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Indonesian children suffer from stunted growth
Despite Indonesia’s achievement of becoming the world’s 10th-largest economy, the country is struggling to provide adequate childhood nutrition, with the number of children suffering from stunted growth remaining high nationwide. “One-third of children in Indonesia are suffering from stunted growth,” […]
Carcinogenic coal tar set to be banned from shampoo & cosmetics
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official Yeh Meng-yi said that the FDA will ban the use of the additive coal tar in cosmetics starting from Jan. 1, 2015, noting that using products containing coal tar for a […]
Coming soon — health ATMs in India
Have you ever thought that India could have health ATMs? Yes, you heard it right. Health ATMs, with a stock of drugs and other medical essentials, can soon become a reality in rural parts of India with some state governments […]
Billions of people still lack good sanitation and water
A new report finds billions of people around the world still lack good sanitation and water, especially in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. The World Health Organization report, on behalf of an inter-agency effort called U.N.-Water, says […]
China vows harsher punishment for production, sale of fake drugs
BEIJING – China will hand out harsher punishment for the production and sale of fake and substandard drugs as the country combats increasingly severe drug scandals, judicial authorities said on Tuesday. The decision came after the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) […]
East Asia summit takes up regional malaria goal
Leaders of the 18 East Asia Summit countries have committed to an ambitious aim of eliminating malaria from the entire Asia Pacific region in the next 15 years. The bold move shows strong leadership on health security and responds head-on […]
Sanofi introduces pentavalent paediatric vaccine ‘Shan5’ in India
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, has launched its paediatric pentavalent vaccine, ‘Shan5’, developed and manufactured by its affiliate Shantha in India. The vaccine is a fully-liquid five-in-one, convenient, safe and high-quality vaccine that provides efficient protection for children […]
Japanese docs to help India lower the cost of surgical devices
New Delhi – According to the health ministry, India currently imports 75-80 percent of surgical devices from medically advanced nations like the US, Japan, China, Britain and Singapore.’Not just one, in fact every surgical device used is imported from medically […]
Rat poison chemical found in pills linked to India sterilization deaths
Tablets linked to the deaths of more than a dozen women who visited a sterilization camp in India are likely to have contained a chemical compound commonly used in rat poison, two senior officials in Chhattisgarh state said on Saturday. […]
High levels of ‘good’ HDL found among Japanese
Blood tests conducted in various countries reveal that Japanese people tend to exhibit such healthy characteristics as a high level of “good” high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, according to a joint international study. However, although Japanese participants had low levels of […]
