Adults with a history of low back pain went nearly twice as long without a recurrence of their back pain if they walked regularly, study finds. 🔗 hubs.li/Q02CzRzR0

Read the full paper, our explainer and more at the link below. Thank you to colleagues from Karolinska Institutet Ashoka TSB CHART Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health BUSPH Environmental Health @indiaccdc Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and elsewhere that made this study possible! (n/n) sustainablefutures.org/publication/am…

The global burden of cancer is immense. The CONCORD–Lancet Global Commission on Cancer aims to illustrate the value of global, collaborative science for effective policy making & how cancer registries help shape cancer control strategies. Find out more: hubs.li/Q02Fmk-90

BREAKING: The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency trib.al/kqRAtxR

Today, the Emergency Committee on #mpox met and advised me that in its view, the situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice. World Health Organization (WHO) is on the ground, working with the affected countries, and others at risk, through our

India is advancing in #drugdevelopment through public-private partnerships. Tata Memorial Centre’s collaboration with domestic #pharma has led to new drugs. #India’s experience can guide other low-income and middle-income countries. Read the Viewpoint bit.ly/4fRIV6I

Particulate #pollution in India dropped in 2022, adding 1 year to India’s average life expectancy—but India remains the world’s second most polluted country, finds our 2024 #AQLIReport. bit.ly/3qQWDlk

After 15-y-o son, his father becomes 17th casualty in mystery outbreak that has caused grief in the remote border villages of Kutch district in Gujarat. Our detailed breakdown on clinical symptoms of patients, the social determinants & which deadly diseases have been ruled out.

Bringing together people with Sickle Cell, clinicians, nodal officers and other experts to address the burden of Sickle Cell. Glad to be a part of the National Sickle Cell Conference 2024 organised by NASCO India SCD Alliance. neeraj jain Gautam Dongre NASCO

The govt is planning to make quick response (QR) codes mandatory on all #cancer #drugs, a bid to prevent counterfeits and validate the authenticity of medicines after incidents of refilling of expensive anti-cancer drugs with counterfeit drugs came to light. CDSCO_INDIA_INFO

Two-day National ToT on #SickleCellAnemia held in Bhopal by Ministry of Health Public Health & Medical Education Department, MP National Health Systems Resource Centre with TA by PATH. Participants from 17 states discussed SCD management & elimination. They also interacted with Governor of Madhya Pradesh on eliminating SCD by 2047. #SCDElimination

भारत सरकारच्या आरोग्य व कुटुंब कल्याण मंत्रालयामार्फत भोपाळ येथे दि. २३ व २४ ऑक्टोबर २०२४ दरम्यान आयोजित राष्ट्रीय सिकलसेल प्रशिक्षण कार्यक्रमामध्ये श्री.ओमगोथु श्रीरंगा मा. आयुक्त, आरोग्य सेवा तथा अभियान संचालक यांनी राज्यातील सिकलसेल कार्यक्रमाची प्रगती व पुढील नियोजनाबाबत

Global South faces issues like biosecurity, nutrition gaps, climate change & COVID-19impacts. South-South cooperation & support from the Global North are essential. PATH is scaling up efforts and cross-collaboration to achieve the #UniversalHealthCoverage agenda. #UHCDay

Congratulations Periwinkle Technologies on the Prize! SmartScope is truly inspiring. Proud to partner with you on our District Strengthening Model in Satara. neeraj jain Koustubh Naik PATH

Essential Diagnostics in Public Health Services rthresources.in/conversations-…

Looking forward to being at the Startup Mahakumbh PATH

Honored to contribute to the discussions at #StartupMahakumbh's session on "Taking HealthTech to the Last Mile." PATH neeraj jain ACT

8 #die in TN after dental procedure. Scientists track down infection to #saline #bottle in dental clinic in #2023. Research by CMC, Vellore ICMR - National Institute of Epidemiology and Directorate of Public Health & Preventive Medicine in The Lancet The Times Of India TOIChennai TOI Health News

#Update "No one stopped me or said I was wrong," says dentist Dr Arivarasan in whose clinic contaminated #saline caused #brain infections, #8 #deaths in 2023 as per The Lancet. "given a clean chit by #dms. No enquiry/ban from dental council" TOIChennai The Times Of India

When Dr. Ratan Chandra Kar arrived on an Andaman shore in 1998, he wasn’t just entering a forest—he was stepping into 150 years of silence, mistrust, and pain. The Jarawas had resisted every outsider for generations. But instead of fear, Dr. Kar met them with food, respect, and