Full coverage: Health

30.03.2005 The phase out of generic drug manufacturing by India in order to comply with international trade rules may satisfy the mighty pharmaceutical industry, but it could spell doom for poor nations struggling to provide affordable treatment for HIV/AIDS, reports Nicolien den Boer.

30.03.2005 Dinanath, a Nepalese farmer, loses his wife while taking her to the nearest health centre 8 km from his village.

30.03.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 28 (OneWorld) - The Bush administration and opponents of its plans to overhaul Social Security are intensifying efforts to drum up public and legislative support for their positions following the latest annual financial checkups of the pension system and Medicare, the healthcare program for the elderly and disabled.

30.03.2005 Va a Roma, Pisa e Palermo il podio delle "città del rumore" secondo la mappa dell’Italia fracassona tratteggiata dall’edizione 2005 del Treno Verde di Legambiente, che ha registrato livelli di decibel fuori legge in ogni città in cui ha fatto tappa. E data l’emergenza smog che ha attanagliato l’Italia, con 33 comuni che al 20 marzo avevano già superato il limite dei 35 superamenti dei 50mg/m3 consentiti dalla legge in un anno, sul Treno Verde ha viaggiato quest’anno anche la campagna "PM10 ti tengo d’occhio", iniziativa finalizzata vigilare sulle inerzie amministrative. Per rispettare le norme europee sulla qualità dell'aria, l'Italia dovrà abbattere le concentrazioni medie annuali di Pm10 di circa il 30%.

29.03.2005 Sans un test rapide et simple d’utilisation permettant de diagnostiquer rapidement la tuberculose, le personnel soignant dans les pays en développement va continuer à occulter près d’un malade sur deux. Et, pour MSF, tous les efforts pour contrôler la tuberculose seront vains.

28.03.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 28 (OneWorld) - The Bush administration and opponents of its plans to overhaul Social Security are intensifying efforts to drum up public and legislative support for their positions following the latest annual financial checkups of the pension system and Medicare, the healthcare program for the elderly and disabled.

28.03.2005 Pakistan launches an aggressive nationwide campaign to raise awareness about tuberculosis and access to free treatment at public health centres.

24.03.2005 In picking scientist and long-time Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employee Steve Johnson to lead the EPA, analysts hoped President Bush was signaling that the government agency would consider science above politics in environmental decisions. Clean Air Watch president Frank O'Donnell writes, however, that the White House continues to place industry interests first.

23.03.2005 Prostitution will never go away. Legalizing and regulating it like any other profession would drastically reduce the potential for abuse, violence and disease, with the added bonus of taking control of the industry away from exploitative pimps and organized crime. The success of the Dutch experiment can serve as inspiration, but cities like Montreal should also look at their own pasts.

23.03.2005 Oxfam health supervisors are helping the tsunami-affected communities in Batticaloa region in eastern Sri Lanka by organising health education campaign on basic sanitation using interactive media.

23.03.2005 Indian parliament approves the controversial patent act to comply with the country’s commitment with TRIPS agreement of WTO, which many fear could restrict the access to live saving medicines by the poor.

23.03.2005 Many Americans believe that foreign aid is money wasted, but a new book demonstrates that global health interventions--many of them funded (indirectly) by U.S. taxpayers--often are highly successful, and have saved millions of lives over the past 50 years.

22.03.2005 Imagine there was no running water in your home. Imagine having to walk several kilometres to a tap, well or river to collect water, and then carry it home. This is what millions of women and children do every day in developing countries — sometimes more than once a day. They carry every drop of water they use for drinking, cooking, cleaning and bathing.

21.03.2005 Sot fillon fushata e konfiskimit të barnave pa banderola nëpër barnatore të Kosovës. Më 15 mars ka përfunduar afati për vendosjen e banderolave në produktet farmaceutike.

21.03.2005 The recent Academy Awards saw the triumph of two films that provide a favourable view of euthanasia. "Million Dollar Baby," a story about a female boxer severely wounded in a bout, won four of the top Oscars. The Oscar for best foreign film went to "The Sea Inside," which depicts the real-life story of a diver who became quadriplegic. In each case, euthanasia was seen as the solution.

21.03.2005 Y. S. P. Thorat, Managing Director, NABARD, and Graham A. N. Wright write, how innovative financial services can help poor and also help in achieving many millennium development goals.

21.03.2005 Pakistani children’s new found love for cookies, colas and candies is worrying as diets rich in junk food could be the culprits behind the rapid rise of asthma and allergies in children, says the experts.

18.03.2005 Informed participants in a meeting organised to share best practices learned during a five-year reproductive health programme funded by the UK Department for International Development, noted that people in Pakistan are aware of reproductive health issues but they lack access to contraceptive services.

18.03.2005 The educated citizens of the country need to work together – to continuously strive to look for opportunities to begin a dialogue on HIV/AIDS in the community, in our society and in our workplace.

17.03.2005 The U.S. agency charged with protecting the environment passed a new mercury pollution rule on Tuesday that does little to decrease levels of the toxin in the atmosphere and would even cause sharp rises in some states, say environmentalists, expecting lawsuits to challenge the rule.