Ministry in Medical News

Grupo Salinas, Fundacion Azteca and Mexico's Environmental Ministry Present 'Ciudades Mas Limpias de Mexico' and 'Recicla 2009' Anti-Litter and Recycling Contests

MEXICO CITY, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- In a joint effort to recognize and promote best practices by Mexican society for a healthier and cleaner country, Grupo Salinas, Fundacion Azteca and Mexico's Environmental Ministry published today the official guidelines for the "Ciudades mas limpias de M...

Turkish Ministry of Health Purchases Two CyberKnife(R) Systems

Expands Patient Access to the Benefits of Whole Body Radiosurgery SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY ), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that the Turkish Ministry of Health has purchased two CyberKnife(R) Robo...

WaferGen's Chief Scientific Officer to Deliver Executive Talk at Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation's PCR Conference

FREMONT, Calif., April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, today announced that David Gelfand, Ph.D., chief scientific officer, will deliver an executive talk at the Malaysian Ministry o...

Vaccine patent portfolio licensed from UK Ministry of Defence

TORONTO, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ - Defyrus Inc. today announced the signing an exclusive, worldwide license to a patent portfolio created by the United Kingdom's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and licensed by Ploughshare Innovation Ltd, Dstl's commercialization company. These patent...

Sinovac Provides Support to China's Ministry of Health to Aid Earthquake Victims

BEIJING, May 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Amex: SVA), a leading provider of vaccines in China, today announced that it is providing immediate support to China's Ministry of Health following the May 12th earthquake in Sichuan province. The assistance is intended to support di...

Parkview Christian Center Announces September 2008 Opening of Outreach Ministry Building

Investing in the Community: Parkview Christian Center Outreach Ministry Gives Back HAINES CITY, Fla., May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Pastor Babers and the Parkview Christian Center are excited to announce the planned September 2008 opening of the new Outreach Ministry buil...

Iraq's Ministry of Health and USAID Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Increase Cooperation in Public Management

BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Agency for International Development and Iraq's Ministry of Health (MoH) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining a shared vision and collaborative effort to accelerate gains in the health sector's ability to deliver ...

International Aid Named as a MinistryWatch.com 'Shining Light' Christian Ministry

Agency Ranked Among Top 30 U.S. Ministries for Third Consecutive Year SPRING LAKE, Mich., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leading humanitarian health care agency International Aid has been named to MinistryWatch.com's list of Top 30 "Shining Light" Christian Ministries for 2007. This is th...

Chinese Health Ministry Okays KFC

After a food scare that swept the nation off KFC last week, the Chinese Ministry of Health has come out with a clarification expected// to be met with sighs of relief, from the fast food chain. There was public furor over reports of a chemical used in the filters to purify cooking oil. The c...

No Smoking During Play Rehearsals: UK’s Health Ministry Drops the Curtain

Actors have come out in protest of a new smoking ban to hit the nation-and one that's aimed// at them directly. From July first onwards, actors will be allowed to light up only during the final performance and not during any rehearsals. This, believes Equity, the Actors union, is unfair. S...

Thai’s Health Ministry Stocked To Deal With Any Possible Bird-flu Outbrea

Fresh bird flu outbreaks reported from Vietnam and South Korea has put Thailand on alert. //Thailand's Public Health Ministry is fully stocked and ready to deal with the situation, if H5N1 virus stages a come back. The Ministry has a stock of 2.5 million capsules of oseltamivir, the anti-vira...

Indian Health Ministry To Ban Junk Food, Colas In Schools

Union Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss has decided to launch a ban on sale of Colas and junk food in schools.// If this happens, very soon the colas and junk food may be out of school canteens across the country. Dr Ramadoss, terming that: “Colas and junk food are bad for children’s health...

Bangkok's Public Health Ministry Clears The Northern Province Of Bird Flu Epidemic

The Public Health Ministry of Bangkok had as of yesterday cleared the three people who had earlier been suspected of having contracting the deadly H5N1 virus// from the bird flu watch-list, explaining that they were simply suffering from common flu. Confirming that the three patients who were...

Indian Health Ministry Bags US Award for Health Promotion and Tobacco Control

The American Cancer Society has selected Indian ministry of health and family welfare for the coveted Luther L. Terry Awards for its "unrelenting stance on health promotion and tobacco control"//. Minister of Health and Family Welfare Anbumani Ramadoss will receive the award at a ceremony duri...

