Experts predict dengue fever will threaten sixty percent of the world’s population, amounting to a predicted six billion people by 2080. This predicted increase can be largely attributed to two factors: urbanisation and global warming. In India, dengue fever is endemic across all 35 states and union territories. The disease has shown a gradual increase …
As a parched India awaits the monsoon showers with bated breath, it continues to battle the severe consequences of its water crisis – manifest in blistering drought. Wells and taps are running dry, crops are failing and now it is a matter of survival for 600 million people across the country facing acute water shortages. …
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World Environment Day is observed annually on June 5th to commemorate the importance of conserving our environment from the many threats it faces. For India, World Environment Day offers a valuable opportunity to recognise one of the major issues confronting the nation: its poor environmental health, ranked as the worst in the world in the …
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Air pollution in India’s cities is unhealthy: this fact goes without saying. But just how unhealthy is it? Recent evidence from New York University (NYU) School of Medicine study indicates that even a short stay in a polluted city is damaging to health. For Indians living out their daily lives in seven of the world’s …
A total of 2.78 million workers die every year on a global level due to workplace accidents or workplace related diseases according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). It is a fair assumption that India forms a sizeable fraction of these deaths simply due to the size of its population. However, figures for workplace deaths within …
The steps taken by the World Health Organization (Who) to eliminate trans fats from our global food supply are important. However, a key piece of the conversation is missing. What are the alternatives? Trans fats are bad for our health: the WHO reminded us this week that five billion people worldwide are exposed to the …
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In a hospital in Bengaluru, cases of a serious eye disease have increased by twenty percent in the last year. Keratoconus is an illness which causes the cornea to thin over time, usually affecting both eyes and causing a range of complications such as blurred vision and sensitivity to light. In the 2017-18 period, Dr …
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Drinking water contaminated with arsenic could potentially lead to thickening of the heart’s main pumping chamber in young adults, according to a study published in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. The damage is often only revealed over elongated periods of time, with individuals typically being chronically exposed to a low-level dose. This is the case …
In Gujarat last month, voters turned to the polls to protest water scarcity in the state – by sitting them out entirely. The 17th Lok Sabha polls in Ahmedabad was the scene of fanfare on April 23rd, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast his vote in this year’s elections. However, elsewhere in the state, many …
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Cyclone Fani made landfall in Puri, Odisha, with wind speeds recorded at around 180 kilometres per hour, state special relief Commissioner Bishnupada Sethi said on May 3rd. The cyclone approached across the Bay of Bengal into India’s densely populated east coast, putting millions of lives at risk. Evacuation efforts of immense proportions are underway and …
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