Category: Community
Crossing the borders for health care
Why would 8 million people cross borders for healthcare? Including 1/300 in the U.S.? According to an infographic sent by Deyanara Riddix (Nursing School Hub) to Healthcare Asia (HCA), 20% of Americans struggle to pay medical bills, while 3 out […]
H1N1 flu claims 18 lives in Thailand
BANGKOK-H1N1 influenza has claimed 18 lives in Thailand since re-emerging in the country early this year, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported. Data from the Ministry of Public Health’s Bureau of Epidemiology (BOE) showed a total of 18,290 cases were reported […]
Japanese fund to develop tools against neglected diseases
A Japanese global health fund has earmarked $12 million to develop tools to fight some of the world’s most neglected diseases. An estimated one billion of the world’s poorest people are afflicted with diseases like schistosomiasis, Chagas disease and parasitic […]
China to check medical equipment safety
BEIJING – China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) is planning a nationwide safety campaign to check the manufacture, sales and use of medical apparatus. The five-month action will focus on fake certificates, illegal manufacture and sales, false advertising claims and […]
Abu Dhabi to launch home safety campaign to prevent children falling from high-rises
ABU DHABI – A poster campaign in the city’s high-rises aims to drive home the danger of children playing near balconies or unguarded windows. The municipality and police want all adults to be vigilant about the dangers of children falling […]
China halves tuberculosis prevalence in just 20 years
Over the last 20 years, China has more than halved its tuberculosis (TB) prevalence, with rates falling from 170 to 59 per 100,000 population. This unrivalled success has been driven by a massive scale-up of the directly observed, short-course (DOTS) […]
Thousands evacuated in Thailand after toxic fumes engulf residents
THAILAND – Provincial officials ordered the evacuation of residents from about 1,500 homes in Samut Prakan after a fire at a local garbage dump yesterday was declared a disaster area, and toxic fumes spread to many parts of the province […]
China tightens checks on cod-liver oil products
BEIJING- China’s food and drug watchdog Monday promised increased safety checks of cod-liver oil products following media exposure of the hazards of overconsumption. China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) spokeswoman Yan Jiangying said at a press conference that a national […]
‘Fallen womb’ syndrome strikes Nepal women
MALEKHU, Nepal -Sita Pariyar had barely recovered from childbirth when her uterus slipped out of her body, making her one of hundreds of thousands of Nepalese women struck by a debilitating reproductive condition. Sleep-deprived and unsteady on her feet, Pariyar […]
Philippines faces tough task of reducing maternal deaths: official
MANILA- Reducing maternal deaths to 52 per 100,000 live births to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target in 2015 will be an uphill climb for the Philippines, a senior government official said Thursday. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan […]
