Full Coverage: Health

28.06.2006 The Pakistan government has announced setting up of a joint Steering Committee to monitor and check the prevention and control of avian and pandemic influenza in the country.

28.06.2006 Chikungunya, a relatively rare form of mosquito-transmitted viral fever, has claimed two lives in Madhya Pradesh and hundreds are suffering from the disease, health officials said.

28.06.2006 Javën e kaluar, e përditshmja “Novi List” publikoi një intervistë me Herman Haller, Drejtor i Qendrës Shëndetësore të Rijekës. Gjatë intervistës u diskutua edhe për prezantimin e një vaksine të re kundër koncerit në uterus, ku Dr. Haller tha që për këtë vaksinë do të diskutohet në shumë nivele, duke përfshirë edhe kishën katolike.

28.06.2006 The United Progress Alliance (UPA) government that has completed two years of its term as the ruling party is still falling short of its targets that were set for itself under the Common Minimum Program (CMP).

28.06.2006 The India-Pakistan border is increasingly being used for smuggling narcotics into India, a senior United Nations official said.Addressing a press conference to mark the release of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2006 World Drug Report here, Gary Lewis, UNODC Representative for South Asia, said increased trans-border civilian movement could be one of the reasons.

28.06.2006 With the first phase of the AIDS vaccine human trial being kicked off in the city, scientists involved in the trial are looking at absorbing more volunteers for the second such vaccine trial in the country.

28.06.2006 A new report from the Health Communication Partnership (HCP) demonstrates how a powerful television serial drama about young adults living in a rural South African town impacted by HIV/AIDS led to improved attitudes about HIV/AIDS, stigma, living openly and positively with HIV and faithfulness among its viewers.

27.06.2006 La Coalizione contro i pericoli derivanti dalla Bayer (CBG) ha denunciato oggi il Presidente del Consiglio di Amministrazione della Bayer, Werner Wenning, alla Procura di Colonia. La Coalizione accusa il manager di aver tollerato o orchestrato la partecipazione della Compagnia ad accordi illegali sui prezzi. Negli ultimi anni la Bayer è stata condannata in numerosi casi di reati di cartello. Nel solo ultimo anno finanziario, la compagnia ha dovuto pagare 275 milioni di euro in multe. "Stiamo parlando di accordi di cartello per cifre di parecchie centinaia di milioni di euro. E' impensabile che decisioni di questa magnitudine siano state prese senza che il Presidente ne fosse a conoscenza. L'effetto deterrente si può avere solo se i dirigenti responsabili rischiano seriamente una condanna penale" - ha detto Philipp Mimkes della CBG. La Coalizione è convinta che la maggior parte degli accordi illegali sui prezzi non sia stata ancora scoperta. E il prezzo lo pagano i consumatori.

27.06.2006 Last week, the “Novi List” daily published and interview with Herman Haller, Director of Clinical Centre Rijeka. In the interview that discussed the introduction of a vaccine for cancer of the uterus, Dr. Haller said that the official introduction of this vaccine should be discussed at many levels, including a discussion with the (Catholic) Church.

27.06.2006 The KRITI FILM CLUB is showing a film SUPER SIZE ME by Morgan Spurloc in which he survives for one month on food and drinks offered by MacDonalds. To see what happens to Spurlock, watch the film.

27.06.2006 "Le droghe non sono un gioco da bambini": è il tema scelto quest'anno dall'Ufficio delle Nazioni Unite contro la Droga e il Crimine (Unodc) per la "Giornata internazionale contro l'abuso e il traffico illecito di droga", che si è celebrata ieri 26 giugno. Il tema scelto ha lo scopo di sensibilizzare l'opinione pubblica sul potere distruttivo delle droghe e al contempo di responsabilizzare la società affinché il benessere dei bambini sia sempre una priorità. Le stime più recenti indicano che 200 milioni di persone fra i 15 ed i 64 anni, hanno fatto uso di droghe illecite almeno una volta negli ultimi 12 mesi. Intanto, in Italia il ministro della Salute Livia Turco ha annunciato di voler elevare, con atto amministrativo, il limite del quantitativo massimo di cannabis detenibile per uso personale senza incorrere nello spaccio e in provvedimenti punitivi fino all'arresto e al carcere. Il ministro Turco istituirà inoltre una Consulta sulle tossicodipendenze coinvolgendo anche i privati e, assieme alle Regioni ed ai ministeri della Pubblica istruzione e delle Politiche giovanili, avvierà un piano di prevenzione contro la droga, rivolto a chi inizia a consumare sostanze stupefacenti.

26.06.2006 Bangladesh's Health and Family Welfare Minister, Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, said the country would be able to eliminate filaria and kalazar by the year 2015.

26.06.2006 In recent years, urban life is interestingly changing for several reasons. It is experienced that urbanisation is rapidly progressing in developing countries has had profound impacts on urban life and health. Food insecurity, malnutrition, overcrowded and unhygienic living conditions, lack of safe water and sanitation are the major causes of urban health problems in cities.

26.06.2006 Naturopathy is a holistic approach to treatment of diseases as an alternative therapy. It draws upon natural remedies like sunlight, air and water with support from correct diet and massage.Naturopaths believe that the body has self-healing powers and that it can repair itself and recover from illnesses in a healthy environment.

26.06.2006 While addressing a conference recently on Hepatitis in Karachi, the Sindh health minster said that there were at least 5,348 hepatitis patients in the province and that this number is increasing with alarming pace.

26.06.2006 In what is seen as a landmark achievement, scientists at the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI),Lucknow, India, have developed a new drug to control and cure depression - a growing problem afflicting many across the country.

26.06.2006 It is the responsibility of the administration to prevent maternal deaths but it seems it has now the only duty of counting the number of deaths. Death continues to haunt families in Keonjhar district of Orissa and the wide gap in the sex ratio here is an outcome of profuse maternal deaths.

23.06.2006 For the second consecutive year, Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) has come to the aid of HIV/AIDS patients.The bank, as part of its corporate social responsibility, has initiated a programme titled 'Caring patients living with AIDS' under which the HIV-positive people receive medical support and food supplements.

23.06.2006 The ill-effects of the Nepal conflict have been experienced by almost all sectors of rural life, including the health sector, with poor health delivery mechanisms prevailing in the rural areas.In this context, several health camps, necessary medication and treatment support programmes and formation of health management committees are being implemented by Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN) under its project in Nepal in coordination with other concerned partners.

23.06.2006 The Andhra Pradesh government will introduce health and hygiene as special subjects in all schools from academic year 2007-2008, according to A. Chinnappa Reddy, Sports Advisor to Chief Minister.