‘India spends less of its GDP on health than some of the world’s poorest countries’

Two more deaths reported in capital

Days after the Rajasthan HC directed the Union health ministry to implement the new pictorial warnings on tobacco products without any delay, the ministry has said that “they are committed” to issu

PUNE: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for renewed commitments and focused efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases - kala azar, leprosy, yaws, lymphatic filariasis and schist

The health costs of tobacco exceeded the combined annual state and central government expenditure on health care by 12% in 2011

The rising dengue cases in the city have prompted the Union Health Ministry to urge the municipal bodies and the Delhi Government to stay alert over the next two months to prevent an outbreak.

Guwahati: The Union health minister, JP Nadda, on Tuesday informed the Rajya Sabha that cancer cases in the country could cross the 15-lakh mark by 2025 according to estimates by the Indian Council

With pneumonia emerging as one of the leading causes of mortality amo-ng children under five years of age, the government is considering introduction of Pneumococcal vaccine in the Universal Immuni

India may see a spurt in malaria cases this year, thanks to a slip-up by the country’s central procurement agency, the Central Medical Service Society.