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Call to Improve Quality of Death -- Critical for Governments to Make Palliative Care Part of Comprehensive Healthcare

- The Lien Foundation calls on governments and policy makers to hasten and improve their provision of palliative ...

WHO urges governments to raise tobacco taxes to beat smoking

Governments around the world should increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products to save lives and generate ...

Bio Farma supplies vaccines to conflict-ridden asian, african nations

- Indonesian vaccine producing enterprise Bio Farma supplies its products to a number of Asian and African countries ...

Indonesia awaits Saudi to take responsibility of embassy`s destruction

Indonesia, a country not involved in the war in Yemen, expressed shock and strongly condemned the Saudi-led coalitions ...

Yemen violence kills 944, injures 3,487: WHO

The violence raging in Yemen since late March has killed 944 people and injured 3,487 as of April 17, the World Health ...

Vigorous activity may help avoid early death: Study

Even small amounts of vigorous activity, the kind that makes you breathe harder and sweat, could help reduce your risk ...

Senegal, The Philippines, And Uruguay Make Major Strides Towards Universal Access To Reproductive Health

- The Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health and the Aspen Institute announced today the winners of the 2015 ...

UNICEF report highlights dramatic impact of Ebola on children

Ebola has had a devastating impact on children in most-affected West Africa, with children making up about 20 percent ...

WHO still concerned about spread of Saudi MERS virus

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it remained worried about the spread of MERS, a respiratory ...

Paul G. Allen Extends Tackle Ebola Effort to Address Plight of Children Orphaned by Ebola

- Philanthropist Paul G. Allen today announced a multi-million dollar grant aimed at addressing one of the most tragic ...

Geldof to fire up charity hit 30 years on to fight ebola

Musician and philanthropist Bob Geldof, who in 1984 inspired a generation of rock stars to record a charity single for ...

Hundreds Of Children In Afghanistan Receive Free Hearing Aids

- Last week the Bayat Foundation kicked off a partnership with Starkey Hearing Foundation to provide hearing health ...

Paul G. Allen Increases Commitment To Fight Ebola To $100 Million

- Philanthropist Paul G. Allen today increased his commitment to Tackle Ebola to at least $100 million and called on ...

Passenger isolated in dubai airport due to concern over Ebola

The United Arab Emirates said Wednesday that the isolation of a passenger arriving from Liberia through Morocco in ...

Health Ministry launches anti-smoking video campaign

The Health Ministry here on Friday launched a video campaign against smoking bearing the tagline "Quit smoking before ...