DID YOU KNOW?
- India is ranked 3rd worldwide in the production of pharmaceutical products by volume and 14th by value.
- India is the largest provider of generic medicines globally, occupying a 20 per cent share in global supply by volume.
- India is the leading vaccine manufacturer globally with a market share of 60 per cent.
- Homemade canned, preserved or fermented foodstuffs are a common source of foodborne botulism and their preparation requires extra caution.
- Buruli ulcer often affects the skin and sometimes bone and can lead to permanent disfigurement and long-term disability. The mode of transmission is not known and there is no prevention for the disease.
- Young adolescents aged 10 - 14 years have the lowest risk of death of all age groups.
- Beyond health consequences, the harmful use of alcohol brings significant social and economic losses to individuals and society at large.
- The most common cancers globally are breast, lung, colon and rectum and prostate cancers.
- Over three quarters of CVD deaths take place in low- and middle-income countries. (CVD = Cardiovascular disease).
- The most common types of childhood cancers include leukemias, brain cancers, lymphomas and solid tumours, such as neuroblastoma and Wilms tumours.
- Nearly 90% of COPD deaths in those under 70 years of age occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). (COPD = Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease).
- India, which is home to about 16 per cent of the world's women, accounts for about a quarter of all cervical cancer incidences and nearly a third of global cervical cancer deaths.
- Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health – clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter.
- Over 1 billion young adults are at risk of permanent, avoidable hearing loss due to unsafe listening practices.
- As per the USFDA, a class III recall is initiated in a "situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences".
- Indian women face a 1.6 per cent lifetime cumulative risk of developing cervical cancer and a one per cent cumulative death risk from cervical cancer.
- Recent estimates state that every year almost 80,000 women develop cervical cancer and 35,000 die in India due to it.
- Globally, the market for laboratory products is estimated at Rs 24,000 crore and dominated by a few developed countries.
