Data: Less than 25% of the population fully vaccinated in 10 States/UTs
Unlike in the other countries, the difference between the proportion of the population that received…
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Data: Low Vaccination Coverage in African & Asian countries is a cause for concern
The trends in Americas, Western Europe indicate that vaccination has contributed to reduce fatalities in…
Data: Despite an increase in cases, deaths are significantly lower in countries with high COVID-19 Vaccine Coverage
In the last few months, there has been an increase in the number of new…
Review: WHO calls for building ‘Resilient Health Systems’ for Universal Health Coverage & Security
The WHO recently released a position paper titled ‘Building health systems resilience for universal health…
Data: Global deaths due to TB increase by around 7% while diagnosis of new cases reduces on account of the pandemic
Disruption to diagnostic & treatment services across the globe meant that the number of deaths…
Review: 166 million adolescents aged 10–19 live with a diagnosed mental disorder as per a recent UNICEF report
UNICEF’s State of World’s Children (SOWC) for 2021 is focused on Mental Health of children.…
Review: What does NITI Aayog’s report on the performance of District Hospitals say?
NITI Aayog, recently released a performance assessment report of district hospitals in India in collaboration…
Data: About a third of Cancer cases in India & half of the cases among Men attributed to Tobacco usage
Recently, the National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR) and the Indian Council of…
Review: UNICEF report calls for greater government accountability regarding Children’s Diets to prevent malnutrition
UNICEF’s 2021 report titled ‘Fed to Fail? The crisis of Children’s diet in early life’…
As most countries implement Tobacco control measures, the WHO report calls for addressing ‘New and Emerging Products’
One of the targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to strengthen the implementation…
