2014年11月26日 星期三

2014-11-27 Pakistan Health

  The Express Tribune   
Pakistan ranked 4th in maternal deaths  The Nation
Islamabad - Nearly 16,000 maternal deaths occur alone in Pakistan annually and the country is the 4th largest contributor to global daily death toll of mothers. A study revealed these disconcerting facts on Wednesday. The study was conducted by Contech ...

Govt asked to improve MNH services   Daily Times
Dismal healthcare: Report highlights govt failure to protect mothers, children   The Express Tribune

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  The Age   
Ebola crisis: Vaccine one step closer, as infection rates accelerate in Sierra Leone  The Age
A health worker cleans his hands before entering an Ebola screening tent in Kenema, Sierra Leone. Photo: AP. Washington: Researchers say they are one step closer to developing an Ebola vaccine, with a trial showing promising results. However, it will be ...

Ebola Cases in Sierra Leone Will 'Soon Eclipse' Liberia   TIME
Global Ebola toll rises to 5689: WHO   Zee News
How world's worst Ebola outbreak began with one boy's death   BBC News

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WHO delegation reviews anti-Ebola measures  DAWN.com
LAHORE: A WHO seven-member delegation arrived here on Wednesday to review arrangements made to check Ebola virus. The delegation, including Dr Rayana Boughaka, Dr Musa Rahim, Dr Muntazirul Hashim, Dr Khalil, Dr Wasik Khan, Dr Mohammad ...

WHO team to check Ebola virus   The News International
Measures being taken to check Ebola virus   Pakistan Observer

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  DAWN.com   
No Ebola virus affectee in Pakistan: NA informed  DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Wednesday that the government was prepared to deal with the Ebola virus and that there was no patient affected by the disease in the country. Parliamentary Secretary for Cabinet Secretariat Raja Javed ...

No prevalence of Ebola in Pakistan: secretary   The Express Tribune
PPP submits call attention notice to NA on Ebola virus   The News International

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  Daily Times   
'More levies may keep youth away from cigarettes'  The Nation
Islamabad - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will be launching electronic monitoring system in early months of next year for monitoring production of cigarettes. A meeting of the technical working group on tobacco taxation was held under the ...

Health Ministry stresses raising tobacco taxes   Daily Times

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  The Express Tribune   
Ensuring security: Ministry may seek help from defence, interior ministries  The Express Tribune
The focal person of the Prime Minister Polio Monitoring Cell, Ayesha Raza Farooq, told The Express Tribune that she would meet the interior minister on Thursday. PHOTO: MOHAMMAD AZEEM/EXPRESS. ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health ...

Call for utilising low transmission season to arrest polio   The Nation

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  Pakistan Today   
Congo fever claims two more lives in city  The News International
Two more people have fallen victim to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Karachi, bringing this year's death toll due to the tick-borne viral disease to six in the city, said health officials on Wednesday. Abdul Majid, 47, a resident of Korangi No 6, ...

Another dies of Congo virus in city, toll mounts to six   Pakistan Today

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Re- attachment nursing schools with hospitals concerned demanded  Pakistan Observer
Thursday, November 27, 2014 - Peshawar—Districts Nurses Association on Wednesday demanded that nursing schools which is under the Provincial Health Services Academy should be re-attached with the concerned hospital. Addressing a press ...

Forum of nurses opposes Sindh Nursing Council   The News International

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  TV3.ie   
Work woes equal junk food diet  TV3.ie
The concept of comfort eating is nothing new, but the term is likely to conjure up an image of someone who's just had their heart broken, sobbing into a tub of ice cream. But what about smart business people dealing with stress at work? According to a new ...

Is hating your job making you fat?   Daily Times

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  The Nation   
Overweight linked to 500000 cancer cases per year  The Nation
PARIS - Overweight and obesity is now causing nearly half a million new cancer cases in adults every year, roughly 3.6 percent of the world's total, a study said Wednesday. A quarter of these cases are “realistically avoidable,” said the authors of the work ...

Richest countries worst hit by obesity-fuelled cancer   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Ecuador tops Switzerland in colon cancer survival rates   Chicago Tribune
Half-million cancers worldwide linked to excess weight   CBC.ca
Daily News & Analysis   
NDTV   
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