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National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) 2021-2025: Government of the Republic of Namibia

Namibia launched its National Action Plan on Health Security (NAPS) in 2020. The Plan aim to facilitate multi-sectoral engagement using the One Health approach and to guide implementation of activities for progress towards the attainment of the International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 core capacities for the country.

Publication Date: 
24/01/2021
Government of the Republic of Namibia
Tags:
Health, Health Care, Namibia, Health Policy, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Africa
Health

The order of the Allahabad High Court regarding live body donation, 21/01/2021

Order of the Allahabad High Court in the matter of Ranjan Srivastava Vs Union of India.

The petitioner had requested the court for direction to enable and make it lawful for him to exercise "his supreme right regarding his life and body whereby he makes/performs Live Body Donation(Jeevit Deh Daan) of his human body and of all his living organ and tissues for the desperate and suffering needy by walking into an operation theater of a suitable facility at a suitable time and for making multiple gifts of life to desperately suffering and dying individuals".

Judgement Date: 
21/01/2021
Tags:
Organ Transplant, High Court, India, Health, Legislation
Health

Mind the Gap? Sketching the relevance of the 2030 Agenda for the Green Deal and other key EU policies in the context of the COVID-19 crisis

The consequences of COVID-19 will shape European policies and politics for years to come. Already before the pandemic, the European Union (EU) was facing difficulties in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and making progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Publication Date: 
20/01/2021
European Think Tanks Group (ETTG)
Tags:
Coronavirus, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Europe, European Union (EU)
Health

Committee Report on arsenic contamination of groundwater, 20/01/2021

Report of Oversight Committee in compliance of the National Green Tribunal order passed in Original Application 384/2019 in  the matter of Sunita Pandey & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/01/2021.

Judgement Date: 
20/01/2021
Tags:
Arsenic, Groundwater Quality, Drinking Water Quality, Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, India, Health Effects
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Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2020: Maternal and child diets at the heart of improving nutrition

The 2020 report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the Asia and Pacific region, provides an update on progress towards the 2030 targets (SDGs and WHA) at the regional and country level.

Publication Date: 
20/01/2021
FAO
Tags:
Food Security, Nutrition, Food Supply, Maternal Health, Child Health, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), India, Asia
Health

Judgement of the High Court of Kerala regarding pricing of COVID-19 tests, Kerala, 14/01/2021

Judgement of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of R-Cell Diagnostics and Research Centre & Others Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 14/01/2021.

Petitioners are National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accredited diagnostic laboratories and research centres conducting various kinds of Covid 19 tests including RT-PCR tests. They are aggrieved by Ext.P6 order by which the Kerala Government reduced the charges for the tests for diagnosis of Covid. The charges for RTPCR (open test) was reduced from Rs.2100/-to Rs.1,500/-.

Judgement Date: 
14/01/2021
Tags:
Coronavirus, Kerala, High Court, Health Policy, Diagnostic Methods
Health

ICDS final guidelines 2021

The Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) under Anganwadi Services and the POSHAN Abhiyaan are important programmes to address the issue of malnutrition in the country.

Publication Date: 
13/01/2021
Ministry of Women and Chitd Devetopment
Tags:
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), India, Nutrition, Child Health
Health

Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand on holding of Kumbh Mela, 2021, 13/01/2021

Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand dated 13/01/2021. The matter related to the proposed holding of the Kumbh Mela from February 27 - April 27, 2021, for two months.

Judgement Date: 
13/01/2021
Tags:
Kumbh Mela, Festival, Coronavirus, Religious Beliefs, Religious Places, Haridwar (D), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), High Court, Health Care, Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
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Implications of insecticide-treated mosquito net fishing in lower income countries

Insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) are highly effective for the control of malaria. Yet widely distributed ITNs have been repurposed as fishing nets throughout the world.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
08/01/2021
David A. Larsen, Joseph Makaure, Sadie J. Ryan & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
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Tags:
Fisheries, Malaria, Vector Control, Africa, Water Pollution, Health Effects, Pesticide Use, Food Contamination
Health

Heat and health in the WHO European Region: updated evidence for effective prevention

The WHO Regional Office for Europe published guidance on heat–health action planning in 2008, and intends to update this to include the latest evidence. An in-depth review was initiated, based on recent epidemiological and environmental research and lessons learned from implementation in practice.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2021
World Health Organization
Tags:
Heat Waves, Health Effects, Europe

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