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Life expectancy gaps driven by uneven access to health care services: WHO

In many circumstances, men access health care less than women. Men are much more likely to die from preventable and treatable non-com...

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres: Global response to HIV/AIDS stands at a crossroads

World AIDS Day is held on the 1st December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV/AIDS, sh...

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Global Decline in Fertility Rates Shocking

There is a remarkable decline in fertility rates around the world which is leading to a “baby bust” in many countries including the UK, health experts have warn...

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A New Drug to reduce Maternal Deaths during Childbirth

A recent World Bank data puts the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) for India reported in 2015 at 174 per 100,000 ...

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Sustainable Development

LifeStraw to provide Clean Water to Kenyan Kids

According to a joint report by the World Health Organization and UNICEF, across the world, 844 million people l...

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One Person in the World develops Dementia every 3 Seconds...

Someone in the world develops dementia every 3 seconds. There were an estimated 46.8 million people worldwide living with dementia in 2015 a...

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Sustainable Development

Indian Households with Mobile Phone exceeds Households with Toilets

According to an article in LiveMint, data has been re...

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Health

Facebook to launch AI based Suicide Prevention Program

Who would have thought a software could save lives? Facebook has come up with a new artificial intelligence technology that will scan all posts for patterns of suicidal tho...

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Medical Inflation, Lifestyle Diseases Make Critical Illness Insurance A Must: Here's How To Buy It

A serious illness, like most calamities, often arrives unannounced. And much like a natural disaster, takes a grievous toll: physical, emotional and financial. Worse, the d...

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Poor Access To Support Systems Causes High Mortality Among Women With Burn Injuries

In 1998, India was the only country in the world where fire was among the 15 leading causes of death. Even almost two decades later, incidents of burn-related injuries rema...

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