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The Times of India
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TOI Lifestyle Desk | etimes.in

Covid-19 wipes out years of health gains, says WHO

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant negative influence on global health indicators, as evidenced by the World Health Organization's (WHO) most recent World Health Statistics. The pandemic, which has spread to every country in the world, has stopped the steady increase in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy at birth (HALE) that had been occurring for almost ten years. Here is all you need to know about the report's main conclusions, the ongoing difficulties with noncommunicable diseases, the startling increase in malnutrition, and the advancement of global health objectives.

The decline in life expectancy

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