Full coverage: Health

27.06.2008 ASUNCION, Jun 26 (IPS) - Paraguay's public hospitals are on the verge of collapse, due to a lack of resources for responding to the wave of southern hemisphere winter illnesses. The first measure to be adopted by the new government that will take over in August will be to declare a "social emergency" in healthcare, the future health minister told IPS.

24.06.2008 From starting tree nurseries to properly disposing of solid waste, a new guide offers simple solutions to help communities around the planet improve their quality of life.

18.06.2008 UK’s hospitals have been equipped with infection-resistant keyboards fitted with Light-Emitting Diode (LED) that flashes when the device requires cleaning or when the medical staff is required to wash their hands. The Medigenic keyboards are completely flat and coated with a chemical that prevents bacterial growth.

18.06.2008 In a recent interview, Patrick Downing of Microsoft Healthcare Solutions Group reflects on reasons why the healthcare industry is lagging behind in adopting technology. He admits the task of transforming healthcare is much arduous for the company – ‘a marathon as opposed to a sprint.’

17.06.2008 Sixteen U.S. congresspeople have asked the prime minister of India to support Bhopal activists, who survived the toxic 1984 explosion of a Union Carbide pesticide plant, by bringing this corporation and its new owner, Dow Chemical, to justice.
From: Bhopal.net

12.06.2008 JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza, Jun 11 (IPS) - In the brightly painted new intensive care unit wing of al-Awda, northern Gaza's only emergency medical facility in the massive Jebaliya refugee camp, doctors, nurses, aides, and administrators are ready to provide emergency surgery services for the area's 300,000 people.

11.06.2008 The Egyptian Parliament passed a new children's rights bill last week that makes female genital mutilation a crime punishable by fine or jail time and raises the legal age of marriage to 18.

09.06.2008 Under its "e-gram" initiative that connects all villages through broadband, a state in western India will soon start an e-medicine scheme for rural areas. Web cameras are to be used for distant diagnosis and local panchayat officials will be trained in running online health centres.

06.06.2008 NEW YORK, Jun 5 (OneWorld) - He came to the United States a few years ago, dreaming that he would lead a prosperous life. But his fate was waiting for something else. Francisco Castaneda landed in a jail. Early this year he died from penile cancer, after repeated requests for a biopsy were denied by prison authorities.

04.06.2008 Fertility rates in Central America far exceed the Latin American average because Central American youth lack access to sex education, contraceptives, and youth-oriented policies, says a new study by a sexual health institute.

03.06.2008 Istri positif hamil memang berita menggembirakan bagi suami. Namun, apa reaksi suami jika sang istri positif HIV? Marah, bingung, frustasi atau justru sibuk menyalahkan istri?

02.06.2008 Women working in the salt pans in southern India suffer not just from government apathy. Earning pittances for their hard work in the hot sun, these women also endure bad health due to dehydration, joint pains, poor eyesight and miscarriages.