AIDS Afflicted Children Abandoned
... are over 60 non-governmental organizations in the nation that are contributing towards spreading awareness about the disease to ensure that it does not spread, and contain it. Over 150 million children across the world face health problems, and most of them do not have access to medical care. There are ...Botswana Continues Its Fight Against AIDS
...ch serve to prolong life, without which the entire nation will be destroyed socially and economically. The...evelopmental activities. About 32 sites across the nation cater to 52,000 patients free of cost, resulting in bedridden people being able to go back to work. ...Record Number of Countries Contributed to UNFPA in 2005
...2004, 166 nations had contributed to UNFPA. Every nation in Africa pledged funds to UNFPA in 2005. Contributions to the UNFPA regular resources last year were also the highest ever, touching $350 million (provisional) from the previous year's level of $322 million. The top six donors were the Netherlands, ...Heart Failure Rates In The US Soars
...y. Cardiovascular diseases is expected to cost the nation an amount of $403 billion in 2006, and by the year 2050, a 130% increase in deaths is expected from heart disease in the country. ...U.S. unprepared to tackle bird flu
...of the National Academy of Sciences, said that the nation is completely unprepared in case an epidemic. This fear about the bird flu is basically because the disease has killed about 90 individuals worldwide and officials fear that it will mutate into a form that spreads easily among people....Fat chance: Live Statistics of an English Man
...n is also (in) famous being ranked 2 in the EU fat nation category, after Greece, with more than one fifth adults obese. Scotland is disappointing with lowest life expectancy for men (73.8 years) and women (79.1 years), with smokers forming a major portion, contributing to highest rates of lung cancer. Wa...Sacremento: Prisoners in Safe hands
After thorough nation wide scouting , a federal judge has chosen the top health official in Santa Clara County to hold the reins of California's strife torn healthcare system, according to reliable sources. // Bob Sillen, 63, will be officially appointed as a federal...Help at home for the elderly would be beneficial
...died 2,943 frail older people enrolled at 13 sites nation wide in the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly. The program provides medical and social services that also meets the daily living needs of those eligible for nursing homes. According to Sands, "Nearly 30 percent of adults aged 75 and ol...Young People Not to Be Neglected In AIDS War
...of AIDS treatment and prevention services in every nation and reducing the social stigma attached to the disease. More than 8 million people are afflicted with the deadly disease in the Asian region where the AIDS epidemic is more prevalent. In addition, more than 1 million people are affected every year....John Mendelsohn M.D, chosen for an International Award
...laim of being named the top cancer hospital in the nation four years in succession in the last five years, as per the "America's Best Hospitals" survey....Abortions Banned In South Dakota
... vs. Wade, that made it legal for women across the nation to have an abortion. Governor Mike Rounds, a member of President George W. Bush's Republican Party, acknowledged as much in his remarks on signing the legislation. "Because this new law is a direct challenge to the Roe versus Wade interpretation ...Task Force Set Up By PM To Fill Up The Healthcare Sector
...re. The fact that India is demographically a young nation gives it an opportunity to have its trained personnel meeting the health care needs of the demographically aging countries," said a release from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia ha......re. The fact that India is demographically a young nation gives it an opportunity to have its trained personnel meeting the healthcare needs of the demographically ageing countries,” the statement added. The prime minister has asked deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia to set ...Hurricane Hangover: Katrina Still Haunts
...ry unleashed on the survivors scattered across the nation // , with the destruction so large the loss so dear that the people are now facing problems, and sufferings off such severe psychological distress that the federal government has launched the biggest & a very expensive counseling program in American ...Phoenix Islands To Be Protected Under Global Conservation Map
...a total of 33 islands to make it the largest atoll nation in the world. President Anote Tong said establishing the Phoenix Islands Protected Area ensures that the people of Kiribati can always benefit from the rich ocean life of their home. "If the coral and reefs are protected, then the fish will thrive...India Need To Pay More Attention to Manpower in Healthcare
...at the country would able to build it as a healthy nation by the combined efforts of all....Health Sector Manpower Asymmetrical to Population
...millions people. The number of nurses to serve the nation was only about 20,034 showing that this number was both asymmetrical to the number of doctors as well as the population. In spite of the fact that about 65 per cent of the total health budget was spent in primary healthcare,the budgetary allocatio...Indian PM Announces Of Setting Up India Study Center At Tashkent
...gh said. Manmohan Singh was in the Central Asian nation on a 24-hour state visit - the first by an Indian head of government to this country in the last 13 years. --Edited IANS...A New Study Shows Social Well Being Plays An Important Part In Childs Health
A nation wide study conducted on more than 57,000 children found that greater the social disadvantage the children have, // like being poor or having a single mother who is a high school dropout, greater are their chances of becoming sick, immaterial of race ......n estimates that more than 1 million people in the nation were living with AIDS or HIV by the end of 2003. In Ohio, the Ohio Department of Health reports that about 15,000 residents had HIV or AIDS as of mid-2004. Nearly 16,000 Americans died of AIDS in 2004, with 529,000 AIDS-related deaths since 1981. "...