Sixteen months since the COVID-19 vaccination drive began and a third of the world’s population hasn’t yet received a single dose of the vaccine. A shocking 83 percent of all Africans are in the same boat, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on 30 March. Meanwhile last week the total number of …
India is stalling an ambitious effort by the World Health Organization to calculate the global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic. Like some other such efforts (less authoritative perhaps) before it, the WHO study has found that vastly more people died than previously believed — a total of about 15 million by the end of …
Here’s a controversial view: the world can make real headway in the fight against cancer in the developing world over the next decade. In fact, some lower middle income countries will do better than their richer counterparts in adapting to the way that cancer treatment is likely to change. Things are terrible now I might …
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A government report suggests northeast India is emerging as leading India’s number of new cancer cases. “Profile of Cancer and Related Health Indicators in the North East Region of India”, a joint report by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR), found the region accounts …
New research published in The Lancet indicates that alcohol consumption was linked to more than 741,000 new cancer cases in 2020. The study, which “[presents] global, regional, and national estimates of alcohol-attributable cancer burden in 2020 to inform alcohol policy and cancer control across different settings globally”, estimated that 741,300 new cancer cases in 2020 …
Dilip Kumar, a renowned actor and producer and legend of Hiindi cinema, died on July 7th due to prostate cancer at the age of 98. A legendary performer within Hindi cinema and considered one of Bollywood’s best, the passing of Dilip Kumar saw tributes pour in from the industry and the political sphere. Prime Minister Narendra …
New research highlights a disturbing trend of low oral cancer awareness in Assam. The Dr B. Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI) flagged the alarming statistic on the basis of a survey of 250 people, with 26.8 percent unaware of screening for oral cancer to detect the disease in its nascent stages. Explaining the findings, associate professor …
The Tata Memorial Centre has recently published the findings of a first-of-its-kind study, researching the cost of illness and treatment of oral cancer in India. The study, headed by Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi set out to conduct a cost of illness analysis that would provide invaluable information for policymakers that make appropriate allocation of resources …
Today marks the culmination of the fourth International HPV Awareness Campaign, coinciding with International HPV Awareness Day. Raising awareness of HPV [the human papillomavirus] is essential in the fight against cancer – most prominently cervical cancer. As the World Health Organization (WHO) explains, “there are more than 100 types of HPV, of which at least …
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India observes World Cancer Day 2021 in far from normal circumstances. The raging COVID-19 pandemic has threatened to obscure the plethora of other diseases India and the world at large grapples with. Awareness events such as World Cancer Day serve to shine a light on the far-reaching impact of cancer in India, which has emerged …
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