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    Sri Lanka Races to Contain Public Health Emergency After Cyclone Ditwah Triggers Nationwide Crisis

    Sri Lanka faces a challenging road ahead: rebuilding damaged infrastructure, restoring health services, and ensuring clean water access are urgent priorities.
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    Child mortality

    WHO Backs Wider Use of Weight-Loss Medicines; Calls Obesity Chronic Disease

    WHO plans to update the recommendations as new evidence emerges and will work with partners in 2026 to ensure that those with the most urgent needs are prioritised.
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    Air

    Delhi Chokes as AQI Spikes to 331 – ‘Very Poor’ Air Stirs Renewed Health Alarm

    Public health advisories issued on days like these typically urge people to stay indoors unless absolutely necessary, reduce outdoor activities, keep windows closed, and use air purifiers where possible. But for many living in low-income neighbourhoods without access to such safeguards, these recommendations offer little relief.
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    Health Policy

    World May See an Additional 3.3 Million New HIV Infections, says UNAIDS

    Recent pledges from multilateral funding platforms – notably the replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – and renewed donor commitment signal that global solidarity may yet rescue the response.
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    Air

    India’s Smog Crisis Fuelling a Hidden Obesity Epidemic

    There is growing scientific support for including metabolic health in the cost-benefit calculations of air-quality interventions. A polluted city is not just a respiratory hazard – it may also be silently fuelling obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases at scale.
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    60 Per Cent of India’s Districts Breach PM2.5 Pollution Standards, Says Study

    The new satellite-based assessment provides a stark, data-backed snapshot of air pollution across India – one that transcends city boundaries and illuminates the widespread nature of PM2.5 exposure.
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    Child mortality

    India’s Hidden School Mental Health Crisis Deepens as Student Suicides Rise Sharply

    With student suicides rising and mental-health challenges deepening, India stands at a critical juncture. Whether schools, policymakers, and families respond with urgency – or continue to treat emotional distress as an afterthought – may determine the fate of millions of young people across the country.
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    Bangladesh

    Climate Change Fuels Deadly, Year-Round Dengue Surge in Bangladesh

    It demands not just emergency medical resources, but long-term planning – from urban infrastructure to water governance – to break the cycle of mosquito-borne disease.
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