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Air pollution in India caused 1.67 million deaths in 2019
Air pollution in India resulted in 1.67 million deaths in 2019 - the largest pollution-related death toll in any country in the world - and also accounted for $36.8 billion (US) in economic losses, according to a new study led by researchers from the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health at Boston College, the Indian Council of Medical Research, and the Public Health Foundation of India.
The 2019 death toll attributed to air pollution in India accounted for 17.8 percent of all deaths in the country in 2019, according to the study s findings, published today in the journal
New report reveals human, economic toll of air pollution in India
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (12/22/2020) - Air pollution in India resulted 1.67 million deaths in 2019 - the largest pollution-related death toll in any country in the world - and also accounted for $36.8 billion (US) in economic losses, according to a new study led by researchers from the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health at Boston College, the Indian Council of Medical Research, and the Public Health Foundation of India.
The 2019 death toll attributed to air pollution in India accounted for 17.8 percent of all deaths in the country in 2019, according to the study s findings, published today in the journal Lancet Planetary Health.
Rich countries are scooping up COVID-19 vaccines. What about the rest of the world? [Los Angeles Times]
The race to vaccinate the world against a once-in-a-century pandemic has begun in an all-too-familiar way: Every country for itself.
Rich nations have gobbled up nearly all the global supply of the two leading COVID-19 vaccines through the end of 2021, leaving many middle-income countries to turn to unproven drugs developed by China and Russia while poorer states face long waits for their first doses.
“Richer countries will be able to vaccinate … their whole populations before vulnerable groups in many developing countries get covered,” said Suerie Moon, co-director of the Global Health Center at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.
Rich countries are scooping up COVID-19 vaccines
A health worker collects a swab sample from a shopper at a makeshift COVID-19 testing booth at a market area in New Delhi last week as India surged past 10 million confirmed coronavirus cases. TNS JEWEL SAMAD
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A health worker collects a swab sample from a shopper for the Covid-19 coronavirus testing at a makeshift testing booth at a market area in New Delhi on December 19, 2020, as India surged past 10 million coronavirus cases. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images/TNS) JEWEL SAMAD