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Lao People’s Republic opium cultivation in 2004 shows a 45 per cent decline in comparison to 2003

The United Nations has confirmed that the Lao People’s Democratic Republic opium cultivation in 2004 shows a 45 per cent decline in comparison to 2003.

10 Jul 2004

Heavy drinking during teenage years begins taking a serious health toll by the time people are 24 years old

A University of Washington study has found that people who began binge drinking at age 13 and continued throughout adolescence were nearly four times as likely to be overweight or obese and almost 3½ times as likely to have high blood pressure when they were 24 years old

9 Jul 2004

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is taking an increasing and terrifying toll on Africa's women

The epidemic is proving a devastating obstacle to development, while taking an increasing and terrifying toll on Africa's women. But women also have an indispensable part to play in all aspects of the struggle against it.

7 Jul 2004

Girls with low confidence are among the most likely to become pregnant in their teens

Eighth-grade girls who think they have some control over their lives and who have high expectations for their future education may be less likely than their peers to become pregnant during high school, a new study suggests.

7 Jul 2004

Pfizer focuses on enabling America's 43 million uninsured to obtain medicines at significant savings

Pfizer Inc said today it will launch the pharmaceutical industry's most comprehensive initiative to significantly expand access to prescription medicines across the United States, with a specific focus on enabling America's 43 million uninsured to obtain Pfizer medicines at significant savings.

7 Jul 2004

Valid, robust, easy to construct, and easy to interpret measure that could be used by any state health department for any health outcome

Five years in the making and available at no charge, the Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project Monograph gives officials and researchers for the first time a systematic way to monitor health disparities across a wide range of outcomes using basic socioeconomic information.

7 Jul 2004

Reports of a serious polio outbreak among children in Rogo, Nigeria

Reports of a serious polio outbreak among children in Rogo, Kano State, have emerged. Kano is Nigeria's most populous northern state.

2 Jul 2004

World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control closed this week, with nearly 90% of countries having signed up

The WHO FCTC has become one of the most rapidly embraced United Nations' conventions, with 167 WHO Member States and the European Community (EC) signing, and 23 countries ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to the Convention, just one year after it opened for signature in Geneva.

2 Jul 2004

Amid unprecedented global prosperity, the world’s poor were more vulnerable now than ever

The 43 speakers in two meetings today -- on resources mobilization and an enabling environment for poverty eradication -- recognized that the primary responsibility for development in the least developed countries (LDCs) rested with those nations themselves.

2 Jul 2004

One in three Americans born today is predicted to develop diabetes as a consequence of obesity

One in three Americans born today is predicted to develop diabetes as a consequence of obesity, according to a new report by the International Diabetes Federation and the International Obesity Task Force.

2 Jul 2004

Of all families with medical bill problems, two-thirds have difficulty paying for basic necessities—rent, mortgage payments, transportation or food

Uninsured families are more likely to have medical bill problems, but two-thirds of families with problems paying medical bills—about 13.5 million families—have health insurance coverage, according to findings from HSC's Community Tracking Study 2003 Household Survey, a nationally representative survey involving information on about 25,400 families and 46,600 people.

2 Jul 2004

HHS approves Arkansas plan to expand prenatal care to low-income pregnant women and their unborn children

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today approved a request by the state of Arkansas to expand prenatal care to low-income pregnant women and their unborn children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

1 Jul 2004

Nigeria resuming polio immunization

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been informed by the Governor of Kano, Nigeria, of the intention to resume polio immunization campaigns there in early July.

30 Jun 2004

For the 700 million people in the least developed countries, United Nations’ decisions could mean the difference between opportunity and poverty, peace and war, life and death

For the 700 million women, men and children in the least developed countries (LDCs), United Nations’ decisions - and their follow-up - could mean the difference between opportunity and poverty, peace and war, life and death

29 Jun 2004

50,000 people in the U.S. with cancer, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis or hepatitis C will be eligible for a Medicare drug lottery

50,000 people or 10% of the 500,000 people in the U.S with cancer, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis or hepatitis C will be eligible for a Medicare drug lottery for coverage of life saving drugs.

26 Jun 2004

Some low income parents have considered doing something illegal to feed their kids

Trends in the American diet can be described as more calories, more refined grains, more added sugars, and more added fats

The reasons behind these trends are largely economic, says Dr. Adam Drewnowski, director of the Nutritional Sciences Program in the UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine.

23 Jun 2004

Poverty News and Research

Lao People’s Republic opium cultivation in 2004 shows a 45 per cent decline in comparison to 2003

Heavy drinking during teenage years begins taking a serious health toll by the time people are 24 years old

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is taking an increasing and terrifying toll on Africa's women

Girls with low confidence are among the most likely to become pregnant in their teens

Pfizer focuses on enabling America's 43 million uninsured to obtain medicines at significant savings

Valid, robust, easy to construct, and easy to interpret measure that could be used by any state health department for any health outcome

Reports of a serious polio outbreak among children in Rogo, Nigeria

World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control closed this week, with nearly 90% of countries having signed up

Amid unprecedented global prosperity, the world’s poor were more vulnerable now than ever

One in three Americans born today is predicted to develop diabetes as a consequence of obesity

Of all families with medical bill problems, two-thirds have difficulty paying for basic necessities—rent, mortgage payments, transportation or food

HHS approves Arkansas plan to expand prenatal care to low-income pregnant women and their unborn children

Nigeria resuming polio immunization

For the 700 million people in the least developed countries, United Nations’ decisions could mean the difference between opportunity and poverty, peace and war, life and death

50,000 people in the U.S. with cancer, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis or hepatitis C will be eligible for a Medicare drug lottery

Some low income parents have considered doing something illegal to feed their kids

Tommy G. Thompson has announced a new Medicare program that will save seniors and the disabled substantial money

Pollution kills more than three milion children under the age of five every year

Thailand aims to reduce HIV prevalence among adults to 1 percent by 2006

Trends in the American diet can be described as more calories, more refined grains, more added sugars, and more added fats

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Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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