Tag:diseases
Climate change
Flood-Hit Pakistan Faces Spread of Infectious Diseases
Around 33 million people affected by floods in Pakistan are now vulnerable to various diseases. Millions need immediate assistance, especially as floods have damaged...
Climate change
‘Truly Scary’, Says Climate Change Diseases Study
58 per cent of diseases made worse by climate change and heatwaves can enhance power of viruses, says a study published in the Nature...
Accountability
Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis Cripples Health Services
Until 2021 the country had a strong healthcare sector, but today, Sri Lanka has run out of hard currency to buy basic medicines. Medical...
Child mortality
So Close, Yet So Far: Three Decades of Injecting Immunity Into Children in Pakistan
Pakistan might have come a long way in reducing child morbidity and mortality over the past 30 years, nevertheless, cases of vaccine preventable diseases...
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...
Health
US$140 Billion Needed to Tackle Lifestyle Diseases, Says Report
Progress is lacking on UN goals for heart disease, cancer, diabetes and others and an annual investment of US$18 million is needed to promote...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
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Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is putting people at risk. So are populations in the alluvial...
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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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is...
Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is...
