2014年11月30日 星期日

2014-12-01 Pakistan Health


The Express Tribune
   
WHO mission completes Ebola assessment in Pak   
Business Standard
The WHO has provided technical support to Pakistan to contain any outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the country already hit by the crippling polio disease. The Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness Assessment Mission has completed its work and provided ...

Controlling Ebola: WHO advice forwarded to health ministry   The Express Tribune
WHO team completes Pakistan Ebola assessment   Big News Network.com

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NBCNews.com
   
'Not Stopping Now': Pakistani Women on Front Lines of Fight Against Polio   
NBCNews.com
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Dozens of their friends and coworkers have been murdered for distributing polio vaccine here, but a resolute band of Pakistani women are risking their lives to fight the rapid spread of the disease, defying Islamic extremists who see ...

The war against polio   The Express Tribune
Fighting a good fight   Pakistan Today
Workers Brave Militant Attacks To Vaccinate For Polio   KQED

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Daily Times
   
Breastfeeding: As bottle feeding trend rises, so does infant mortality   
The Express Tribune
In Pakistan, bottle feeding increased from 32 per cent in 2006-07 to 41 per cent in 2012-13. ILLUSTRATION: ESSA MALIK. ISLAMABAD: I don't know what to do, as I am just giving him milk and not any other thing which could cause diarrhoea, said Rizwana ...

Bottle-feeding rate is highest among working women, urban residence   Pakistan Observer
Experts deplore lowest breastfeeding practice in Pakistan   The Nation
'Bottle-feeding rate is highest in working women'   Daily Times

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The Express Tribune
   
Jhang paramedics go on strike   
The Nation
JHANG - The paramedics of all the state-run health facilities except the Emergency of DHQ Hospital went on strike and took out a rally on Saturday for their upgradation according to the rules and regulation of service structure issued by the government of ...

Thankless job: Paramedics protest in Jhang   The Express Tribune

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DAWN.com
   
Newborn deaths in Sargodha hospital   
Business Recorder
After the media spotlighted the high rate of newborn babies' deaths in Sargodha district hospital, Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk took suo motu notice ordering the Punjab government to submit a report explaining reasons for the death of 19 babies within a few ...

Born to die   DAWN.com

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Independent Online
   
Why we should save the TAC   
Independent Online
The Treatment Action Campaign needs our help to continue the war on HIV/Aids, says Eusebius McKaiser. A couple of days ago a friend of mine asked me whether the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) still exists. I have no idea what prompted the question ...

The AIDS denial   The News International
Timely screening can save people from HIV/Aids, say experts   DAWN.com
Free HIV testing clinic to open in Sydney   9news.com.au
Orlando Sentinel   
ABC Online   
Harvard Crimson   
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The Nation
   
Ebola Threat Surprise visits to monitor preparedness of Airports continue   
Frontier Post
Islamabad: Surprise visits by high officials of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, the coordinating body for International Health Regulations continued. During the current week with the Director General of the Ministry Dr.
DG pays visits to monitor Ebola preparedness at airports   The Nation

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Daily Times
   
E-cigs have '10 times more carcinogens'   
New Zealand Doctor Online
E-cigarettes contain up to 10 times the amount of cancer-causing agents as regular tobacco, Japanese scientists say, the latest blow to an invention once heralded as less harmful than smoking. A team of researchers commissioned by Japan's health ministry ...

Study: E-cigarettes contain 10 times more carcinogens than cigarettes   UPI.com
Japan to evaluate e-cigarette safety after finding 10 times more cancer causing ...   Business Standard
Japan to investigate e-cigarette safety after formaldehyde findings   The Guardian
Aaj News   
Metro   
RT   
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The Nation
   
Bitter wild fruits can help treat cancer   
The Nation
ISLAMABAD- The compounds that give bitter flavor to wild cucurbits - cucumber, pumpkin, melon, watermelon and squash - have the potential to treat cancer and diabetes, finds a research. These compounds called cucurbitaceous protect the wild plants ...

Bitterness in wild fruits may combat cancer effectively   helpmeoutDOC News - A consistent flow of medical news
Bitter Wild Cucumbers May Hold a Compound for Future Medicinal Applications   Science World Report
Bitter compounds in Cucumber may help treat Cancer, Diabetes Nov 29, 4:30 pm   ANINEWS
NDTV   
Yibada (English Edition)   
Pune Mirror   
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NDTV
   
Beijing Indoor Smoking Ban Set for June 2015   
The Beijinger
Beijing's municipal government has adopted a comprehensive smoking ban for all indoor venues. But as we've seen in other measures, the city is in no hurry to have clean air. As such, this new set of regulations won't take effect until June 1, 2015. Smoke up ...

The Zone: A case of the vapours   The Age
Beijing bans indoor smoking   Stuff.co.nz
Beijing bans smoking indoors in public venues   South China Morning Post (subscription)
The Hindu   
Times of India   
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