U.N. Secretary-General, CSW Mark International Women’s Day

“U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked International Women’s Day Wednesday calling for gender equality and the empowerment of women, saying that until women and girls are liberated from poverty and injustice; peace, security and sustainable development stand in jeopardy,” VOA News reports. Though the international community will officially mark the occasion [...]

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Also In Global Health News: HIV In Philippines; Birth Control, Child Health In Afghanistan; Guatemala’s Progress On MDGs

Philippines’ Health Secretary Seeks To Boost Condom Distribution After Increase In HIV Diagnoses The Philippines’ Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral on Thursday announced she would seek additional public funds to support the distribution of condoms among high-risk groups, after the country recorded 143 new cases of HIV in January – its [...]

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Colo., ‘Personhood’ Measure Fails To Qualify For Ballot; Colo., Wyo., Finalize Bills On Violence Against Pregnant Women

The following summarizes recent action in Colorado and Wyoming related to a “personhood” initiative and bills addressing crimes against pregnant women…

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Adaptable To The Patient, The Clinician And The Procedure

South London Healthcare NHS Trust is now benefiting from advanced diagnostic CT with the installation of a SOMATOM® Definition AS from Siemens Healthcare at Queen Mary’s Hospital Sidcup. The 64-slice CT is highly adaptable to the patient, the clinician and the task at hand. It is being used at the hospital for a range of [...]

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Health Dialog Offers Decision Aids For Men Considering Prostate Cancer Screening

Health Dialog, a leading provider of healthcare analytics and decision support, today announced that its decision support tools for prostate cancer screening have been made available for the month of March as a public service offering…

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