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India Lags Far Behind in Controlling Maternal Deaths

...ildbirth in India since 1990, quite// unlike other nations like Bangladesh, Gautemala and Morocco that have m...a, Bolivia and Honduras have greatly helped. These nations have been able to reduce their MMR by 52 percent. In India, only 40 percent women have access to ...

Portugal’s Citizens Vote to Legalize Abortio

...s among Ireland, Malta and Poland- strong catholic nations that prohibit abortion or destruction of unborn ch...ars in Portugal, whereas other ‘strongly catholic’ nations have since gone the secular path by allowing abortions. The move against the ban was conceived ar...

Rich Nations to Sign $1.5 Bn Vaccine Pact in Italy

...nomy ministry said. The mechanism involves donor nations making a prior commitment to buy vaccines which are under development at a preferential price once they are launched, thereby creating a demand-led market for new vaccines needed by poor countries. Italy, Britain, Canada and Norway will announce f...

Plan to Adopt Vaccine Purchase Plan for Diseases

The Group of Seven industrialized nations on Friday plans to sign an agreement to provide $1...ry. Leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations at their summit in July 2006 did not act on an opportunity to adopt a similar advance market commitm...

Mercury can Kill

... of the key demands will be to call upon developed nations to provide new and additional funding towards mercury reduction in developing countries. "We are pressuring the government and working with hospitals to switch over from mercury-based thermometers. Some hospitals in Delhi have already started using...

Worldwide Parkinson's Cases To Double In Next 25 Years

...h Parkinson’s disease in 15 of the world’s largest nations will double over the next generation//. The result...nited Kingdom, and Italy) and the 10 most populous nations worldwide (China, India, Indonesia, the United States, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Japan,...

Less of Omega- 3 in Obese Children

...d obesity is an issue that is plaguing most of the nations and it is on the rise especially in UK and many of the western countries. JYT...

African Children Benefited Through GAVI Programmes

...can nations. GAVI has the patronage of seventeen nations across the world. 138 million children were the beneficiaries of this programme for disease like Hepatitis B and yellow fever. According to Mr.Gates, GAVI is sure to touch many lives across the world in the coming years. JYT...

Algal Gel to Prevent HIV Infection

...tect themselves from HIV, mainly in underdeveloped nations where AIDS is widespread and men refuse to use condoms. US philanthropist Bill Gates has said: only giving women the power to protect themselves can control AIDS pandemic. Researcher Dr Luiz Castello Branco claims, ‘the gel had produced impressiv...

Cure for Most Heart Attacks Is Free, but It's Important to Start Young

...ty, which has become an epidemic in many developed nations and is the most powerful risk factor for diabetes. Diabetes leads to an array of health problems that include heart attacks, blindness, and kidney failure. ‘We’re seeing more kids today with adult-type diabetes than we’ve ever seen before. And, un...

Ramifications of Widespread Use of Tamiflu

...st warning of an avian flu pandemic two years ago, nations worldwide have been stockpiling Tamiflu for treatment and outbreak prevention. The drug, which minimizes flu symptoms and duration, inhibits the movement of the influenza virus from the cells it infects, and also helps uninfected people avoid contrac...

Having Kids at Home Fatten Up Mom and Dad?

Highly developed nations like the U.S, with a fast paced lifestyle are facing an epidemic of obesity currently. Americans consume a lot of saturated fat which can cause an// avalanche of diseases. In an American family with kids around, parents tend to eat more and put on...

Malaria Grips Jamaica, Nearly 160 Affected

...ases, killing about 1 million children in the poor nations each year. The tropical climate in these countries is conducive for the mosquitoes to thrive and spread the disease. SA...

A New System To Regulate Use Of Chemicals

...lutants. The new rules will be implemented by EU nations before 2018. "This deal is an early Christmas present for the chemicals industry, rewarding it for its intense and underhand lobbying campaign," said Green MEP Caroline Lucas. Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said, this would "increase our ...

A Molecular Condom Against AIDS

... themselves from HIV, particularly in impoverished nations where AIDS is widespread, where rape is rampant or where conventional condoms are taboo, not reliably available or where men resist using them. Worldwide, most AIDS cases are spread heterosexually. About 16 microbicides are in development and five a...

More Funds To Fight H5N1 – The Deadly Bird Flu Strai

...d. The Bird flu has made its presence felt in 55 nations across the globe. A part of the money pledged would be spent for the development of veterinary infrastructures and for establishing early warning and reporting systems in Africa. Health experts insist on improving health and veterinary facilities...

Fluoridated Water Proves Harmful to Infants.

...s. This advice is not noticed by many though. The nations leading fluoridated water for kids, Nursery water is continuing to market the product at leading retailers. It is a request to who ever receiving this information to pass on the message. KOM...

Extra Funding To Fight Bird Flu

...around 250 million poultry birds since 2003. Asian nations are the worst hit. Compensation structure seems ...tment. The joint report recommends the wealthier nations to be prepared to fund compensation to countries that were too poor to pay their own farmers, as it ...

Obstacles to Reducing Human Injury and Death Due to Medical Error

...professor at the University of Arkansas, says both nations struggle with this problem because obtaining information about mistakes by health-care providers creates serious tension between the equally important goals of patient safety and public accountability. In the United States, civil malpractice litigati...

Kenya Resolves to Fight Tuberculosis

...ranked 10th among the most 'Tuberculosis' affected nations in the world. It is estimated //that nearly 300 Ke...easures adopted to contain the disease. Developing nations need to double up in their efforts to check the spread, as they happen to be the worst hit by the in...

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