-The Economic Times It is not malaria or TB that will be the cause of large number of deaths in the world, Cancer is on its way to become one the deadliest diseases in the coming decades, according to a research paper published in medical journal Lancet. The study lead by Dr Freddy Bay of International Agency for Research on Cancer, France,predicts that the number of cancer patients in the world is...

-The Hindu Workshop held on recommendations of high-level panel Abolition of user fee in hospitals, 24X7 availability of Healthcare services, a universal system to provide Health care to all those who need it, free supply of medicines, and a strong grievance redressal mechanism. These are some of the demands that evolved out of a workshop on universal access to Health care organised by Janaarogya Andolana Karnataka (JAAK) here on Wednesday. Following the recommendations of...

-The Hindu The 65th World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva has identified universal Health coverage as a key imperative for all countries, if their goal is to consolidate the public Health advances achieved so far. Several countries have been working to reform their Health system over the past two or three decades. The Assembly, which is the decision making body of the World Health Organization, adopted the concept of Universal Health...

-The United Nations   Indigenous foods which have been neglected by the food industry and urban consumers can be an important tool to alleviate hunger and malnutrition, a United Nations official said today. “The focus of research and crop improvement on a few widely consumed crops has helped meet the food needs of the rapidly growing world population, but it has narrowed dramatically the number of species upon which global food security and...

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to send an additional 4,000 paramilitary personnel to Chhattisgarh, to strengthen anti-Naxal operations being carried out jointly by the Centre and the State government. The move follows Union Home Secretary R. K. Singh's visit to the state capital, Raipur, on Tuesday. It is learnt that the State government urged Mr. Singh to augment central paramilitary personnel in one of the worst Naxal-affected states....