Category: Community
Fighting Hepatitis C in Egypt
It seemed like an ordinary demonstration. Clusters of banner-waving youths marched along the sun-drenched main street of Damanhour, in the heart of Egypt’s Nile Delta, on March 6. But the banners they held, featuring a large cartoonish drop of red […]
Malnutrition stalks Pakistan’s desert regions
KARACHI-Pastoralists and others in Pakistan’s desert regions of Cholistan in the southern Punjab and Tharparkar in Sindh are facing a grave crisis: Their livestock are dying, their children are malnourished, and when families move to less drought-affected areas they often […]
Tainted horsemeat eyed in five deaths in Philippines
Cotabato, Philippines. Five people are believed to have died from eating tainted horsemeat in the Philippines while as many as 60 may have consumed it, a local official said Wednesday. Four horses died from unexplained causes and their meat was […]
Giant bubbles to be built over Beijing parks to beat smog
Giant bubbles are to be built over parks in Beijing to protect residents from smog and provide areas with clean and fresh air, if architects get their way. A group of architects have proposed smog-free bubble domes, which will cover […]
Philippine top court approves controversial birth control law
The Philippines’ highest court approved today a controversial birth control law that supporters said would transform the lives of millions of poor Filipinos, in a stunning defeat for the powerful Catholic Church. “The RH law is not unconstitutional,” Supreme Court […]
Panel urges discounts to reward healthy lifestyles
A panel has proposed establishing a system within public health insurance that would reduce the insurance premiums and medical costs of people who take steps to safeguard their health. A subcommittee of the government’s Industrial Competitiveness Council submitted the proposal […]
Clearing the air over PM2.5 purifiers
SINGAPORE – From this month, Singapore’s air quality will, more often than not, be classified in the “moderate” range. That’s because on April 1, the old Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) was tweaked to incorporate the 24-hour concentration of PM2.5, the […]
Singapore still at risk from foreign infectious diseases: Health Minister
SINGAPORE – Health Minister Gan Kim Yong was speaking to more than 130 participants at an inaugural conference to pay tribute to the late Malayan-born Dr Wu Lien-Teh, who had helped to stop a potentially catastrophic pneumonic plague in China […]
Bill Gates to donate to Indonesian health care
World philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates will collaborate with the Tahir Foundation and other Indonesian conglomerates on a special sustainable healthcare program, a senior minister said Wednesday. “The government appreciates the initiative and believes that the Gates and Tahir […]
Safe drinking water a top priority for China
CHINA – China still has 110 million people, including more than 15 million students and teachers, in rural China without access to safe drinking water, a senior official said on Friday. “Providing every rural family with safe water to drink […]
