Category: Community
WHO to eliminate neglected tropical diseases through ESPEN
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) launched a major new partnership to aid in reducing the burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in African countries. The Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN) […]
Expect a virtual visit from your Dubai doctor
Virtual visits from your local doctor is already a booming business in many western countries, with health experts and specialists now available online with a credit card and a few clicks. Could this virtual vision become a reality for Dubai? […]
WHO confirms Brazil-type Zika virus in Cape Verde
The Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal (IPD) recently did a sequencing of the Zikavirus currently circulating in Cape Verde and it confirmed that it is the same as the one circulating in the Americas – the Asian type- and was […]
US Senate approves US$1.1 billion emergency money to fight Zika
According to recent reports, a day after the US House of Representatives voted for a US$622.1 million budget to fight the spread of Zika virus, which will be taken from cuts in existing programs, the Senate approved US$1.1 billion in […]
Not all women suitable for receiving HPV vaccine: Experts
In recent years, many Chinese women have traveled abroad to receive the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer. However, experts indicate that the drug, used to defend against human papillomavirus, is not always universally effective. Experts called upon more women to raise […]
Calorie intake counts more than type of rice eaten
There has been renewed interest on the link between eating rice and the risk of diabetes. Focus on diabetes is not new in Singapore. Furthermore, debate about the association of glycaemic index (GI) to Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has been […]
Mundipharma’s new Betadine Consumer Health Hub opens in Singapore
Another boost in Singapore’s booming biomedical sector has been delivered by Mundipharma’s announcement on May 13 of a planned7,300-square meter facility in Tuas at an official groundbreaking ceremony attended by Minister of State for Trade & Industry, Dr. KohPoh Koon. […]
The changing face of nursing
Nurses’ Day which falls on May 12 is a day to honour our nurses for their hard work and dedication in caring for the sick and dying. It is the birthday of Florence Nightingale who is credited as being the […]
Baidu CEO urges employees to put values ahead of profit
In response to a scandal around the death of a student who underwent an experimental cancer treatment he found on the company’s search website, Baidu Inc’s CEO has called in its employees to put values before profit. Before the death […]
First HIV-infected organs successfully transplanted in the UK
Two kidneys and two livers were donated and successfully transplanted for the first time into patients with HIV in the UK. Professor John Forsythe, associate medical director for organ donation and transplantation at NHS Blood and Transplant said, “It’s exciting […]
