Full Coverage: Disease

28.03.2006 TB is killing more adults than any other infectious disease in India, says the Indian health ministry. An adult suffering from TB loses an average of three to four months of working time, affecting 20-30 per cent of the household’s annual income.

27.03.2006 New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) says that it is time to lay emphasis on the impact that environment has on health as poor environment goes hand in hand with bad health. Experts have called for defining the environment-health research agenda, especially for the new school of public health.

23.03.2006 After Pakistan confirmed its first cases of bird flu in two farms in the North West Frontier province, neighbouring Afghanistan has also confirmed the outbreak.

21.03.2006 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 21 (OneWorld) - Bird flu likely would be detected in the United States this year, federal officials warned Monday as a top UN official said efforts to fight a pandemic in Africa were hamstrung by a lack of money.

09.03.2006 Brazil will contribute $20 million over 20 years to the International Finance Facility for Immunisation, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced today.

06.03.2006 The outbreak of bird flu in the west Indian state of Maharashtra is particularly worrisome for a country like India, which has a weak public health system and an annual per capita public health expenditure of just Rs 200.

02.03.2006 Small-scale poultry farming and wild birds are being unfairly blamed for the bird flu crisis now affecting large parts of the world. A new report from GRAIN shows how the transnational poultry industry is the root of the problem and must be the focus of efforts to control the virus.

01.03.2006 Since it's founding in 1982 Operation Smile has been providing free reconstructive surgery to children with facial deformities in 24 countries around the world, helping end the isolation, embarrassment, and health problems associated with cleft lips and cleft palates.