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The Emergency Committee, which met in December, expressed concern over “the significant increase” in cases of wild poliovirus 1 (WPVI), the last of three strains to be eliminated. There were 28 cases in 2018, compared to 113 as at mid-December last year, “with no significant success yet…
In the European Union (EU), about 1.7 million persons aged less than 75 died in 2016. Among them, around 1.2 million deaths could be considered as premature according to the recently developed Eurostat-OECD list of avoidable mortality. Out of those, 741 000…
The male patient, who was being treated for lymphatic cancer at a London hospital in the United Kingdom, underwent a stem cell transplant in 2016, with cells from a donor carrying a rare genetic resistance to the HIV virus. Both his cancer…
Worsening security in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo marked by attacks on Ebola clinics have made it a “given” that the deadly virus will spread further, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. According to the DRC health authorities,…
Yesterday, the Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen re-appealed for non-discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDs and third gender. Samdech Techo Hun Sen made the appeal while holding a get-together with factory workers and employees in Ang…
TOKYO, JAPAN (13 February 2019) — Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Mr. Takehiko Nakao and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Mr. Shinichi Kitaoka today opened the “ADB-JICA Meeting on Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Asia and the Pacific” in Tokyo. Ensuring…
Results The most recent overall suicide rates (representing 2014–2016) varied fourfold, from 6.9 (District of Columbia) to 29.2 (Montana) per 100,000 persons per year. Across the study period, rates increased in all states except Nevada (where the rate was consistently high throughout…
From 21 January 2019, the first EU patients can use digital prescriptions issued by their home doctor when visiting a pharmacy in another EU country: Finnish patients are now able to go to a pharmacy in Estonia and retrieve medicine prescribed electronically…
Latest global cancer data: Cancer burden rises to 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million cancer deaths in 2018 Geneva, Switzerland, 12 September 2018 – The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) today released the latest estimates on the global burden…
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive and fatal disease, attacking neurons that control voluntary movement. These neurons die over time. The result is the gradual loss of muscle movement, speech, swallowing,…
US Blockade on Cuba Hurts the Island’s Health System The economic, financial and trade blockade the US Government on Cuba has caused the island”s health system damages for over 2.5 billion dollars in almost 60 years, its Foreign Ministry upholds. In its…
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