Indian Health Ministry approves sale of Emergency contraceptives as over the counter drug

Emergency contraceptives will be available in pharmacies as over the counter drug with out medical prescription in India, which will enable women to avoid unnecessary pregnancy. The decision was announced// by the Indian Health minister Anbumani Ramadoss, on informing the governments decision the m...

Vietnam may Face Dengue Fever Outbreak: Ministry

Dengue fever is likely to resurface in Vietnam in April if the burgeoning number of mosquitoes isn’t curbed, the Ministry of Health has warned.// In a note sent recently to 64 provinces and cities, the ministry warned that Vietnam’s mosquito population – distributor of dengue fever – has inc...

Number of HIV Cases in India Not Inflated: Ministry

Rubbishing a British journal's research report that the number of HIV cases in India is inflated by 60 percent, the health ministry Friday said// that the estimate was unrealistic. According to the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), India is home to 5.2 million HIV-infected people in ...

APA Releases Report on Sexuality Debate

...eliefs and same-sex attraction. Exodus International, the largest worldwide ministry to those in conflict with their sexuality and faith, says this report ackno...oday. With over 230 affiliates in its network, Exodus is a dynamic outreach ministry dedicated to sharing the hope of freedom through the power of Jesus Christ....

Researchers Identify New Method to Selectively Kill Metastatic Melanoma Cells

...uction limiting replication of specific pathogenic viruses. This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Spanish ministry of Science and Innovation, the Spanish Association Against Cancer and the Spanish National Cancer Research Center. The project team in Spain was l...

St. Joseph Health System-Sonoma County Partners With Aegis Health Group to Bring Health-Management Program to Area Employers

...a County (SJHS-SC) is an integrated healthcare delivery organization sponsored by the St. Joseph Health Ministry. Its mission is to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ in the tradition of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange by improving the health and quality of life of the communities it serves. Enti...

STAAR Surgical Generates Cash From Operations During Second Quarter

...of the STAAR application for the Toric Implantable Collamer Lens (TICL(TM)) for Myopic/Astigmatic patients. The Expert Panel Meeting of Japan's ministry of Health Labor and Welfare regarding the Visian ICL and Visian Toric ICL was held the last week of July. The panel's recommendation is expected with...

Leading health organizations launch new accreditation process for laboratories across Africa

...this direction accreditation is the only way to be sure a laboratory is a good laboratory," said Agnes Binagwaho, Rwanda's Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Health. "We cannot provide high quality care no matter what type of disease we're fighting without strong laboratories. This will greatly strengt...

Rwanda Genocide 100-Day Commemoration Culminates With Kigali Festival With Andrew Palau

...l of 22 service projects were completed and another 60 projects are being planned for completion over the next three years. Play For Hope, a ministry to initiate and strengthen local sports outreaches, hosted an eight-week series of camps that culminated in a soccer tournament at the stadium with wi...

Highmark Inc. Awards $14,000 to 28 Pennsylvania Nonprofit Organizations

...---------------------------------------------------------- St. Barnabas ministry Lori Clark Robinson, community Dauphin Center ...s specialist, volunteers with the St. Barnabas ministry Center summer program, which promotes ...

BD/PEPFAR Lab-Strengthening Initiative Marks Progress in Fight Against HIV/AIDS and TB in Sub-Saharan Africa

...nt System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Uganda ministry of Health. Over the course of the training period, overall lab wor...prove the quality of lab diagnostics, BD worked closely with the Mozambique ministry of Health and CDC-Mozambique to deliver training in quality management and ...

VIVIMIND(TM) granted certificate of free sale as food supplement in Italy - Premarket notification filed in the U.S.

.../ - BELLUS Health (International) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of BELLUS Health Inc. (BELLUS Health, TSX: BLU), today announced that the Italian ministry of Health has granted a certificate of free sale for VIVIMIND(TM) (homotaurine) as a food supplement. A certificate of free sale in Italy permits the ...

Enigma Diagnostics Announces Signing of Patent Licenses With Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.

