India can avert 4.6 mn deaths by 2040 with better hypertension control: WHO
Better hypertension control can help avert a whopping 4.6 million deaths due to high blood pressure in India, according to a World health Organisation report.
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Urgently address gaps in leprosy services, accelerate efforts towards zero infection: WHO
The World Health Organisation on Sunday called on countries in the South-East Asia Region and globally to urgently address gaps in leprosy services, disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic and to accelerate efforts towards zero…
New ‘highly infectious’ Covid variants emerge in China
As China imposes fresh lockdowns and travel restrictions amid Covid surge, the country has detected new Omicron sub-variants BF.7 and BA.5.1.7, which are highly infectious with greater transmissibility.