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U.N. urges aid for quake-ridden Indonesia
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 1 day ago
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The United Nations' health agency says Indonesia needs financial help to recover from two earthquakes and prepare for future disasters...World Health Organization said in a release Friday that urgent aid was needed in Indonesia in the wake of the September...
Tags: Indonesian, Indonesia, Jakarta, Central Emergency Response Fund, Health, World Health Organization, Disaster Accident, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Environment, Republics, Disaster
CNCDs account for more than half of Jamaica deaths
Kingston :: Jamaica | 2 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 | 3 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
Little Known Ways To Overcome Depression
My devoted readers have asked over the past months how I deal with the loss of my three kids, how I can handle the debauchery and mayhem of my law enforcement job. I have recited my faith over and over. However, not everyone prescribes to religion. I...
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Heartbreak hospitals
Sydney :: Australia | 3 days ago
Credibility Julie Robotham and Natasha Wallace are left asking the same question as doctors, nurses and patients: what's been done to fix the system? She should have celebrated her 20th birthday this year. Instead, Vanessa Anderson's parents last week marked the...
Tags: Australia, Sydney, Safety, National Health Service, Nursing in the United Kingdom, Evidence-based medicine, Hospice, Patient safety, Health Medical Pharma, Health care, World Health Organization, Healthcare in the United Kingdom
Mapping state's role in global health
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility So busy, in fact, that they don't always know about work being done down the street. Now a new study being unveiled today attempts to bridge the information gap. It shows the breadth and depth of the state's role in global health, so far mapping out nearly...
Tags: Washington Global Health Alliance, Lisa Cohen, Seattle & King County, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, World Health Organization, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global health, Public health, Health education, Social Issues, Environment
Only quake-insured house awaits compensation
Phuentsholing :: Bhutan | 5 days ago
Credibility Their two-storied traditional house was the only one among 17 houses in Drametse insured specifically for earthquake, along with general rural insurance. Two walls of the house, which belongs to Wangmo, 37, came down during the September 21 earthquake.
Tags: Bhutan, Phuentsholing, Pneumonia, GAVI Alliance, World Health Organization, Gavi, Social Issues, Mongar, Types of insurance, Finance, Insurance, Disaster Accident
GLOBAL: Global Fund approves $2.4 billion in new grants
Nairobi :: Kenya | 9 days ago
Credibility Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved US$2.4 billion in its ninth round of grants, bringing the total amount of approved funding since its inception in 2001 to $18.4 billion. "These grants enable countries around the world to address some of the main...
Tags: global funding, Kenya, Nairobi, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, World Health Organization, Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Business Finance, Tuberculosis, International nongovernmental organizations, Global health
Flu infections starting to peak in some areas: WHO
Geneva :: Switzerland | 9 days ago
Credibility Flu infections may be peaking in some parts of the northern hemisphere, but are still spreading fast in others, the World Health Organization said on Friday. In an update on the H1N1 swine flu virus, the WHO said parts of the southern and southeastern...
Tags: World Health Organization, swine flu, Switzerland, Geneva, Epidemiology, Influenza pandemic, Prevention, flu pandemic, Influenza, Pandemics, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Animal virology, Swine influenza, Microbiology, Health in the United States, flu pandemic in the United States
Swine flu nightmare: Man had to choose between losing his wife or his baby
According to a CNN interview on October 28, 2009, Aubrey Opdyke of West Palm Beach Florida came down with a sore throat back in June. She was 27 years old, in good health, and she was 26 weeks pregnant. She had not gotten vaccinated for protection...
Tags: Swine flu, H1N1, Aubrey Opdyke, pregnant women, CDC, Kathleen Sebelius, World Health Organization
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