Full Coverage: Health

30.11.2006 De toutes les villes d’Haïti, Port-au-Prince est le plus affecté par l’insalubrité puisque les immondices arrivent parfois à obstruer ses grandes artères, à embouteiller ses principales rues et à créer un environnement excessivement pollué et malsain pour ses 2 millions d’habitants.

24.11.2006 High GDP growth in India since the beginning of economic reforms has often been accused of promoting growth without a human face.New health data shows improvement in quality of life since 1992. Public health services in India have worsened over the same period.

23.11.2006 The health ministry is attempting to regulate and standardise the nature of healthcare being provided to Indian citizens by introducing a new law -- the Clinical Establishment Act -- to register all healthcare infrastructure within the next two years.

23.11.2006 Despite efforts being made by different countries across the world to curb the curse of HIV virus, there has been no let up in AIDS, South Asia recording the sharp increase in infection rates in 2006, reveals a report released by the UN

16.11.2006 Dominica is getting its first Intensive Care Unit at the Princess Margaret Hospital compliments of the Fidel Castro Administration. It comes at the same time that Cuba has provided scholarships to 85 Vincentians to pursue their BSc in nursing.

11.11.2006 Indian health professionals have expressed their concern over a failing public health system that threatens to erode earlier health gains. Speaking at the ISF, social activists said that inequitable global economic structure is leading to stagnant or declining health budgets. Satya Chakrapani from OneWorld reports from a seminar held by the Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA).

09.11.2006 Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) is considered to be a precursor to polio. Many Indian states that have so far been polio-free showed up high numbers of this condition in a national survey

08.11.2006 Recent study by Kamala Gupta et.al based on the Third National Family Health Survey (2005-06) show that some health and family welfare indicators have improved markedly in the past seven years, while nutritional deficiencies remain a major challenge.

08.11.2006 sWith an estimated 930,000 new HIV infections in Asia and the Pacific last year, United Nations agencies have called for urgent efforts to prevent the escalating spread of the virus and reduce mortality by better integrating HIV prevention, treatment and care into maternal and newborn health services.

06.11.2006 Despite years of eradication efforts, 2006 has seen a record number of new polio cases in India. Many are questioning the wisdom and efficacy of the WHO-guided vaccination drive .

06.11.2006 A National Dialogue on Women, Health and Development is being collaboratively organised by several groups, at St.Pius College, Goregaon(E), Mumbai, from 23rd to 25th November, 2006.

02.11.2006 Female medical teams in Pakistan reach more women and save more lives than before the earthquake.