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A No Smoking Sign outside a public house

14. January 2025

Smoking Outside Schools and Hospitals? Now a Big No-No!

Across England, the United Kingdom, smoking will be banned outside of certain outdoor areas like schools and hospitals to not only protect children and vulnerable people but to help curb the deadly habit among its population.

Society

Society China

8. January 2025

Safe and Clean Water Has Become the Norm Here

Data from three national censures have been examined to show that over 20 years, access to water, sanitation, and hygiene has greatly improved in mainland China, thus curbing a significant global public health challenge.

Society

Society Thailand

14. November 2024

Numbers Don’t Lie: Campaigns Lead to Less Teen Pregnancies

Thailand has successfully brought down the number of teenage mothers aged 15-19 by half over the past decade.

Health

A young girl's eyes are checked for trachoma during a survey in Vietnam

Health Vietnam

12. November 2024

Waving Goodbye to This Eye Disease!

Following decades of concerted efforts, Vietnam managed to successfully eradicate trachoma as a public health problem, preventing millions of citizens from falling prey to the world’s leading cause of blindness.

Health

Young woman in Jordan with hijab and pink balloon

Health Jordan

6. November 2024

A Global Milestone: This Country Is the First to Eliminate Leprosy Disease

Jordan has officially become the first country in the world to receive the World Health Organization's verification for the elimination of leprosy.

Health

Kevin Donalson, a drug addict, smokes fentanyl with xylazine on a street corner in Burlington VT on September 16, 2024

Health USA

24. October 2024

A Record Drop in Drug Overdose Incidents Offers Hope

Public health data shows, for the first time in decades, an impressive and encouraging drop in the number of drug overdose deaths across the United States, partly due to successful interventions with users.

Society

Society Nepal

2. October 2024

Restricting Access to Pesticides Is Saving Lives!

Since 2019, restrictions have been imposed on the sale and import of ten of the most hazardous chemicals in Nepal for the sake of public health, decreasing the number of pesticide-related deaths.

Society

An Indian pharmacist in an Indian pharmacy gives a drug to a sick elderly man

Society India

24. September 2024

Promise Well Kept: Millions More Seniors Get Free Medical Coverage

An additional 60 million Indian citizens aged 70 and above now have medical insurance, with $6,000 annual coverage per family granted as part of a government program expansion.

Health

Wendy's To Cut Trans Fats With New Cooking Oil

Health The World

12. July 2024

Bye Bye, Trans-fatty Acids!

Between 2018 and 2023, best-practice policies were successfully implemented to eliminate industrially produced trans-fatty acids (FTAs), which have severe impacts on public health, and while challenges remain, policy recommendations are being put forward to complete and sustain elimination.

Health

Medical screening campaign for sleeping sickness in Chad.

Health Chad

11. July 2024

Dream Come True: No More Sleep Sickness!

Not only has Chad eliminated its first neglected tropical disease , the gambiense form of the sleeping sickness, as a public health problem, but it has also become the 51st country to do so, making the 100-country target by 2030 set by the World Health Organization…