The total number of children, adolescents and adults worldwide living with obesity has surpassed one billion. These trends, together with the declining prevalence of people who are underweight since 1990, make obesity the most common form of malnutrition in most countries, the researchers said.
Over the next three years, the Singapore-based private equity firm Quadria Capital plans to spend $1.5 billion in the healthcare industry in south and southeast Asian nations. Fifty percent of this will be invested in India.
This comes after an expert panel verified that the two countries have had consistently high coverage of Hepatitis B vaccine doses in infants and a low prevalence of the deadly disease, corroborated through serological surveys conducted recently in both countries.
"Good progress has been made in tobacco control in recent years, but there is no time for complacency," said Dr Ruediger Krech, Director of WHO Department of Health Promotion. "I'm astounded at the depths the tobacco industry will go to pursue profits at the expense of countless lives."
Dr Sachdeva is a medical doctor with specialisation in respiratory diseases, tuberculosis and public health. With more than 35 years of experience in public health, he has held senior positions in the Ministry of Health, Government of India (Former Head of India’s National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme and National AIDS Control Programme).
The Indian domestic market is now poised for much faster growth compared to its global peers due to its considerably small base versus the size of its population. Deepening insurance penetration, rising affordability and the widening of patient pool driven by government sponsored schemes are some of the key factors driving this growth.
The sessions include a high-level ministerial roundtable on strengthening primary healthcare as a key element towards achieving universal health coverage. Member countries will advance commitment to continuing efforts to achieve universal health coverage, with a focus on strengthening human resources for health and expanding the availability of essential medicines.
Strengthening animal health and implementing a ‘One Health' approach can help prevent and control zoonotic diseases, which have a significant impact on animal welfare, economic productivity, and human health: Parshottam Rupala
The trend for nurses and other staff to leave parts of Africa or Southeast Asia for better opportunities in wealthier countries in the Middle East or Europe was already under way before the pandemic but has accelerated since, the U.N. health agency said, as global competition heats up.
While most city private hospitals were choked with COVID patients a year ago, almost none had any patients on Sunday. In fact, several have not had any COVID admission in the last two months.
Nearly 61% of the Philippines' 110 million population have been vaccinated, while nearly 13 million people have received first booster doses, government data show.
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