Health

Alcohol, poverty and the South African city

In the past decade, a sense of urgency has started to pervade alcohol regulation in South Africa. The burden of alcohol-related mortality and morbidity is among the highest in the world, and its effects are made worse by persistent socio-economic and structural inequalities. Moreover, alcohol is also a principle risk factor for infectious and chronic diseases, as well as a tenacious barrier to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Its consumption and negative externalities have therefore become a public health and development crisis.

Publication Date: 
16/04/2014
Clare Herrick, Susan Parnell
South African Geographical Journal
96
1
1-14
Tags:
Alcoholism, Poverty, South Africa, Health Policy, Urban Habitat
Governance And Institutions

BJP Election Manifesto 2014 (Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas)

This 52-page Election Manifesto 2014 was released by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. Promises to put sustainability and inclusive growth at the centre of all thoughts and actions and take Climate Change mitigation
initiatives with all seriousness and work with the global community and institutions in this regard.

Publication Date: 
07/04/2014
Bharatiya Janata Party
Tags:
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Politics, Political Parties, India, Governance, Women, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Agriculture, Irrigation, Drinking Water, Health Policy, Development, Ports, Minorities
Health

Protecting health: the global challenge for capitalism

The quest to secure economic growth, after a financial crisis that raised serious questions about capitalism's ability to protect and sustain the wellbeing of populations in rich and poor countries alike, is the overriding political priority for many governments today.

Publication Date: 
11/02/2014
Richard Horton, Selina Lo
Lancet
Tags:
Health, Economic Development, Governance, Politics, Education, Housing, China, Africa, Poverty, Conflicts, India, Health Care, Health Policy, Developing Countries
Health

India has shown the world that there is no such thing as impossible – WHO Director-General

Congratulating the country for its monumental achievement, Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization, said, “India has shown the world that there is no such thing as impossible.

Publication Date: 
11/02/2014
World Health Organization (Country Office India)
Tags:
Polio, India, WHO, Health Care, Health Policy, Vaccination, Child Health
Health

Under nourishment and anaemia in children - Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 10/02/2014

Under nourishment and anaemia in children - Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 10/02/2014.

Publication Date: 
10/02/2014
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Malnutrition, Anaemia, Child Health, India, Parliament, Health Care, Health Policy, Statistics
Health

DBT embarks on pre-term birth program

Program on pre-term birth is the first inter-institutional program on maternal-infant health and spontaneous pre-term birth sciences in India funded by the Department under the Grand Challenge Program. The total cost of the project is Rs. 48.85crore for a period of 5 years.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2014
Department of Biotechnology
Tags:
Maternal Health, Child Health, Health Policy, India, Diagnostic Methods, Infant mortality
Health

E-Mamta: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to survey four lakh non-slum families

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will soon be starting the survey covering 4 lakh non-slum families of the city to include in the E-mamta scheme.

Publication Date: 
10/10/2013
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Ahmedabad (T), Municipal Corporation, Women, Children, Child Health, Health Policy, Health
Health

The final push for polio eradication: Addressing the challenge of violence in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria

Over the last two years, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), a private-public partnership that has reduced polio worldwide by 99% since its launch in 1988, has greatly expanded the coverage of polio vaccination in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria—the three countries where polio is still endemic and the success of the GPEI had previously been more limited. In Pakistan, the proportion of the highest-risk districts achieving the target vaccination threshold of 95% increased from 59% in January 2012 to a peak of 74% in October 2012.

Publication Date: 
08/10/2013
Seye Abimbola, Asmat Ullah Malik, Ghulam Farooq Mansoor
PLoS Medicine
10
10
Tags:
Polio, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Conflicts, Health Care, Health Policy, Vaccination, South Asia
Food Policy

The state of food insecurity in the world 2013

Political stability, effective governance and, most importantly, uninterrupted longterm commitments to mainstreaming food security and nutrition in policies are key to the reduction of hunger says this 2013 edition of FAO report on the State of Food Insecurity.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2013
FAO
Tags:
Food Security, Malnutrition, Agriculture, Education, Women, Health Policy, Maternal Health, Child Health, Poverty, Governance, Consumption Patterns, Africa, Asia, Economic Development, Infrastructure Development, Food Prices, Climate Change, Developing Countries, Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal, Nicaragua, Rural Development
Health

The global burden of disease: generating evidence, guiding policy - South Asia

This new report published by the World Bank and IHME presents key changes in the leading causes of premature mortality and disability in South Asia. It explores intraregional differences in diseases, injuries, and the risk factors.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2013
The World Bank
Tags:
Diseases, Non Communicable Diseases, Health Effects, South Asia, Infectious Diseases, Child Health, Maternal Health, Cancer, Heart Diseases, Health Policy, Medical Systems

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