Topic: health
Nearly half of all pregnancies unintended: UN report
Nearly half of all pregnancies, totalling 121 million each year worldwide, are unintended, according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA.
Yogi’s report card: Five years of crumbling health infrastructure
The image of parents running from pillar to post with their children in their arms, looking for beds and pleading with doctors to save their children reflected the grim reality of Uttar Pradesh's health infrastructure.
No stretcher, Bihar woman with brain hemorrhage carried on plastic sack
A shocking video widely shared on social media show an 80-year-old woman from Bhojpur in Bihar who suspected to have suffered brain haemorrhage had to be carried around on a plastic sack in a government hospital as no stretcher was available on Friday.
Student leader in UP jail in threat of custodial murder, alleges family
Raising serious concerns about the health of student leader Atiq Ur Rahman in UP prison, family alleged that the negligence from the side of court and cops could be fatal to his life.
High blood pressure now more common in low and middle-income countries, new report finds
The vast majority of people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, – a serious medical condition that significantly increases the risks of heart, brain, kidney and other diseases – live in low and middle-incomes countries, a World Health Organization (WHO) report released on Wednesday has revealed.
700-plus healthcare workers and patients killed in attacks on health facilities: WHO
More than 700 healthcare workers and patients have died, and more than 2,000 have been injured in attacks on health facilities since December 2017, according to a three year analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) released on Tuesday.
