Dr Reddy's to acquire select brands from Glenmark in Russia, Ukraine
Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Saturday said it has inked a pact with Glenmark Pharmaceuticals to acquire its select anti-allergy brands in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - November 28, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
British Museum to repatriate ancient tiles smuggled into UK in a suitcase
Ancient artefacts from Samarkand will go on display in London before being returnedTheBritish Museum is to help repatriate six glazed tiles from a medieval memorial complex on the edge of Samarkand, which were brought into Heathrow in a suitcase.The man who smuggled them in after a flight from Dubai in January even forged paperwork declaring them as replicas that were “made to look old”. He produced a receipt that claimed they had been bought in Sharjah the previous day for 315 dirham, about £70.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 11, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Mark Brown Arts correspondent Tags: British Museum Uzbekistan Culture South and Central Asia World news Archaeology UK news Science Source Type: news
Progress Toward Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Elimination Using a Catalytic Funding Model - Tashkent, Uzbekistan, December 6, 2019-March 15, 2020
This report describes a funding program in Uzbekistan designed to identify and treat cases of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection at a lowered cost with the goal of meeting the World Health Organization ' s targets to eliminate HBC and HCV infection. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - August 27, 2020 Category: American Health Tags: Hepatitis B Hepatitis C MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
Coronavirus live news: deaths surge in Brazil and Russia as Trump says US is quitting WHO
President claims body has ‘failed to reform’; UK expert says country not ready to ease lockdown; Australia to relax rules on 1 June. All the developments liveRuby Princess crew member given TB diagnosisTrump announces severing of ties with WHOCoronavirus latest: at a glance7.17amBSTReuters reports on developments in the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan.Uzbekistan has extended measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus until 15 June, but relaxed some restrictions, allowing the resumption of domestic tourism and soccer games, the authorities said on Saturday.The country had locked down all its provinces and close...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 30, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Graham Readfearn (now) and Calla Wahlquist (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Science Source Type: news
Elimination of Leprosy
Traveling man: the Goodwill Ambassador shares a joke with two residents of a leprosarium in Krantau, Uzbekistan during a visit in 2013.By External SourceMay 29 2020 (IPS-Partners)
Warm greetings from Sasakawa Health Foundation in Tokyo.
The 100th Issue of the WHO Goodwill Ambassador’s Newsletter has been published. Read special interviews with the Goodwill Ambassador and the UN Special Rapporteur on leprosy, and check out the Timeline of all that has happened since the first issue.
My Journey Continues
I started this newsletter in April 2003 to share information about the fight against leprosy. This marks the 10...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 29, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Health Source Type: news
COVID-19 Technical Guidance: Providing Care for Children with Acute Respiratory Infections
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. Published: 5/2020.
The World Health Organization has developed some guidelines, materials, and apps on this web page that frontline healthcare providers may find useful when providing care for children with severe acute respiratory infections when COVID-19 is suspected. The WHO Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children is available in several languages, including Armenian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Romanian, Russian, and Uzbek. Special attention is drawn to these sections, which are particularly relevant within the COVID-19 context: Chapter 4: information on cough and d...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Uzbekistan confirms first coronavirus case, closes schools, borders
An Uzbek citizen has tested positive for coronavirus after returning from France, Uzbekistan's Healthcare Ministry said on Sunday, marking the first infection from the virus in the Central Asian country of 34 million. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
New tiny 44 million year old bird fossil links Africa and Asia to Utah
(Midwestern University) A new species of quail-sized fossil bird from 44 million year old sediments in Utah fills in a gap in the fossil record of the early extinct relatives of chickens and turkeys, and it shows strong links with other extinct species from Namibia in Southern Africa and Uzbekistan in Central Asia. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 3, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Turkey says to export fast-results coronavirus detection kit
Turkey will in coming days export to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan locally-produced coronavirus detection kits that can get results in about two hours, its health minister said on Friday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Uzbekistan evacuates 251 people from China
Uzbekistan has evacuated 251 people from China amid the coronavirus outbreak and quarantined them on arrival in Tashkent, the Central Asian nation's state airline said on Thursday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
In Uzbekistan, midwives learn to make calls that save lives
KANLIKUL, Uzbekistan– Soon after Munira Kholmurodova gave birth to her third child, a son, she started bleeding profusely. “I was so scared that I would not be able to hug my child,” she said. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - January 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: csantamaria Source Type: news
Drivers and consequences of self-immolation in parts of Iran, Iraq and Uzbekistan: a systematic review of qualitative evidence - Cleary M, Singh J, West S, Rahkar Farshi M, Lopez V, Kornhaber R.
OBJECTIVES: The prevalence of self-immolation is significantly higher in some Middle Eastern and Central Asian Islamic countries than in Western countries. Self-immolation typically occurs among females and can be either an attempt at suicide or an act of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Shin receives funding to strengthen English-language education in Uzbekistan
(George Mason University) Joan Kang Shin, Associate Professor, APTDIE, TCLDEL, CIE, College of Education and Human Development, received $575,444 from the U.S. Department of State for a project aimed at strengthening English Language secondary Education in Uzbekistan. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - December 6, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
The diets cutting one in five lives short every year
Israel has one of the best diets in the world and Uzbekistan one of the worst, say the researchers. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Comparative analysis of statistical methods for landslide susceptibility mapping in the Bostanlik District, Uzbekistan - Juliev M, Mergili M, Mondal I, Nurtaev B, Pulatov A, H übl J.
The Bostanlik district, Uzbekistan, is characterized by mountainous terrain susceptible to landslides. The present study aims at creating a statistically derived landslide susceptibility map - the first of its type for Uzbekistan - for part of the area in ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 18, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
