Health
World Bank Scales Up Project on Improved Primary Health Care Services in Tajikistan
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved Monday an allocation of additional financing of US$10 million from the International Development Association for the Tajikistan Health Services Improvement Project, which, since August 2013, is working to improve the coverage and quality of basic primary health care services in Tajikistan.
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Even Slightly Elevated Blood Pressure May Pose Problems for Young Adults
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Millions of Smokers May Have Undiagnosed Lung Disease
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Prevention and early treatment of RMSF in Arizona may save millions by preventing premature death and disability
The mounting costs of an epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) among several American Indian tribes in Arizona suggests that prevention and control efforts would be cost effective. A recent study released by experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Indian Health Service (IHS), in partnership with Arizona tribes, describes an estimated $13.2 million in losses linked to the epidemic of RMSF between 2002 and 2011, on two Indian reservations.
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Keep Safety in Mind When Skateboarding
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Summer Beach Time Means Water Safety
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Researchers design placenta-on-a-chip to better understand pregnancy
Figure: A placenta-on-a-chip microdevice: A) The device’s upper (blue) and lower (red) chambers are separated by a semi-permeable membrane. B) Researchers placed maternal cells in one chamber and fetal cells in the other. They then added glucose to the maternal-cell chamber and observed how it traveled through the membrane to the fetal-cell chamber
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Herpes Virus Tied to Angina Risk, Study Suggests
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Pesticide Used Decades Ago May Raise Breast Cancer Risk: Study
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MERS outbreak in Republic of Korea is ‘wake-up call’ for highly mobile world – UN health agency
WHO Assistant Deputy Director-General for Health Security Keiji Fukuda.
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Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020