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Drug watchdog wants sh5b more
Kampala :: Uganda | about 5 hours ago
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Apollo Muhairwe, the NDA executive secretary, explained that the regulator needs about sh20b annually to smoothly deliver services to the population. This has emerged as a challenge in the wake of a deepening problem of counterfeit drugs on the market...
Tags: NDA, Uganda, Kampala, Health Medical Pharma, Counterfeit medications, Social Issues, Pharmaceutical industry, Drugs, Public health
eHealth Ont. pushes on after scandal rocks agency, costs cabinet minister's job
Ontario :: CA :: USA | about 7 hours ago
Credibility Electronic medical records would be a huge help during pandemics because they allow doctors to quickly identify patients in high-risk categories, either by age or by underlying medical conditions, says interim eHealth Ontario president and CEO Rob Devitt.
Tags: Rob Devitt, health records, electronic health, medical records, electronic medical, Ontario, Deb Matthews, untendered contracts, computerized records, Health Medical Pharma, Health care informatics, EHealth, Electronic health record, EHealth Ontario, Medical informatics, Medicine, Public health
���Climate change will hit 175m kids every year���
New Delhi :: India | about 8 hours ago
Credibility A new report suggests that 175 million children will be affected every year by frequent natural disasters caused due to climate change. Painting a grim future, a report by child rights NGO Save the Children said climate change was the biggest global health...
Tags: climate change, India, New Delhi, Environment, Millennium Development Goals, Malnutrition, Poverty, Global health, Malaria, Humanitarian aid, Disaster Accident, Child survival, Public health
Time to help injured children
Cairo :: Egypt | about 16 hours ago
Credibility Reading quietly on her laptop with her two children sitting on a couch, Said thought that her youngest boy, Amin, then aged 10 months old, was also with her other child. Suddenly, she heard him crying, but could not work out where he was. "He could not...
Tags: Alaa Sebie, unintentional injury, injury prevention, Nevine Said, Margie Peden, injured children, Egypt, road accidents, accidents happen, Cairo, Sociology, Injuries, Falling, Disaster Accident, Biostatistics, Public health
WHO, UNDP cite RP’s public health program
Manila :: Philippines | 1 day ago
Credibility The forthcoming presentation marks a high point in our country’s struggle to address public health issues with simple but far-reaching community-based solutions,” Remonde stressed. He said it is likely for similarly situated countries to look up to the...
Tags: Misamis Oriental, public health, Cerge Remonde, UNDP, Philippines, Manila, Department of Education, Education, Misamis
Ottawa woman safe after 8-hour Antarctica ordeal
Ottawa :: Canada | 1 day ago
Credibility An Ottawa resident who is trekking solo across Antarctica says she is doing fine despite a "pretty serious fall" down an icy crevasse just two days into her expedition. Electronic medical records would be a huge help during pandemics because they allow...
Tags: Ottawa, ottawa woman, Ontario, Canada, Law Crime, EHealth, British North America, EHealth Ontario, Ottawa Illinois, Prince Edward Island, Public health, Health care informatics, Crevasse, Canadian federal elections, Glendale Arizona, Gatineau, The Hershey Company, Medicine
Hundreds take shot against H1N1
Tamuning :: Guam | 1 day ago
Credibility Public Health officials initially expected 4,000 people to participate in yesterday's mass inoculation. So far, a total of 33,400 H1N1 vaccine doses have been ordered for Guam, and were shipped as of Dec. CDC. More than 6,000 H1N1 doses are currently...
Tags: Cindy Hanson, Brett Cornelius, h1n1 flu, vaccination yesterday, seasonal flu, Public Health, University of Guam, CDC, Guam, Tamuning, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza, flu pandemic in the United States, Health in the United States, Social Issues, Influenza vaccine, flu pandemic vaccine, Vaccines, flu pandemic
Top 10 Myths About Safe Sex And Sexual Health
Palo Alto :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility It's great to learn more about your body and your choices, but explore those search results with caution: A recent Stanford University study on adolescent reproductive health found that health websites are often riddled with errors, omissions, and outdated...
Tags: sexually health, Dr. Yen, Palo Alto, Health Medical Pharma, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Adolescence, Human sexuality, Sexually transmitted disease, Sexual health, Herpes simplex, Menopause, Public health
Lewisville group hopes to ban smoking in city
Lewisville :: TX :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Citizens for a Smoke Free Lewisville must collect 2,247 signatures in 45 days to put the anti-smoking referendum on the May 8 ballot. The group will kick off its petition drive today at the Holiday at the Hall festival in Old Town Lewisville. "We have...
Tags: Lewisville City Council, Smoke Free Lewisville, Old Town Lewisville, ban smoke, James Kunke, lewisville group, Lewisville, Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Tobacco control, Smoking, Denton County Texas, Dallas County Texas, Lewisville Texas, Smoking ban, Public health
Minister vows to clean up sewer mess -- New entity to take control of wastewater systems
Chaguanas :: Trinidad and Tobago | 2 days ago
Credibility Minister vows to clean up sewer mess New entity to take control of wastewater systems Saturday, December 5th 2009 significant upgrades: Public Utilities Minister Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, right, addresses members of Parliament yesterday during the sitting...
Tags: wastewater sector, WASA, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, sewerage systems, public health, Trinidad and Tobago, Chaguanas, Sanitation, Water and Sewerage Authority, Sewage, Business Finance, Onsite sewage facility, Sewerage, Septic tank, Wastewater, Water industry
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