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Five million people worldwide lack access to basic surgical facilities
About five million people around the world are still yet to have access to basic surgical facilities, says vascular surgeon of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Assoc Prof Datuk Dr Hanafiah Harunarashid. Dr Hanafiah, who was recently awarded fellowship by […]
An estimated 25 million unsafe abortions occur each year globally
Worldwide, 25 million unsafe abortions (45% of all abortions) occurred every year between 2010 and 2014, according to a new study by WHO and the Guttmacher Institute published recently in The Lancet. The majority of unsafe abortions, or 97%, occurred in […]
UN Report: newborn mortality likely to rise in near future
The latest report by UN agencies warned on Thursday that at current trends of child mortality, nearly 60 million children could die before their fifth birthday between 2017 and 2030, half being newborns, China’s Xinhua news agency reported. The report, […]
3 Americans awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for body clock studies
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was recently awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young on Monday. They had made discoveries about the molecular mechanisms controlling the body’s circadian rhythm. The three scientists used fruit […]
WHO not to partner with Philip Morris-funded smoking foundation
Leading tobacco company Phillip Morris International has set up a foundation that will focus on researching ways of reducing harm from smoking. But the World Health Organization (WHO) said it will not partner with the foundation and urged governments to […]
Singapore develops healthier, “diabetic-friendly” noodles
Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) and the Food Innovation Research Centre at Singapore Polytechnic have co-developed “diabetic-friendly” noodles that could be used to cook healthier versions of the popular noodle dishes mee rebus and cheecheong fun. Mee rebus, which literally […]
Spread of “super malaria” in Southeast Asia a serious global health threat
A dangerous form of the malaria parasite, called “super malaria”, is spreading across Southeast Asia and causing alarm as it poses a serious global health threat. The team at the Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Bangkok said there was […]
Only a fifth of the UN health goals are likely to be met, global review says
A global health review has revealed that not a single country, out of the almost 200 that were reviewed, were on track to meet the UN goal of eliminating new tuberculosis infections by 2030. They also found that less than […]
Congo’s cholera epidemic kills more than 500 people
The current cholera epidemic that is sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa has now claimed over 500 lives, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Outbreaks of the water-borne disease occur regularly in Congo, mainly due to […]
Fears rise over malaria’s possible comeback in Italy after decades
A four-year-old girl in Italy has died of malaria, raising fears over the comeback of the mosquito-borne disease decades after it has been eliminated in the country. Sonia Zago developed a high fever after returning home from a vacation in […]
