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Prevention of chronic diseases: a call to action
Friday, 12 September 2008 16:30
Apart from HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria, other chronic diseases also afflict patients in developing countries. The final paper of the 2nd series on Chronic diseases in The Lancet, as titled above, is urging for “serious and sustained worldwide effort to prevent and control chronic diseases.” Free registration is required to access this paper.
Another news article also presents the story of Mrs. Sassey from Sierra Lorne: How she is debilitated in severe agony, due to inadequate and inappropriate pain management of her breast cancer. Visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/health/10pain.html
Kenya Violence: looming threat of health crisis
Friday, 12 September 2008 16:22
With 255,000 people displaced and more than 400 killed, a UK charity warned of a health crisis due to shortages in food and safe water. Visit BBC news. More information on recent Kenyan post-election turmoil can be found from this website.
Rising Poverty is Bad for Our Health
Friday, 12 September 2008 16:19
It is easy to see the correlation between health and poverty when we look at the developing world, but what about the impacts of poverty on our health, not just individually but also on our communities and society at large. In this article published on the MJA, Saunders and Davidson bring to the attention of the reader the relationship of ill health and poverty in our developed societies.
For the full text of the article, click here.
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