KARACHI: Pakistan has registered accelerated decline in death rates from TB and malaria since 2000, when the Millennium Development Goals were established to stop the spread of these diseases by 20

In a startling revelation, an analysis for the Global burden of Diseases has suggested that estimates of the number of people living with HIV are 18•7 per cent smaller than UNAIDS’s estimates in 20

Human Immunodefic­iency Virus/Acquired Immunodefi­ciency Syndrome (HIV/Aids) is claiming more lives in Pakistan than ever, says a first-of-its-kind analysis of trend data from 188 countries release

Last year, more than 545,500 Indians who did not suffer from HIV died from TB, males were almost twice as likely to be victims of the deadly disease, says a new report that will be published online

Morbidity due to non-communicable diseases accounts for a large share of disease burden in India

In a bid to control vector borne diseases like malaria and dengue, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has prepared a databank on potential mosquito breeding places in the city.

Two-month long malaria epidemic in Tripura’s rural districts is now under control. However, hundreds of people are still being detected with the disease.

One third of the extreme poor global population resides in India, a latest UN report has suggested.

Death Certificates Show Higher Toll, Says NGO Report