Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vihar students volunteer at Visakhaptnam mental health hospital

India’s health spending triples to ₹4.14 lakh crore, but out-of-pocket share drops to 42.7%: NHA

The share of healthcare costs borne by households fell from 64.2% to 42.7% over a decade, while social security spending on health rose from 6% to 11%

Judge inspects K.R. Nagar hospital after woman’s death

Gen X is in worse health than boomers – and I have a few theories as to why

I almost choked on my bird-food breakfast recently, reading that gen Xers are in worse health than boomers. Research by the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies, on approximately 8,000 participants aged about 50 from the 1970 British Cohort Study, found that my generation is experiencing “worse physical and mental health across adulthood than earlier-born generations”.

Cold and health alerts issued for Scotland and northern England as snow and ice expected

UKHSA warns of health impact on those vulnerable to cold and urges people to check in with neighbours Cold weather warnings have been issued for parts of the UK, as alerts for the risk to health services are due to begin on Sunday evening. The Met Office issued yellow weather warnings for ice for central and eastern Scotland from 6pm on Sunday evening until 10am on Monday.

Mfantsipim @150: MOBA’96 donates to Cape coast hospital pre-term babies unit

The Child Health Unit of the Cape coast Teaching Hospital has received a boost in healthcare delivery after the 1996 Old Boys year group of Mfantsipim School made a kind donation to the hospital. Head of the child health unit at Cape coast teaching hospital, Dr. Yemah Mariama Bukari, expressed their unit’s profound gratitude to the MOBA’96.

El Niño: West African governments urged to prepare for food and health threats

West African governments have been urged to strengthen preparations for the potential impacts of the 2026–2027 El Niño event, amid concerns that changing rainfall patterns and rising temperatures could put food production, water supplies and public health under pressure. Dr Patrick Otim, Programme Area Manager for Emergency Response at the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Africa, described El Niño as a risk modifier, explaining that its health consequences would depend on the hazards experienced, existing vulnerabilities and the capacity of health systems to respond.