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Immigrants strongly support smoking bans
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 15 minutes ago
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Census Current Population Survey from 1995-2002. Over those years, 75.7 percent of foreign-born U.S. residents supported a smoking ban in at least four types of public space, while 59.1 percent of U.S.-born Americans with U.S.-born parents did so. Of...
Tags: black managers, smoke ban, U.S, support smoke, Indonesia, Jakarta, Public health, Smoking ban, Tobacco, Smoking, Habits, Social Issues, Labor
Infant mortality rate declines, but challenges remain
Bangalore :: India | about 19 hours ago
Credibility The State of the World's Children' report which tracks the impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which completed its 20th anniversary. The access to drinking water has improved from 62% in 1992-93 to 88 percent in 2005-06 while in...
Tags: aged group, India, Unicef Representative for Karnataka, infant mortality, Bangalore, Public health, Population, Breastfeeding, Karnataka, Demography, Human development, Women's rights, Social Issues
Sick go to work for fear of losing job
Quarter :: United Kingdom | about 19 hours ago
Credibility Australians put their health at risk as a result of the worldwide economic crisis, a survey has found. The fear of losing a job has resulted in more than one in six people turning up for work sick and one in 10 parents sending sick children to school...
Tags: financial crisis, health services, United Kingdom, Quarter, Health economics, Health care, Health, Public health, Health Medical Pharma
'1 million newborns die every yr in India'
New Delhi :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility Almost 20 years after India signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), experts are now looking at the glass as half full, on indicators related to child survival and development . While there are some reasons to cheer — under-five mortality...
Tags: UNICEF India, India, New Delhi, Child survival, Poverty, Children's rights, UNICEF, Public health, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Social Issues
POLITICS: U.N. in Final Push for 2015 Development Goals
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 1 day ago
Credibility A special U.N. summit of world leaders, scheduled to take place next year, is expected to make "a final push" to help reach the world body's widely-touted development goals by the targeted date of 2015. "We have seen progress, but not enough - especially...
Tags: U.N. Millennium Campaign, Salil Shetty, Ethiopia, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, development goals, maternal health, MDG, UNFPA, final push, Addis Ababa, Poverty, Millennium Development Goals, Maternal death, Reproductive health, Obstetrics, Public health, Demography
Expert Knows What Copenhagen Failure Could Mean
Havana :: Cuba | 1 day ago
Credibility We can expect more extreme weather events, more water and more drought situations,” said Ms. Wahlström, a Swedish national with over 25 years of experience in disaster management, development and humanitarian issues, and served as UN Special Coordinator...
Tags: Cuba, Havana, Diplomatic conferences, Disaster preparedness, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Disaster risk reduction, Disaster, Climate change, Carbon finance, Global warming, Disaster Accident, Environment, Health, 10/90 gap, The Earth Institute, Public health, Global health, Malaria, Social Issues
Web Exclusive: Morbid Symptoms, Current Healthcare Struggles
London :: Canada | 1 day ago
Credibility Morbid Symptoms, Current Healthcare Struggles An interview with Leo Panitch and Colin Leys, editors of the 2010 Socialist Register (Morbid Symptoms: Health Under Capitalism) Colin Leys November 20th 2009 Leo Panitch and Colin Leys have just brought out...
Tags: health caring, health policy, Canada Health Coalition, Socialist Register Colin Leys, morbid symptoms, health services, British Labour Party, healthcare systems, socialist health, public health, Canada, London
Group urges Chicagoans to seek jobs with Census
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility The nation's largest civil rights coalition is urging Chicago residents to apply for temporary jobs with the U.S...The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund says census workers will play an important role in making sure their communities...
Tags: Chicago, Genealogy, Population, United States House of Representatives, Demographics of the United States, Censuses, Demography, Social Issues, Politics, Papillomavirus, Cancer screening, Public health, Colorectal cancer, Mammography, Medical tests, Oncology, Medical imaging, Health Medical Pharma
Have a flu question? Call new state hotline
Portland :: TX :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility State public health officials have opened a new hotline to help people with advice on what to do in case they have the flu. The Oregon Public Health Flu Hotline (1-800-978-3040) has nurses to talk to about symptoms, prevention advice, concerns about flu...
Tags: public health, oregon public, health flu, flu hotline, flu questions, Portland, Animal virology, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, flu pandemic, Swine influenza, Influenza prevention, Pandemics, Influenza, Health in the United States, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Budget cuts hurting STD control
Washington :: WA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility State and local government budget cuts are impacting health departments in controlling the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. researchers said. The study by the National Coalition of STD Directors is based on a recent survey of health department...
Tags: STD, std programs, health departments, budget cuts, Dr. William Wong, U.S, public health, Washington, Health department, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Sexual health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Human sexuality, Sexually transmitted disease, Social Issues
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