... Enigma has an exclusive license from the Defence Science Technology Laboratory to a portfolio of patents, which represent over 15 years of UK ministry of Defence funded Research. It also has licenses from Applied Biosystems and Celera Diagnostics for commercialization of real-time PCR instruments. En...

China Medicine Receives rADTZ Feasibility Report from the Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

... China," said Mr. Senshan Yang, Chairman and CEO of China Medicine Corporation. "We are also eligible to apply for a product permit for rADTZ from the ministry of Agriculture in China and expect to receive it in approximately six months. With the product permit, rADTZ can be sold nationally in China. We expec...

Wyeth's Prevenar 13* Receives First Approval

... COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE ), announced today that the Chilean ministry of Health, MINSAL (Ministerio de Salud), has become the first government agency to approve Prevenar 13* Valent, (Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine 13 Val...

Ugandan Medical Male Circumcision Program Launched to Prevent HIV Transmission

...ection in heterosexual relationships by 50 to 60 percent. Male circumcision has received endorsements by the World Health Organization and the Uganda ministry of Health as a proven safe way to prevent the spread of HIV. Yesterday, the Kayunga District Hospital and Makerere University Walter Reed Projec...

David Yap receives Amethyst Award

...mier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, in recognition of his work at the Ontario ministry of the Environment, combating air pollution in Canada and the United States...e as Senior Scientific Advisor, Air Quality and Meteorology, at the Ontario ministry of the Environment, his work has led to the development of Ontario's Air Qu...

Korea Health Industry Development Institute, Be Ready for attracting Patients in States (Hold Korea Global Healthcare Conference with CKMP)

...g to be held along with Jeon, Jae Hee (Minister of ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs)'s tour of U.S. Also, Health Industry Institutes such as ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, KHIDI, and...movement to Korea. Jeon, Jae-Hee (Minister of ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs) will appoi...

Rate of Breast Cancer in Italy Significantly Higher Than Previously Reported

...rcent spike above official estimates issued by the ministry of Health, with the sharpest uptick of +28.6 perce... than that provided by official estimations of the ministry of Health (93 per 100,000 women aged 0 to 84). The... comparison, official estimations from the Italian ministry of Health tallied only 37,300 cases in the year 20...

Consumers Can Now Shop Online for Individual Health Insurance Coverage With Mercy Health Plans

...S. based on net patient service revenue. It is sponsored by Mercy Health Ministry, an entity established by the Catholic Church to oversee the healing ministry and Catholic identity of Mercy. For more information, visit www.mercy.net . ...

Goal of good quality medicines advanced by new USP agreement with 9 ASEAN countries

...t to commemorate the signing of the agreement, Mr. Niphon Popattanachai, the deputy director-general of the department of medical sciences at the Thai ministry of Public Health, said, "We have been working for many years to strengthen the pharmaceutical sector within ASEAN countries, and to become more self-r...

Marathon and Partners Announce Dramatic Results of Malaria Control Project on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea

...th the Government of Equatorial Guinea through the ministry of Health and Social Welfare and formed a team of ...the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) of the ministry of Health and Social Welfare. The main focus of th...officials from the Government of Equatorial Guinea ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the other health spe...

Mercy Health Plans Launches MercyOne Connect(TM)

...S. based on net patient service revenue. It is sponsored by Mercy Health Ministry, an entity established by the Catholic Church to oversee the healing ministry and Catholic identity of Mercy. For more information, visit www.mercy.net . ...

41 Keystone Mercy Health Plan Members to Receive Scholarships from the Plan's Employees

...cluding Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Keystone Mercy is a mission-driven, health care ministry of the Sisters of Mercy. With more than 20 years of experience and a special concern for the poor and disadvantaged, Keystone Mercy's mission is to he...

Ontario women live longer but don't prosper: Study

...ess, quality and outcomes of care for Ontario women. The POWER Study was funded by Echo: Improving Women's Health in Ontario, an agency of the Ontario ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Key findings released today include: Chronic conditions The majority of women and men in Ontario have at least o...

Abbott Receives CE Mark for Company's Next-Generation XIENCE PRIME(TM) Drug Eluting Stent, Advancing Leadership Position

... in the United States, Europe and other international markets. XIENCE V is an investigational device in Japan and is currently under review by Japan's ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency. Everolimus, developed by Novartis Pharma AG, is a proliferatio...