04-Apr-16 The Philippines has launched the world's first public immunization program for dengue fever, seeking to administer to a million schoolchildren a vaccine against a mosquito-borne disease estimated to infect 390 mn people a year globally. The Philippines has the highest dengue incidence in the Western Pacific, recording 200,415 cases in 2015. [image: South China Morning Post]

29-Mar-16 Obesity now afflicts over 56% of adults in Latin America, well above the global average of 34%. As a leading indicator of future health problems, the spread of obesity cannot go unmanaged. Addressing the overweight and obese populations of Latin America goes hand in hand with efforts to prevent chronic diseases. [image: Global Health Intelligence]

11-Mar-16 The number of Indians suffering from kidney failures has doubled in the last one and a half decades. Diabetes is believed to be the most common cause and with its growth, the number of kidney patients is likely to rise. [image: Zee News]

21-Feb-16 News organizations have been furiously covering Zika virus, a mosquito-borne disease which reappeared in Brazil in late 2015 and has since resulted in over 1.6 mn cases. The World Health Organization declared Zika a public health emergency in Feb-16. From tracking the disease over time to visualizing the spread of mosquitoes, Zika has been covered in different compelling, visual ways. [image: Vox]

18-Feb-16 If current trends continue, half the world’s population (4.8 bn people) will be short-sighted in just over three decades, with one-fifth of those expected to have a significantly increased risk of blindness. 96% of teenagers in Korea are short-sighted and in Singapore, China and Japan the rate is around 80-90%. [image: Nomad_Soul / Shutterstock.com]