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Caricom ministers strive for 'disease free' region --
Madrid :: Spain | about 24 hours ago
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Health Ministers are currently moving towards the creation of an agency in Trinidad and Tobago that seeks to ensure a disease-free environment for all...Caribbean in which the health of the people is promoted and protected from disease, injury and disability,...
Tags: Caricom Health Ministers, Caribbean Environment Health Institute, Caribbean Public Health Agency, Caribbean Food, Caribbean Health Research Council, CARPHA, CARICOM Health Ministers, Spain, Madrid, Environment, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean Community, Social Issues, Caribbean, CARICOM Single Market and Economy, Pan American Health Organization
Pledge to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission
Lima :: Peru | 12 days ago
Credibility Health authorities, experts on sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and family health professionals have launched a commitment to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis in Latin America and the Caribbean by the year 2015.
Tags: Caribbean, Latin America, PAHO, health problems, pregnant women, public health, Peru, Lima, Health Medical Pharma, HIV/AIDS, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Congenital syphilis, Social Issues, AIDS, Immunodeficiency, Spirochaetes, Syphilis, Pan American Health Organization
CNCDs account for more than half of Jamaica deaths
Kingston :: Jamaica | 17 days ago
Credibility Advisor for disease and control, Dr Rwang Abwoba, said there has been a steady increase in these illnesses and they're resulting in many deaths. "It is not an exaggeration when we say non communicable diseases have reached epidemic proportions in Jamaica.
Tags: Jamaica, Kingston, World Health Organization, Chronic, Non-communicable disease, Hypertension, Kidney, Nephrology, Organization of American States, Pan American Health Organization, Health Medical Pharma
Canadians want salt, food makers tell MPs
Toronto :: Canada | 17 days ago
Credibility Last updated on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 6:05PM EST C anadians are to blame for the excessive sodium in everything from frozen dinners to breakfast cereal, according to major food manufacturers under increasing political pressure to cut salt in their...
Tags: Kellogg Canada Inc., Nestlé Canada Inc., reduce sodium, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, sodium diets, medical experts, Ms. O'Brien, salt reduction, food companies, Canada, Toronto, Sodium, Alkali metals, Salt, Nutrition, Calcium, Chemical elements, Dietary minerals, Aging-associated diseases, Health Medical Pharma
...Senate to resume Bill debate today --
Madrid :: Spain | 20 days ago
Credibility Senate to resume Bill debate today Tuesday, November 17th 2009 The Senate meets today at 1.30 p.m. at the Red House to continue debate on the Tobacco Amendment Bill. The bill which has been described by some senators as draconian, has raised a number...
Tags: Port of Spain, Senate, Spain, Madrid, Habits, Passive smoking, Tobacco products, Tobacco industry, Cigar, Tobacco, Smoking, Cigarettes, flu pandemic, Influenza vaccine, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Pan American Health Organization, Swine influenza, Pandemics, Vaccines, Influenza, Health Medical Pharma
Prioritizing low-cost, simple health measures can cut early deaths worldwide
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 21 days ago
Credibility Citing interventions that can cost lots of money, the study showed that more strategic use of funding and resources would keep millions of children from dying before they reach their fifth birthdays. "Our world is in the grip of a chronic humanitarian...
Tags: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Global health, Public health, Demography, Pan American Health Organization, Child survival, Federal Way Washington, World Vision, Raila Odinga, Death, Infant, Maternal health, Millennium Development Goals, Child mortality, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
NBC 4 Reno / Tahoe (KRNV): Miss Universe Organization, Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases Join Forces to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Americas
São Paulo :: Brazil | 2 months ago
Credibility The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases is proud to announce a new partnership with the Miss Universe Organization aimed at educating millions across Latin America and the Caribbean about the need to control and eliminate neglected tropical...
Tags: neglected tropical, tropical diseases, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, global network, Americas, Brazil, São Paulo
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