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Health care

WHO calls for protecting children from advertising harmful products

Today, advertising food and beverages refers to a fairly developed industry, and children and adolescents are one of the main target audiences.
24 October 2014, 09:00

WHO recalled the importance of a program to reduce salt consumption for public health

The World Health Organization urged all countries to participate in the program against excessive intake of salt in order to reduce the incidence and mortality from cardiovascular diseases.
16 October 2014, 09:00

In the world there is a tendency to reduce child mortality in the age of up to 5 years

According to new UN reports, there has been a reduction of almost 50% in the deaths of children under the age of 5 (from 1990 to 2013).
23 September 2014, 09:00

Almost half of the world's elderly people do not receive the necessary assistance

A group of scientists conducted a study that showed that half of the elderly regularly encountered difficulties and did not receive the necessary assistance.
16 September 2014, 09:00

WHO's plans to prevent the younger generation from starting to smoke

5-year-olds, the probability of dying from lung cancer in the distant future is practically not deterred by the desire to smoke several cigarettes.
10 September 2014, 09:00

The scale of the Ebola virus was underestimated by several factors

The breadth of the spread of Ebola fever, especially in Sierra Leone and Liberia, experts underestimated for a variety of reasons.
01 September 2014, 09:00

WHO calls for all possible measures to ensure the protection of medical personnel who work in the conflict zone

The World Health Organization called for an end to intimidation and violence against medical personnel while performing their duties in hazardous areas.
28 August 2014, 09:00

Scientists plan in the near future to test a new vaccine against the Ebola virus in humans

One of the pharmaceutical giants, GlaxoSmithKline company in the near future plans to conduct clinical trials in humans of a new vaccine against the Ebola virus
19 August 2014, 09:00

The most effective way to prevent hepatitis is immunoprophylaxis

As doctors say, improving sanitation and immunization is the most effective way to fight hepatitis. Therefore, it is desirable that not only newborn babies receive vaccination from hepatitis B, but all children and adolescents under the age of 18 years.
08 August 2014, 09:00

In Ukrainian medical universities will strengthen the training of family and military doctors

Ukraine badly needs family doctors, emergency doctors, as well as military doctors, whose training today is practically reduced to zero.
06 August 2014, 09:00

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