. Spread throughout the country, they died alone and unnoticed, statistically insignificant. To source
The Indian Association of Social Sciences and Health (IASSH) is a registered society affiliated to the Asia Pacific Network (APNET) of the International Forum of Social Sciences and Health (IFSSH) with secretariat in Istanbul, Turkey. To source
India has slipped 10 places to rank 88th out of 110 on the 2010 Global Prosperity Index , created by the London-based Legatum Institute as a measure of “wealth and well-being”, lagging 30 spots behind a country like China . To source
Malaria kills around 205,000 people in India each year, more than 13 times the estimate made by the World Health Organization, researchers said on Thursday. To source
"I don't think it is a cultural thing. When you agree to host [a Games] you are required to provide the basics in terms of health and hygiene for the athletes," Australia Olympic Committee president John Coates said. "The Games shouldn't have been awarded to Delhi in hindsight." To source
The maternity ward in the Mayange district health center is nothing fancy. It has no running water, and the delivery room is little more than a pair of padded benches with stirrups. But the blue paint on the walls is fairly fresh, and the labor room beds have mosquito nets. To source
Health System Strengthening can be defined as an array of initiatives and strategies that improves one or more of the functions of the health system and that leads to better health through improvements in access, coverage, quality, or efficiency. With the aim of facilitating cross-learning of success stories and to complement the scaling up of strengthening health systems, an International Conference is being organized by the Tamil Nadu Health System Project (TNHSP), Government of Tamil Nadu (India). To source