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A report card on adolescents from UNICEF

In a Comment with The Lancet Series on Adolescent Health, Dr Tessa Wardlaw, Chief of Statistics and Monitoring, UNICEF, New York, USA, and colleagues discuss the forthcoming UNICEF publication Progress for Children: A Repo ...

Health created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Russia sounds alarm over spiralling teenage suicides

Top Russian psychiatrists on Friday called for urgent measures to battle the soaring teenage suicide rate, one of the world's highest.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Spike in cholera cases in DR Congo: UN

Cholera cases have soared in the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks, the UN said on Friday, bringing the number of people infected in the year-long outbreak to 22,000 with 584 deaths.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zambia starts first-ever diarrhoea vaccines on children

Zambian health authorities on Monday started the country's first-ever vaccine campaign against diarrhoea on children under five years of age, in an attempt to reduce deaths arising from the disease.

Medications created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India marks 1 year since last polio case

(AP) -- The top U.S. health official administered polio vaccination drops to children in New Delhi on Friday as India marked one year since its last case of the crippling disease.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India marks milestone in fight against polio

(AP) -- India will celebrate a full year since its last reported case of polio on Friday, a major victory in a global eradication effort that appeared to be stalled just a few years ago.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

State of medical emergency in north Angola over polio case

The northern Angolan province of Uige has declared a state of medical emergency after a 14-month-old boy tested positive for polio, which has made a resurgence in the country, UNICEF said Thursday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diarrhoea outbreak kills seven children in Zimbabwe

At least seven children have died from a suspected diarrhoea outbreak which has affected over 6,000 children in two towns in Zimbabwe over the past week, a state newspaper said Sunday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

West, central Africa in one of worst cholera epidemics: UN

The west and central Africa region is facing one of the worst cholera epidemics in its history, with over 85,000 cases reported leading to 2,466 deaths this year, the UN children's agency warned Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

10 infected with polio in China outbreak

At least 10 people in northwestern China have contracted a highly infectious strain of polio, in the first outbreak of the disease in the country for 12 years, a United Nations group said Thursday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hospital births saving babies in China, study says

(AP) -- Researchers have found that encouraging women to giver birth in hospitals has contributed to a sharp decrease in the number of infant deaths in China.

Health created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UN says cholera epidemic in Somalia

(AP) -- World Health Organization officials said Friday that famine-hit Somalia faces a cholera epidemic as dirty water and poor sanitation are leading to an increase in outbreaks of the disease.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Healing the world with laughter, physical therapy

If laughter is the best medicine, Mohamed Mohamed provides a double dose. The 24-year-old, who graduates this May from the College of Physicians and Surgeons with a doctorate in physical therapy, has been raising money for ...

Health created May 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0