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Friends of the Earth criticises EU for failing to protect the environment and human health

Friends of the Earth, The European Environmental Bureau and Greenpeace today criticised the EU's lack of leadership at the WHO European Regional Conference in Budapest.

24 Jun 2004

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

Around the world, polluted air and water and other environment-related hazards kill more than three milion children under the age of five every year.

24 Jun 2004

100,000 child deaths ever year caused by outdoor and indoor air pollution, unsafe water, lead and injuries

100 000 deaths and 6 million years of healthy life lost (or DALYs) ever year, in children and adolescents from birth to 19 years of age, are caused by outdoor and indoor air pollution, unsafe water, lead and injuries.

20 Jun 2004

Urgent action needed across Europe to tackle childhood disease related to environmental conditions

Authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET are calling for urgent governmental action across Europe to tackle childhood disease and deaths associated with poor environmental conditions in Europe.

17 Jun 2004

Cholera outbreak in Cameroon

WHO has received reports from the Ministry of Health of a total number of 2924 cases and 46 deaths in Cameroon from 1 January to 9 June 2004 in Littoral and West Regions. Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor has been laboratory confirmed.

15 Jun 2004

Expert to help WHO in Dili, East Timor with tropical diseases

A JCU public health expert is off to Dili, Timor Leste (formerly East Timor) to help the World Health Organisation address three serious tropical diseases: lymphatic filariasis, intestinal worms and yaws.

10 Jun 2004

Dire health consequences for millions of people in Darfur, Sudan

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of dire health consequences for millions of people in Darfur, Sudan. A significant increase in disease and death is inevitable without a rapid increase in external help.

3 Jun 2004

No justification for claims that cleaning and hygiene contribute to an increase in allergies

A landmark report by the London-based International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene (IFH) on the so-called hygiene hypothesis finds "no justification" for claims that cleaning and hygiene contribute to an increase in allergies.

20 May 2004

Botswana begins massive emergency polio campaign

The Minister of Health of Botswana today kicked off a massive emergency immunization campaign in the southern African nation of Botswana, following the re-introduction of poliovirus into the country from Nigeria in February.

10 May 2004

MSF distributes medical supplies to hospitals as violence continues in troubled Indonesian city of Ambon

Last week MSF started to distribute medical supplies to four hospitals in Ambon city, in the Maluku province of eastern Indonesia. Over the last six days, the city has been shaken by violent fighting, which has caused an estimated 36 deaths and left scores wounded.

3 May 2004

Sanitation measures are critical to preventing an outbreak of avian influenza

People with small backyard flocks including those who raise chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys and other fowl can play an important role in protecting the state's commercial poultry industry. Mike Hackett, Washington State University Snohomish County Extension educator, says strict sanitation measures are critical to preventing an outbreak of avian influenza.

30 Apr 2004

Sanitization News and Research

Friends of the Earth criticises EU for failing to protect the environment and human health

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

100,000 child deaths ever year caused by outdoor and indoor air pollution, unsafe water, lead and injuries

Urgent action needed across Europe to tackle childhood disease related to environmental conditions

Cholera outbreak in Cameroon

Expert to help WHO in Dili, East Timor with tropical diseases

Dire health consequences for millions of people in Darfur, Sudan

No justification for claims that cleaning and hygiene contribute to an increase in allergies

Botswana begins massive emergency polio campaign

MSF distributes medical supplies to hospitals as violence continues in troubled Indonesian city of Ambon

Sanitation measures are critical to preventing an outbreak of avian influenza

Measles and malnutrition increasing in Sudan

Pennsylvania's restaurants, stadiums, bars and supermarkets are adjusting to revised food safety requirements

WHO calls for Sudan humanitarian assistance

Achieving and maintaining ISO 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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