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- Eritrea: Exemplary Efforts And Achievements in the Health Sector
- Intervention sees start of town camp child health checks
- International Women’s Day: Malteser International calls for more…
- Health calendar
- AHRQ Announces New Members to US Preventive Services Task Force
Eritrea: Exemplary Efforts And Achievements in the Health Sector
AllAfrica.com – Mar 5, 2008
com (Asmara)EDITORIAL 5 March 2008Posted to the web 5 March 2008AsmaraThe even distribution of health centers and health professionals in cities, as well as remote villages, reduced infant, maternal mortality rates, and preventable diseases. Such disease prevention capacities are not only human development indicators but also some of the important objectives of the Millennium Development Goals. It further states that it is equally important to secure an even distribution of health services in every part of the country as well as to give priority to health education and disease prevention endeavors. GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);Based on such principles, in the years since independence, Eritrea has been able to provide adequate health services in all parts of the country, reduce infant and maternal mortality rates, prevent the spread of communicable disease, increase the number of health professionals, provide easy access to mother and child health care and increase the people’s awareness regarding health issues… It further states that it is equally important to secure an even distribution of health services in every part of the country as well as to give priority to health education and disease prevention endeavors. GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);Based on such principles, in the years since independence, Eritrea has been able to provide adequate health services in all parts of the country, reduce infant and maternal mortality rates, prevent the spread of communicable disease, increase the number of health professionals, provide easy access to mother and child health care and increase the people’s awareness regarding health issues. Thus, Eritrea has become one of the leading nations in realizing the MDGs. He further noted that other developing nations could draw lessons from Eritrea’s accomplishments.
Intervention sees start of town camp child health checks
abc.net.au – Mar 5, 2008
The Central Australian Aboriginal Congress and the Department of Health are coordinating the checks until the end of June. The operational head of the intervention, Major General David Chalmers, says the medical teams are expecting to see about 300 children in that time. He says the consultations are the first step to improving health in town camps. “It’s pointless to just diagnose without taking follow up-action and Government understands that,” he said.
International Women’s Day: Malteser International calls for more…
Reuters AlertNet – Mar 5, 2008
Malteser International has been working in Cambodia, a country still marked by almost 30 years of civil war and genocide, since 1993. While in the beginning, the organisation supported refugees, today it is working for the rehabilitation of the health system in remote regions. In addition to the above mentioned mother-child health programme, Malteser International, with financial support of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Germany, is also building up a community-based health insurance system in Cambodia. Malteser International asks for donations for its projects in Cambodia:
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Health calendar
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Mar 5, 2008
March 8 at the Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh South, 164 Fort Couch Road, Bethel Park. Included are health screenings and seminars about menopause, minimally invasive surgery and other issues. Registration is required. • The Society for the Education of Physicians and Patients is holding a debate on health care coverage, “Enhanced Medicare for All or Freedom of Choice for All,” 7 p… • Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Team Educators for Child Safety, St. Margaret Foundation and State Farm Insurance are sponsoring a child safety seat check form 3 to 6:30 p. March 13 at the Guyasuta Volunteer Fire Department, 1341 Old Freeport Road, O’Hara. Appointments are required.
AHRQ Announces New Members to US Preventive Services Task Force
Earthtimes – Mar 5, 2008
He is also a senior investigator at the Group Health Center for Health Studies and a professor of health services and adjunct professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington. He serves on the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Injury Prevention and Control for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2007, the American Academy of Pediatrics awarded Dr. Grossman the Native American Child Health Advocacy Award. Schwartz, a board-certified internal medicine specialist, is the Leon Hess Professor of Medicine, Health Management, and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Wharton School. He is past president of the American Federation of Clinical Research and the Society for Medical Decision Making, former Executive Director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, and past Editor of the American Journal of Managed Care.
