Health

Fast-forward progress: leveraging tech to achieve the global goals

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) now form the backbone of today's economies – providing individuals with access to such vitally important resources as employment opportunities, online banking and healthcare.

Publication Date:

13/07/2017

Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Tags:

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Economic Development, Environment, Poverty, Malnutrition, Health, Education, Water Supply, Sanitation, Women, Energy, Climate Change, Industry, Urbanisation

Health

Three more cases of swine flu in Hyderabad

The patients, who are undergoing treatment at private hospitals, are said to be stable.

Publication Date:

13/07/2017

Source: Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)

Tags:

Telangana, Swine Flu, Influenza, Infectious Diseases, Health Effects, Health

Health

Silicosis rages unchecked in these villages, compensation hard to come by

JAIPUR: The State Human Rights Commission has taken cognizance of a report in a prominent Hindi newspaper about two villages - Sriji Kheda in Bhilwara district and Ranidhara Phali in Sirohi - where

Publication Date:

13/07/2017

Source: Times Of India (Jaipur)

Tags:

Rajasthan, Bhilwara (D), Mining, Compensation, Karauli (D), Human Rights, Health Effects, Health

Health

265% rise in dengue cases in past 5 years, says Foundation

According to civic-run hospitals, in 2012-13 a total of 4,867 cases were registered, and in 2016-17 a total of 17,771 cases

Publication Date:

13/07/2017

Source: Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Mumbai, Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Right To Information (RTI), Health Effects, Health

Health

20,000 people donate platelets to patients of vector-borne diseases

In a first in the country, 20,000 people have come forward to donate platelets to support the patients suffering from vector-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya.

Publication Date:

13/07/2017

Source: Pioneer (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Chikungunya, Health

Health

Overfed, obese children are malnourished too

Visakhapatnam: Underfed children are not the only ones who are malnourished.

Publication Date:

13/07/2017

Source: Times of India (Visakhapatnam)

Tags:

Andhra Pradesh, Obesity, Child Health, Malnutrition, Children, Lifestyles, Health Effects, Health

Health

National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination (2017-22)

The government launched a national strategic plan for elimination of malaria and pledged to eradicate the vector-borne disease by 2027. The strategic plan gives year-wise elimination targets in various parts of the country depending upon the endemicity of malaria in the next five years.

Publication Date:

12/07/2017

Source: National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme

Tags:

Malaria, Vector Borne Diseases, Vector Control, Health Effects, India

Water Supply

Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: 2017 update and SDG baselines

Some 3 in 10 people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10, or 4.5 billion, lack safely managed sanitation, according to a new report by WHO and UNICEF.

Publication Date:

12/07/2017

Source: WHO

Tags:

Water Supply, Sanitation, Drinking Water, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Health, India, Global, Health Care

Health

Dengue fight: Delhi sees worst year in five

New Delhi: While corporations claim to have initiated a crackdown on mosquito breeding, this is turning out to be the worst year in the last five in terms of dengue and chikungunya spread: till Jul

Publication Date:

12/07/2017

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Dengue, Chikungunya, Vector Borne Diseases, Health Effects, Health

Health