Seattle Flunks Vaccine Science
Nothing says First World city like Seattle does. Come for the cachet, stay for the Seahawks, and give a nod to the Starbucks and the Amazon and the mothership that is Microsoft just to the east. There’s nothing this so-hip-it-hurts town lacks, it seems—except perhaps for common sense. If you’re looking for that, the developing world is a far better bet.
That’s the inescapable conclusion on what should be a very good week for public health—and childhood health in particular—with the World Health Organization and other groups announcing on July 24 that Nigeria has gone a full year without ...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - July 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized anti-vaxxers Nigeria polio Seattle vaccines Source Type: news
World 'well being' league suggests Brits would be happier in Belize, Gallup and Healthways find
The UK has ranked below Venezuela and Kyrgyzstan in a global index of well being.Britain came in 44th out of 145 countries which also places it lower than Nicaragua and Bolivia. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 26, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Russia, India Block Proposal to Restrict Asbestos Exports
For the fifth consecutive time, a handful of countries blocked a United Nations proposal that effectively would have restricted the exportation of dangerous chrysotile asbestos.
Russia, India, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Kazakhstan, Cuba and Kyrgyzstan stopped the proposal to put the toxic mineral on the Rotterdam Convention Hazardous Substances list, which would have tightened shipping regulations and likely reduced the spread of asbestos.
Although an overwhelming majority of countries represented last week in Geneva, Switzerland, backed the U.N. proposal, there was no unanimous consensus, which the Rotterdam Convention require...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - May 20, 2015 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tim Povtak Tags: Legislation, Laws & Litigation Source Type: news
Measles – WHO European Region
Between 1 January 2014 and 1 March 2015, WHO received notification of over 23 000 cases of measles in the WHO European Region. The most affected country is Kyrgyzstan with over 7 000 cases reported in just the first seven weeks of 2015. Significant numbers of measles cases have also been reported in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation and Serbia.
Measles virus D8 has been the most commonly identified circulating genotype. (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - March 6, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: measles [subject], measles [subject], rubella [subject], german measles, congenital rubella syndrome, rubella virus, Disease outbreak news [doctype], European Region [region], Kazakhstan [country] Source Type: news
Implementing Istanbul Protocol standards for forensic evidence of torture in Kyrgyzstan - Moreno A, Crosby S, Xenakis S, Iacopino V.
This study presents the results of 10 forensic evaluations of individuals alleging torture; t... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 31, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Kyrgyzstan: Health system review.
Authors: Ibraimova A, Akkazieva B, Ibraimov A, Manzhieva E, Rechel B
Abstract
Kyrgyzstan has undertaken wide-ranging reforms of its health system in a challenging socioeconomic and political context. The country has developed two major health reform programmes after becoming independent: Manas (1996 to 2006) and Manas Taalimi (2006 to 2010). These reforms introduced comprehensive structural changes to the health care delivery system with the aim of strengthening primary health care, developing family medicine and restructuring the hospital sector.Major service delivery improvements have included the introd...
Source: Health systems in transition - November 11, 2014 Category: Health Management Tags: Health Syst Transit Source Type: news
Surgeons forced to carry out open heart surgery by MOBILE PHONE light after blackout
The team of surgeons in Kyrgyzstan were working to save the life of a patient suffering heart disease. But halfway through the delicate operation the lights went out following a government crackdown on electricity consumption. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 17, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Huge 9lb hairball removed from teenage girl's stomach
Ayperi Alekseeva, 18, came close to death because she couldn't eat or drink - but doctors were shocked when they found the cause (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - September 30, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: hair-chewing chewing hair embarassing bodies hairball weird bodies kyrgyzstan human hairball trichophagia Source Type: news
The girl with the 9lb HAIRBALL: Massive blockage meant teenager couldn't even drink a glass of water
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Ayperi Alekseeva, from Kyrgyzstan, had spent years picking up hair from the carpet and eating it. She also chewed the tips of her hair. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chris Sainsbury to take on Peak Lenin for Alzheimer's Society
An adventure travel expert from Exeter is to embark on a gruelling expedition this July to climb Kyrgyzstan's Peak Lenin (7134m), in a bid to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society. (Source: Alzheimers Society)
Source: Alzheimers Society - July 18, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news
Kyrgyzstan: Former Prisoners Struggle to Continue TB Treatment
In the landlocked and mountainous country of Kyrgyzstan in central Asia, prisons have long been a breeding ground for tuberculosis (TB). Many prisoners are released before concluding their treatment and if they are unable to continue treatment they are more likely to delevop resistant strains of the disease. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - July 14, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Web Intern Source Type: news
Fortifying foods: four lessons for micronutrient distribution
Getting essential vitamins and minerals on the menu for all children is key to reducing undernutrition. Four lessons can help roll out the distribution of micronutrients all over the worldChildren in developed countries benefit from vitamins and minerals added to foods like cereals that boost healthy brain development and physical growth, helping to support the social and economic potential of the next generation. Unfortunately, not all children around the world share this advantage. Deficiencies of vitamins and minerals (also called micronutrients) are part of the larger problem of undernutrition which is an underlying ca...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 24, 2014 Category: Science Tags: Nutrition Global health Improving nutrition Blog Blogposts Guardian Professional Food poverty Food safety Global development professionals network Policy and advocacy Maternal health Science Nutrition and development Source Type: news
Fortifying foods: four lessons for micronutrient distribution
Getting essential vitamins and minerals on the menu for all children is key to reducing undernutrition. Four lessons can help roll out the distribution of micronutrients all over the worldChildren in developed countries benefit from vitamins and minerals added to foods like cereals that boost healthy brain development and physical growth, helping to support the social and economic potential of the next generation. Unfortunately, not all children around the world share this advantage. Deficiencies of vitamins and minerals (also called micronutrients) are part of the larger problem of undernutrition which is an underlying ca...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 24, 2014 Category: Science Tags: Improving nutrition Global development professionals network Science Nutrition and development Policy and advocacy Global health Maternal health Food poverty Food safety Blog Guardian Professional Blogposts Source Type: news
Drug trafficking corrupts Kyrgyzstan's politics and underworld
(Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked and mountainous country in Central Asia, serves a powerful role in the Eurasian drug trade by playing the "mule" that carts heroin and other opiates between Afghanistan and Russia. Are its intertwined drug trade and politics making it a 'narco-state?' A Princeton University researcher reviews. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 17, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Global riot epidemic due to demise of cheap fossil fuels | Nafeez Ahmed
From South America to South Asia, a new age of unrest is in full swing as industrial civilisation transitions to post-carbon realityIf anyone had hoped that the Arab Spring and Occupy protests a few years back were one-off episodes that would soon give way to more stability, they have another thing coming. The hope was that ongoing economic recovery would return to pre-crash levels of growth, alleviating the grievances fueling the fires of civil unrest, stoked by years of recession. But this hasn't happened. And it won't.Instead the post-2008 crash era, including 2013 and early 2014, has seen a persistence and proliferatio...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 1, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Nafeez Ahmed Tags: theguardian.com Blogposts Inflation World news Ukraine Food Protest Geology Peak oil Climate change Venezuela Environment Agriculture Science Source Type: news
