Climate change made a severe rise in heat in India and Pakistan 30 times more likely, says a study Extreme Event Attribution Saadia Azim Two people were killed on May 30 when dust storms and heavy rains lashed various areas of Delhi and the National Ca…
9 million deaths each year caused by pollution: Lancet report
Ninety two percent of pollution-related deaths, and the greatest burden of pollution’s economic losses, occur in low-income and middle-income countries N Ahmad Pollution is responsible for around 9 million deaths per year, accounting for one in six dea…
Afghan healthcare crumbles under Taliban rule
Sehatmandi Program, the country’s largest health project, is hindered by a lack of adequate funding. The project was previously funded by a grant of $140 million from the International Development Association, and by $425 million from the Afghanistan R…
Climate change to have grim health fallout
According to WHO, climate change will cause around 250 000 additional deaths per year from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and heat stress between the years 2030 and 2050 Saadia Azim In April 2022, when the world was readjusting to pandemic after-effe…