Paris, France – Fewer than a quarter of the 15 million people diagnosed with cancer worldwide this year have access to safe and proper surgery, researchers said. Surgery is the ...
Read More »International
WHO Takes Nigeria Off Global List of Polio-endemic Countries
Lagos, Nigeria – The World Health Organization on Friday took Nigeria off the list of polio-endemic countries, hailing a “historic achievement” more than a year after the last recorded case ...
Read More »$100 Billion Could Ensure Radiotherapy For All: Study
Paris, France – An investment of $97-184 billion (87-165 billion euros) could make life-saving radiotherapy accessible to most people who need it by 2035 and save millions of lives, research ...
Read More »Bolivia Wants to Ban Salt from Restaurants
La Paz, Bolivia – Bolivia has a novel idea to cut down the salt intake of its people: banish it from restaurant tables. [pq]About a third of Bolivia’s population suffers ...
Read More »First Syrian Refugees Arrive Under UK Resettlement Plan
London, United Kingdom – Britain on Tuesday welcomed the first of the 20,000 Syrian refugees that it has pledged to relocate from camps in countries neighbouring the war-torn nation, according ...
Read More »Clinton Takes on Big Pharma, Lays out Drug Plan
Washington, United States – Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton unveiled a plan Tuesday to limit prescription medicine costs, challenging the US pharmaceutical industry after the price for one drug skyrocketed ...
Read More »Smoking, Alcohol, Obesity Tar Europe’s Bill of Health: WHO
London, United Kingdom – “Alarming” rates of smoking, alcohol consumption and obesity in Europe could set back progress in reducing premature mortality, the World Health Organisation said in a report ...
Read More »Stiff Sentences Over US Salmonella Outbreak
Washington, United States – Three people convicted over a nationwide salmonella outbreak were sentenced Monday to tough sentences of up to 28 years in prison, the US Justice Department said. ...
Read More »US, Cuba Pledge Cooperation over Haiti Health Care
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Cuban and US diplomats hailed a “historic opportunity” on Thursday to work together to improve Haiti’s dilapidated health care system. Havana and Washington restored diplomatic ties earlier ...
Read More »Four Killed in Suspected Iraq Cholera Outbreak
Baghdad, Iraq – A suspected cholera outbreak has killed four people west of Baghdad, where vulnerable displaced populations have been affected by the lack of clean water, health officials said. ...
Read More »