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Climate change
Extreme Weather Events Killing More People Than Ever Before, Says CSE Report
Maharashtra suffered the most deaths due to extreme weather events in 2021 – says a state-wise analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment...
Air
Pollution Killed 23.5 Lakh Indians in 2019, Says Lancet Study
Pollution is the world's largest environmental risk factor for disease and premature deaths, according to the Lancet commission on pollution and health and is...
Accountability
14.9 Million Excess Deaths Due To COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 and 2021: WHO Study
The methods were developed by the Technical Advisory Group for COVID-19 Mortality Assessment and rely on a statistical model derived using information from countries...
Accountability
Healthcare Inequities Exposed by COVID-19 Pandemic
While India has made great strides in reducing inequalities in healthcare, large access gaps by socioeconomic status remain. For instance, a study of outpatients...
Child mortality
‘Perfect Storm’ of Conditions for Measles Outbreaks Brewing Fast
Reported worldwide measles cases increased by 79 per cent in the first two months of 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, as...
Asia Pacific
Climate Change a Major Threat to Global Health, says WHO
Annually, 3.5 million people across the WHO Western Pacific Region die from avoidable environmental causes such as air pollution, extreme weather events or waterborne...
COVID-19
How Accurate Is Nepal’s COVID-19 Death Toll?
According to government data, nearly 12,000 Nepali deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 but poor data keeping and discrepancies call the number into question.
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Disaster risk reduction
Global road safety crisis: three questions to ask to help solve it
Unlike COVID-19, road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death from people between the ages of 5-29. And, with an estimated 1.35 million...
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Human Society is Making the Mistake of Forgetting the Importance of Forests: President Droupadi Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu said that she was confident that the officers of the Indian Forest Service had become completely...
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Inflation and Inequality – What does Government Data say?
In the light of rising inflation, widening unemployment, depleting savings, and growing inequality, it is crucial to take stock...
India Road Safety Model ‘Can Save Lives Worldwide’
Deaths on India’s busiest highway more than halved following raft of interventions. The organisation, SaveLIFE Foundation, plans to extend...
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Human Society is Making the Mistake of Forgetting the Importance of Forests: President Droupadi Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu said that she was confident that...
Inflation and Inequality – What does Government Data say?
In the light of rising inflation, widening unemployment, depleting...
