Global Health News

Bhutan, Maldives eliminate measles WHO/SEAR MEDIA CENTER  SEAR/PR/1651 New Delhi, 13 June, 2017:  Bhutan and Maldives have eliminated measles, a highly infectious disease that is a major childhood killer globally. …

3000 adolescents die every day – 1.2 million every year – from largely preventable causes. More than two-thirds of these occurred in low- and middle-income countries in Africa and South-East …

World Leprosy Day is annually observed around the world on the last Sunday of January. The day was initiated in 1954 by French philanthropist and writer, Raoul Follereau, as a …

Himalayan News Service Kathmandu, June 19 World Health Organisation has urged all countries in the southeast Asia region to step up vigil and review preparedness to respond to Middle East …

Thailand confirms maiden MERS case Reuters Bangkok, June 18  Thailand confirmed its first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome today, becoming the fourth Asian country to register the deadly virus …

Thehimalayantimes News Rajan Pokhrel  Kathmandu, April 6 Life expectancy to be up by 2034In two decades, women likely to outlive men by two yearsLevel of welfare of population to improve …

Plague is a bacterial disease caused by Yersinia pestis, which primarily affects wild rodents. It is spread from one rodent to another by fleas. Humans bitten by an infected flea …

French scientists on Tuesday unveiled the genetic mechanism by which they believe two men were spontaneously cured of HIV, and said the discovery may offer a new strategy in the …