Health
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No more Cold Chain Breakdown means Protection for Hela Children
Hela province is expecting a boost in immunisation coverage for its younger population as Oil Search Foundation (OSF) partners with…
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Smoke alarm: Indonesians take tiny steps against Big Tobacco
Major cigarette companies operating in the country include PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk, which is controlled by U.S. giant Philip…
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First ‘Let’s Talk Cancer’ Workshop Hosted
The Papua New Guinea Cancer Foundation (PNGCF) conducted its first full day ‘Let’s Talk Cancer’ Cervical & Breast Cancer workshops.
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Yemen declares state of emergency in Sanaa over cholera
Image: A nurse attends to a boy infected with cholera at a hospital in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah,…
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At least one dead in new Ebola outbreak in Congo
This latest Ebola outbreak is Congo's eighth, the most of any country.
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Infant mortality and malaria soar in Venezuela, according to government data
Hospitals often lack basic equipment like incubators, and pregnant women are struggling to eat well, including taking folic acid, factors…
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Study finds how polluting nanoparticles get into blood and damage hearts
Inhaled nanoparticles like those pumped out in vehicle exhausts can work their way through the lungs and into the bloodstream…
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Japan wrestles over smoking ban as Olympics loom
Tokyo risks being one of the unhealthiest Olympic Games hosts in years, as an anti-smoking law exposes deep rifts over…
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Egyptian woman leaves Indian hospital more than 300 kg lighter
Image: Eman Ahmed, an Egyptian woman who underwent weight loss surgery, is carried on a stretcher as she leaves a…
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Yemen cholera outbreak kills 25 people in a week – WHO
The deaths from the diarrhoeal disease which is carried in food and water tainted by human faeces are among 1,360…
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