by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography
This year, more than 5 million cases and over 5,000 dengue-related deaths were reported, WHO said. Changing distribution patterns of the mosquitoes that spread dengue, together with higher rainfall, humidity and heat linked to climate change, have been factors in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
WHO said over 118,000 new COVID-19 hospitalisations and over 1600 new intensive care unit (ICU) admissions have been recorded, with an overall increase of 23 per cent and 51 per cent, respectively, globally Geneva: The number of new COVID cases increased by 52 per...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Features, Health, Policy, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits
1 in 7 adolescents globally experience mental health conditions, which mostly go unseen and untreated. EASE is the first WHO-UNICEF psychological intervention to address the critical shortage of mental health care for adolescents experiencing distress Geneva: The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 20, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life
The United Nations agency said current vaccines continue to protect against severe disease and death from JN.1 and other circulating variants of the COVID-19 virus Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday classified the JN.1 coronavirus strain as a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 13, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Policy, Risk Management
Nine in 10 deaths occurred in low and middle-income countries, and fatalities in these countries are disproportionately higher when set against the number of vehicles and roads they have New Delhi: Thirty-five more countries made notable progress, reducing the deaths...
