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Tobacco kills 55,000 Spaniards every year

The world health authority has confirmed that 55,000 Spaniards die as a result of tobacco-related diseases every year. ...

WHO conducts study of rabies in Bali

The World Health Organization (WHO) in cooperation with Animal Health Directorate, Directorate General of Animal ...

NAM demands release of Palestinian political detainees in Israel

The deep concern expressed by Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa about Palestinian political ...

WHO says no evidence of radiation spread from Japan

The World Health Organisation`s representative in China said on Wednesday that there is no evidence of any significant ...

Two children believed infected by bird flu

Two children in the West Sumatran city of Padang are suspected of having contracted bird flu , a doctor at M.Jamil ...

Rising status of women, increased risk of smoking

Millions of women in developing countries risk disease and early death in the coming decades as the tobacco industry ...

Bird flu continuing to menace Cirebon district

Cirebon district in West Java remains vulnerable to bird flu infection because of the local government`s limited ...

Bird flu kills hundreds of chickens in Jambi

Bird flu has killed several hundred chickens in certain areas of Jambi Kota and Jambi Luar Kota neighborhoods, Jambi ...

Traditional Markets Developed To Support Yogyakarta Tourism

Traditional markets in the incredible cultural city of Yogyakarta will continue to be developed to support the city`s ...

Traditional Markets Developed To Support Yogyakarta Tourism

Traditional markets in the incredible cultural city of Yogyakarta will continue to be developed to support the city`s ...

UK Government and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announce New Commitment to Eradicating Polio

- Citing dramatic gains achieved with polio vaccines, Prime Minister David Cameron, Bill and Melinda Gates call on ...

Bird flu threatens Samarinda

Bird flu has been a threat to the East Kalimantan city of Samarinda area over the past three weeks of January, ...

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Partner to

- Together pledge $100 million to fight preventable diseases in Afghanistan and Pakistan     His ...

Drinking water in Vietnam has excessive arsenic

More than a quarter of drinking wells in Vietnam`s densely-populated Red River delta contain unsafe levels of arsenic ...

Red Cross cooperating with int`l bodies to ensure donated blood`s safety

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is to cooperate with two international institutions in ensuring the health and safety ...