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Council leads project to United Nations awards win (Boroondara City Council)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Jun 2016
The United Nations Association of Australia World Environment Day Award was presented to Council for 'Biodiversity Monitoring in Melbourne's East', a sustainability project it led on behalf of the Eastern Alliance for Greenhouse Action (EAGA) ... The United Nations Association of Australia World Environment ... World Environment Day was on Sunday 5 June....

Liberia Declared Ebola-free for 4th Time

Edit Chosun Ilbo 10 Jun 2016
Liberia is officially free of the Ebola virus, the World Health Organization announced Thursday, after the West African country successfully passed 42 days without a confirmed case of this often-fatal disease ... ....

31-05-2016 | QUT campuses become smoke-free from July 1 (Queensland University of Technology)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Jun 2016
QUT campuses and off-site research facilities will be smoke-free from July 1, QUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Coaldrake said today, World No Tobacco Day ... Professor Coaldrake said that it was a long settled matter that smoking has a devastating impact on human health ... 'We applaud QUT for putting the health of their students and staff first.'....

WHO says delaying pregnancy option for women in Zika areas

Edit Houston Chronicle 10 Jun 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Health Organization says women who live in areas where Zika is spreading should consider delaying pregnancy, since there's no other sure way to avoid the virus' devastating birth defects. Around the world, health officials have advised pregnant women not ......

Imran pleased with negative poliovirus report

Edit Dawn 10 Jun 2016
Mr Khan visited the Emergency Operation Centre for polio the other day where he appreciated the hard work of the health staff ... A few days ago when Peshawar water was found free of virus after a WHO’s report, the PTI chief had tweeted that it showed what could be achieved with will and commitment ... They said that the health department also carried out extended catch-up activities for 20 days during which missed children were covered....

Partnering to Promote Inclusion and Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities (World Bank Group)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Jun 2016
In 2011, the World Bank and the World Health Organization published the first global report on disability and development - the World Report on Disabilities - which significantly raised the profile and increased the dialogue around the issue. Since then, the World Bank has worked to advance the social and economic development of persons with ......

Cancer and Cell Phone Debate Continues with Rat Study (Parker Waichman LLP)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Jun 2016
The rats were exposed to 'whole body' cell phone radiation for nine hours a day for two years ... In 2011, the International Agency for Research on cancer, a subsidiary of the World Health Organization (WHO), classified cell phone use 'as a possible carcinogen,' USA TODAY reports....

Eradicating AIDS by 2030 Requires Balanced Prevention, Treatment, Care Policies, Speakers Hear as High-Level General Assembly Meeting Continues (UN - United Nations)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Jun 2016
Trained health personnel cared for people with HIV, following World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, while a national AIDS commission had been established ... Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization (WHO); Souhaila Bensaid, President, Tunisian Association of Positive Prevention; and Andrew Witty, Chief Executive Officer, GlaxoSmithKline....

Eradicating AIDS by 2030 Requires Balanced Prevention, Treatment, Care Policies, Speakers Hear as High-Level General Assembly Meeting Continues (United Nations General Assembly)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Jun 2016
Trained health personnel cared for people with HIV, following World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, while a national AIDS commission had been established ... Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization (WHO); Souhaila Bensaid, President, Tunisian Association of Positive Prevention; and Andrew Witty, Chief Executive Officer, GlaxoSmithKline....

Transfers will strictly be as per norms: Health Minister

Edit The Hindu 10 Jun 2016
Transfer of employees in the Medical and Health Department would be taken up from June 10 in a transparent manner, Health Minister Kamineni Srinivas said here on Thursday ... Chandrababu Naidu relaxed the ban on transfers for 10 days ... The department made the free comprehensive health ......

15 Celebrities You Probably Didn’t Know Were Muslim (Photos)

Edit The Wrap 10 Jun 2016
June 7 marked the start of Ramadan, the holiest month on the Islamic calendar, where Muslims around the world are required to fast from sun up to sun down ... Oz, the TV personality who hosts a show that discusses popular health concerns ... The legendary soccer star most known for exiting his career with the infamous headbutt heard around the world, is ... Days of Future Past” is Muslim....

State-wide campaign to fight maternal mortality

Edit The Times of India 10 Jun 2016
Under the campaign, Prime Minister Safe Motherhood Day (PMSMD) will be celebrated at primary health centres, community health centres, district hospitals, satellite hospitals and sub-district hospitals on 9th of every month across the state. According to the health department officials, a pregnant woman should undergo at least four antenatal check-ups....

In Oxford Speech, Elder Oaks Says Governments Should Secure Religious Freedom (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Jun 2016
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) ... Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during a lecture Thursday, June 9, 2016, at St ... 'As one of the largest All-Party Parliamentary Groups in the UK, we welcome the continued backing of 24 stakeholder organiations, including dedicated support from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints....
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