The Health Ministry will resume the school Rubella Immunization Programme after a re-assessment of the programme on the recommendations of the WHO, departmental and epidemiological inquiries, Health Ministry Secretary Dr. Athula Kahandaliyanage said.

In a series of events organised in the run-up to World Health Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Health Fitness Trust have launched a campaign on

Over 1.30 lakh cases are reported in the country annually, says a WHO report

Bangalore:
A WHO report on cervical cancer and the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) revealed that over 1.3 lakh cases of cervical cancer are reported in India every year, with nearly 75,000 deaths.

Dhaka's air quality has almost returned to its notorious levels as a rise in vehicle numbers, brick kilns, and building constructions wiped out improvements made by the phasing out of two-stroke vehicles in 2003.

MONOCROTOPHOS, A common pesticide, is also popular among some Indian farmers for a grimmer purpose: acutely toxic for humans, yet dirt-cheap, it is the instrument most farmers have chosen to end their lives with. A dubious claim to fame for the pesticide industry, even as its effectiveness in pest eradication is highly questionable.

LONDON

The Tobacco March 8: The Tobacco Board of India has formulated a strategy to buy back the licences of tobacco growers in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, in compliance with World Health Organisation (WHO

Akshaya Kumar Sahoo