Category: Community
Vaccine not to blame for infant death
QUANG TRI (VNS) — Central Quang Tri Province on Monday announced that the death of a three-year-old kid, who died on Sunday after receiving a Quinvaxem vaccine, was not caused by the vaccination. The kid received the injection on November […]
France okays home tests for HIV
Self-testing HIV kits will go on sale in France next year Under a strategy aimed at reducing the spread of the virus causing AIDS, self-testing HIV kits will go on sale in France next year, the country’s health minister Marisol […]
Conference looks at public health sector
DA NANG — Non-communicable conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and injuries caused by traffic accidents account for 70 per cent of health problems in Viet Nam. The rate was revealed by Nguyen Cong Khan, Director of Science, Technology and Training […]
Therapists help with Philippine typhoon mental health needs
TACLOBAN, Philippines — Dozens of psychologists were starting work in the typhoon-raked Philippines Wednesday to help dazed survivors deal with the psychological fallout of one of the country’s worst ever disasters. The operation is an early attempt by health professionals […]
Government taking steps to address mental health problems
IPOH: The government is taking various steps including making available more psychiatrists and pyschologists to detect mental illness and treat patients with mental problems, said Hospital BahagiaUlu Kinta director Dr Raba’iahMohdSalleh. She said besides increasing specialist manpower, more community mental […]
Health-a-thon educates students on healthy lifestyle
KOTA KINABALU: The Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) of SMK St Francis Convent (M) organised a school-wide Health-a-thon in order to raise funds for future fitness activities and for the purchase of basic gym equipment for the school. The Health-a-thon […]
Save your feet!
IPOH: The government is taking various steps including making available more psychiatrists and pyschologists to detect mental illness and treat patients with mental problems, said Hospital BahagiaUlu Kinta director Dr Raba’iahMohdSalleh. She said besides increasing specialist manpower, more community mental […]
Home of Peace to provide professional nursing care
KUCHING: Home of Peace, a charitable institution run by the Catholic Welfare Services Council Sarawak (CWS), located at JalanLandeh near here, will provide professional nursing service to its ailing and bed-ridden residents starting next year. The home’s nursing wing is […]
1,000 cyclists take first step in warding off diabetes menace
PUTRAJAYA: Nearly a thousand cyclists from as young as six hit the streets of the federal administrative capital in support of the “Putrajaya Cycle to Change Diabetes” campaign. The event, held in conjunction with the World Diabetes Day, was organised […]
Pick up dialysis tab of the poor, NFK urged
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF), the largest non-governmental provider of haemodialysis service in the country, should pick up the haemodialysis tab of poor patients, say a life member of the foundation and a former staff member. They said even if […]
