WHO chief denounces latest deadly attack on DR Congo Ebola centre
The head of the World Health Organization denounced a deadly attack on Saturday on an Ebola treatment centre in eastern DR Congo, during a visit to the site hours after ...
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India made rapid progress in increasing access to sanitation in schools: UN report
India has made rapid progress in increasing access to sanitation in schools, the United Nations said in a report, noting that the proportion of schools without any sanitation facility has ...
High time for govt to finalise national clean air programme: Environmental experts
Environmental experts have asked the government to urgently finalise a national clean air programme with specific time-bound and sectoral targets for pollution reduction after a recent study suggested that air ...
Indians lose over 1.5 years of their lives due to air pollution
Ambient air pollution shortens an average Indian's life by over 1.5 years, say scientists who suggest that better air quality could lead to a significant extension of human lifespan around ...
Risks grow for Rohingya in Bangladesh’s teeming, squalid camps
Bangladesh plans to allocate more land for camps housing Rohingya refugees as concerns grow over a possible outbreak of disease in crowded, makeshift settlements clustered at the country’s southern tip. ...
Stay away from junk food
According to World Health Organization (WHO), effective population-based childhood obesity prevention strategies include restrictions on marketing of unhealthy food (biscuits and potato chips, for instance) and non-alcoholic beverages (soft/carbonated drinks) ...
Avoid fast food
According to World Health Organization (WHO), effective population-based childhood obesity prevention strategies include restrictions on marketing of unhealthy food (biscuits and potato chips, for instance) and non-alcoholic beverages (soft/carbonated drinks) ...
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