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Australia Contributes Additional Funds for HIV Prevention in North-East

...s engaging a community and social action to spread awareness among young people about HIV/AIDS. This includes the introduction of drug awareness programs for schools and the establishment of self-help groups for young women affected and afflicte...

Army Hospital Conducts First Multiple Organ Retrieval and Transplantation

...thority (AORTA) was launched on April 14 to create awareness about organ donation, retrieval and transplantation. As part of this initiative former Miss India Nikita Anand, Bollywood actor Gul Panag and many army officers April 14 pledged their organs for donation at the Army Hospital (R&R)....

Watch Out for Signs of Autism in Babies!

...terest in infant mental health has been boosted by awareness of the prevalence of attention deficit disorders a...em medication. Greenspan said the goal is to raise awareness about early warning signs and to encourage treatment to increase the chances that children can devel...

Anthrax Claims Two Lives in Orissa

... to the two villages to treat villagers and create awareness among them about the disease. "The team will camp in the villages to monitor the situation. They have also destroyed cattle meat preserved in some houses there," the official said. "As a precautionary measure, another health task force has been d...

Both Alcohol and Neighborhood Characteristics can Affect Intimate Partner Violence

...s a private family matter. However, with increased awareness of IPV and how common it is, IPV is now viewed as a large societal problem and is the business of the criminal-justice system, the treatment community, community advocates, and so forth. Furthermore," he added, "there are important public-policy impl...

International Day Of Action For Women's Health - 2007

...lishes a 'Call for Action' every year, to raise awareness and promote solidarity and action on the Internati...l the following: * Informing and raising public awareness through acts, marches, street events, etc. * Actions of denunciation (press conference, actions w...

Delivering the Green Message to Children

...es from a conviction, the best way is to integrate awareness into school education," educationalist Sanaya Nariman, who is the chairperson of the Delhi chapter of PEAS, told IANS. Environment, she added, should not be just a separate subject in schools, but it must be integrated into all relevant subjects li...

Japanese Expedition Clears Half Ton of Garbage from Mt. Everest

... he collected would be displayed in Japan to raise awareness about the pollution on the mountains while the rest was "disposed off properly". Noguchi has in the past organised similar expeditions and hopes this will not be his last. "For the future, I would be keen on studying the impact of global warming on...

Malaria and HIV Jointly Affects Pregnant Women and Their Infants

...200,000 infant deaths each year. With the recent awareness that HIV further worsens pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM) there is a pressing need to comprehend these diseases during pregnancy and turn this knowledge into effective therapies. Until now the mechanisms by which pregnant women defend themselves ...

Cyclists to Ride for a Cause: To Create Awareness on AIDS

... AIDS/LifeCycle has been a major force in raising awareness about the continued effect of HIV and the growing ... ones lost to AIDS. Organizers said they will make awareness and prevention materials available to local groups and provide HIV rapid-test services at selected s...

New Drug, Other Trends To Double Smoking Cessation and Addiction Treatments

...of global health agencies, and the increasing high awareness of effective smoking cessation products have helped to drive market growth. The market now dominated by GlaxoSmithKline with its Zyban smoking cessation treatment, and Schering-Plough / Reckitt Benckiser with their Suboxone/Subetex substance abuse ...

Stop Smoking, Start Living: World No Tobacco Day

...s can be done, partially, by creating large-scale awareness , especially among the yet-to-be-initiated groups. The other method is to activate the long arm of the law and to universally ban public smoking . This is to save the passive smokers who are but victims of the folly of a few. The smoke-free path ...

Dentists Need More Training in Oral Cancer Detection

...time appear to be chief among them." To increase awareness of the disease, UIC has been working with organizations in several Illinois counties that have high incidences of oral cancer to develop and distribute public health education materials, Kaste said. Oral cancer screenings are also provided to the und...

June is National Scleroderma Awareness Month

...roderma walks all share a common purpose: to raise awareness and funds for scleroderma. "These events galvani...the Scleroderma Foundation will also work to raise awareness through media campaigns, government proclamations, educational programs and special events. For mo...

World No Tobacco Day Focuses on Secondhand Smoke

...ss Gas public service announcement campaign raises awareness about the dangers of secondhand smoke and asks smokers to "take it outside" to prevent exposure to family and friends -- especially children, who are so vulnerable to the negative effects of environmental tobacco smoke. The American Legacy Foundati...

US, India Join Together to Improve Healthcare in India

...vely with other efforts underway in India to raise awareness about the scourge of HIV/AIDS, while promoting preventative measures and improving access to effective and affordable treatment regimes. Somers said USIBC is concerned that a populist trend is taking hold in other countries towards compulsory licen...

Man Contracts Deadly Bird Flu Virus in Vietnam

...t measures to deal with the situation and to raise awareness of the dangers of bird flu. Between 2003 and November 2005, Vietnam was one of the countries worst hit by bird flu with 42 deaths. The country, however, won international applause for its transparency and effectiveness in curbing the epidemic. H5...

Travolta Maybe Reluctant to Publicaly Discuss About Sons Autism

...hy away from accepting the fact and comes forward, awareness about autism would get a major boost. The editor...ni Braxton, who all have autistic kids, in raising awareness and research funds to cure the disease. 'Travolta sits there in interviews talking about how Jett...

Toolkit to Assess Reproductive Health Needs of Displaced Women

...ld with camp workers and in the community to raise awareness regarding violence against women. The toolkit can be used to collect and analyze data on safe motherhood, family planning, sexual history, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence, female genital cutting, and emotional healt...

Pregnancy and Alcohol - a Dangerous Cocktail Warns BMA Scotland

...hey were pregnant do not panic. We need to raise awareness of the emerging evidence on FASD among healthcare professionals and provide training and guidance on how to identify these disorders so that children are diagnosed quickly and get the help they need. Early intervention is crucial in decreasing the ri...

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